Zacks Research Has Negative Forecast for CP Q1 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the transportation company will post earnings of $0.79 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.80. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.05 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.01 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.60 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on CP. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $91.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Susquehanna upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $94.00 to $92.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Stephens lowered their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $85.00 to $81.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, October 28th. Bank of America reduced their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $94.00 to $91.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $98.00 to $91.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $93.68.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of NYSE CP opened at $73.80 on Monday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $81.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $80.58. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52 week low of $69.27 and a 52 week high of $91.58. The company has a market cap of $68.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.36, a P/E/G ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.01 by ($0.02). Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 24.50% and a return on equity of 8.78%. The company had revenue of $3.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.59 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.69 earnings per share. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, January 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share. This is a boost from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 27th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of CP. TCW Group Inc. grew its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 14.4% during the 3rd quarter. TCW Group Inc. now owns 84,501 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $7,228,000 after acquiring an additional 10,644 shares during the last quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group purchased a new stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the third quarter valued at approximately $205,000. Toronto Dominion Bank grew its holdings in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 20.4% in the third quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 2,083,106 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $178,189,000 after purchasing an additional 352,534 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 7.8% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,332,357 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $373,540,000 after buying an additional 313,298 shares during the period. Finally, Conway Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,314,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

About Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; merchandise freight, such as forest products, energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals, consumer products, and automotive; and intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers.