Best Railroads Stocks for 2026
Class I North American railroads and their international peers earn quasi-monopoly returns on irreplaceable network assets; operating-ratio improvement anchors Quality.
Railroads (the Class I North American operators and their international peers) earn quasi-monopoly returns on irreplaceable network assets. Composite scoring weights the Quality pillar (operating ratio improvement and ROIC) and the Valuation pillar (EV/EBITDA against mid-cycle volume); the Health pillar checks capex coverage on the heavy maintenance cycle.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Railroads stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 603680.SHG | KTK Group Co Ltd | 73.6 |
| 2 | 064350.KO | Hyundai Rotem Co | 69.5 |
| 3 | 0306.HK | Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings Limited | 67.6 |
| 4 | 1596.HK | Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Corp Ltd | 67.4 |
| 5 | 0077.HK | AMS Public Transport Holdings Ltd | 67.3 |
| 6 | 603111.SHG | Nanjing Kangni Mechanical & Electrical Co Ltd | 67.0 |
| 7 | 600125.SHG | China Railway Tielong Container Logistics Co Ltd | 66.5 |
| 8 | 000920.SHE | Vontron Technology Co Ltd | 66.5 |
| 9 | 601766.SHG | CRRC Corp Ltd Class A | 66.1 |
| 10 | 601333.SHG | Guangshen Railway Co Ltd | 65.9 |
| 11 | NWG.WAR | Newag S.A. | 65.8 |
| 12 | 002296.SHE | HeNan Splendor Science & Technology Co Ltd | 65.2 |
| 13 | 000421.SHE | Nanjing Zhongbei Group Co Ltd | 65.0 |
| 14 | 000557.SHE | Ningxia Western Venture Industrial Co Ltd | 64.9 |
| 15 | 1786.HK | CRCC High-Tech Equip Corp | 64.7 |
| 16 | 002357.SHE | Sichuan Fulin Transportation Group Co Ltd | 64.4 |
| 17 | 601816.SHG | Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd | 62.9 |
| 18 | SAFE.JK | Steady Safe TBK PT | 62.5 |
| 19 | 688187.SHG | Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co Ltd | 62.4 |
| 20 | KLS.AU | Kelsian Group Ltd | 62.0 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score; use the screener for the full ranked list.