Stifel Canada Analysts Cut Earnings Estimates for Air Canada

Air Canada (TSE:AC) – Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada decreased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Air Canada in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 30th. Stifel Canada analyst D. Young now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.77 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.93. The consensus estimate for Air Canada’s current full-year earnings is $2.58 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Air Canada’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Scotiabank lowered their target price on shares of Air Canada from C$25.00 to C$21.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on Air Canada from C$31.00 to C$29.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price target on Air Canada from C$20.00 to C$16.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price objective on Air Canada from C$29.00 to C$24.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Air Canada from C$26.00 to C$22.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$23.38.

Air Canada Price Performance

Shares of AC opened at C$14.69 on Friday. Air Canada has a one year low of C$12.69 and a one year high of C$26.18. The stock’s fifty day moving average is C$14.72 and its 200-day moving average is C$19.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 400.00, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 0.92. The firm has a market capitalization of C$5.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.02 and a beta of 2.39.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Air Canada news, Senior Officer Craig Landry bought 13,644 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$16.75 per share, for a total transaction of C$228,546.55. Also, Director Vagn Sorensen purchased 11,440 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 19th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$17.40 per share, with a total value of C$199,057.14. In the last 90 days, insiders bought 32,993 shares of company stock valued at $538,251. Company insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

About Air Canada

Air Canada provides domestic, U.S. transborder, and international airline services. The company provides scheduled passenger services under the Air Canada Vacations and Air Canada Rouge brand names in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. transborder market, and in the international market to and from Canada, as well as through capacity purchase agreements on other regional carriers.