APO vs CNI Comparison

Apollo is one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, with $1.047 trillion in total assets under management, or AUM, including $858.0 billion in fee-earning assets, at the end of June 2026. The company has two core operating segments: asset management and retirement services. Apollo operates with scale in most of its major asset management endeavors—private equity (with an estimated $137.2 billion in total AUM and $76.3 billion in fee-earning AUM), real estate/real assets ($60.8 billion/$27.6 billion), and credit ($849.3 billion/$754.1 billion). Apollo has a distribution profile that is likely not too far off from the industry averages—with 84% of its assets held by institutional investors and 16% by high-net-worth clients.

Canadian National's railway spans Canada from coast to coast and extends through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2025, CN generated CAD 17.7 billion in revenue by hauling intermodal containers (22% of consolidated revenue), petroleum and chemicals (21%), grain and fertilizers (23%), forest products (10%), metals and minerals (11%), automotive shipments (5%), and coal (5%). Other items constitute the remaining revenue.