Atb Cap Markets Lowers Earnings Estimates for Capital Power

Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) – Research analysts at Atb Cap Markets lowered their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Capital Power in a report released on Wednesday, October 30th. Atb Cap Markets analyst N. Heywood now forecasts that the company will earn $0.85 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.90. Atb Cap Markets has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Capital Power’s current full-year earnings is $2.82 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Capital Power’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.01 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.38 EPS.

Capital Power (TSE:CPX) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 31st. The company reported C$0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$0.63 by C($0.12). Capital Power had a return on equity of 19.49% and a net margin of 16.77%. The firm had revenue of C$774.00 million for the quarter.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. ATB Capital upped their price objective on shares of Capital Power from C$52.00 to C$55.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday. CIBC boosted their target price on shares of Capital Power from C$52.00 to C$54.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday. TD Securities raised their price target on shares of Capital Power from C$48.00 to C$57.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Scotiabank upgraded Capital Power from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from C$46.00 to C$60.00 in a research note on Thursday. Finally, National Bankshares increased their target price on Capital Power from C$47.00 to C$56.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$55.11.

Capital Power Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of CPX stock opened at C$55.30 on Friday. Capital Power has a 1-year low of C$33.90 and a 1-year high of C$56.82. The company has a market cap of C$7.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.97, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.46, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.55. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$48.30 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$42.40.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Senior Officer Bryan Deneve sold 6,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$50.55, for a total transaction of C$308,355.00. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 6,400 shares of company stock worth $322,274. 0.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Capital Power Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be issued a $0.652 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.61 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.72%. Capital Power’s dividend payout ratio is presently 51.68%.

Capital Power Company Profile

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.