Capital Power Co. Forecasted to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.81 Per Share (TSE:CPX)

Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) – Stock analysts at Atb Cap Markets issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Capital Power in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 1st. Atb Cap Markets analyst N. Heywood forecasts that the company will earn $0.81 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Capital Power’s current full-year earnings is $3.21 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Capital Power’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.20 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently commented on CPX. CIBC lowered their price objective on Capital Power from C$40.00 to C$39.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Desjardins lowered their price objective on Capital Power from C$51.00 to C$49.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Scotiabank lowered their price target on Capital Power from C$45.00 to C$40.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Raymond James lowered their price target on Capital Power from C$46.00 to C$45.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 25th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on Capital Power from C$41.00 to C$39.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$44.45.

Capital Power Stock Performance

Shares of Capital Power stock opened at C$36.05 on Friday. Capital Power has a one year low of C$33.90 and a one year high of C$46.73. The company has a market cap of C$4.66 billion, a PE ratio of 5.97, a P/E/G ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 153.08, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 1.29. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of C$37.30 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$37.27.

Capital Power (TSE:CPX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 28th. The company reported C$0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.72 by C$0.02. The company had revenue of C$984.00 million for the quarter. Capital Power had a net margin of 18.29% and a return on equity of 26.11%.

Capital Power Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.615 per share. This represents a $2.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.82%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 28th. Capital Power’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 40.73%.

Insider Transactions at Capital Power

In other news, Senior Officer Jacquelyn Marie Pylypiuk sold 5,209 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$39.22, for a total transaction of C$204,296.98. Company insiders own 0.17% of the company’s stock.

About Capital Power

Capital Power Corporation develops, acquires, owns, and operates renewable and thermal power generation facilities in Canada and the United States. It generates electricity from various energy sources, including wind, solar, waste heat, natural gas, and coal. The company owns an approximately 7,500 megawatts (MW) of power generation capacity at 29 facilities.