Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for Cascades Q1 Earnings

Cascades Inc. (TSE:CAS) – Equities research analysts at Desjardins issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Cascades in a research note issued on Sunday, April 13th. Desjardins analyst F. Tremblay forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.13 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Cascades’ current full-year earnings is $1.30 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Cascades’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.20 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.28 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently commented on CAS. CIBC lifted their target price on Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Finally, Scotiabank upgraded shares of Cascades from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from C$12.00 to C$15.50 in a report on Monday, January 27th.

Cascades Price Performance

Shares of TSE CAS opened at C$9.08 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of C$10.56 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$11.24. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 121.37. Cascades has a twelve month low of C$8.83 and a twelve month high of C$13.42. The company has a market capitalization of C$918.45 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.15.

Insider Transactions at Cascades

In other Cascades news, Senior Officer Luc Langevin sold 9,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$9.82, for a total value of C$88,380.00. 23.78% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Cascades Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 6th. Cascades’s dividend payout ratio is currently -64.73%.

About Cascades

Cascades Inc produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products in Canada and the United States. The company operates through three segments: Containerboard, Specialty Products, and Tissue Papers. It offers various packaging solutions and tissue products comprised of recycled fibers; tissue papers, comprising parent rolls of virgin and recycled fibres; specialty products, including uncoated recycled boxboards; and containerboards.