TSE:CP Q2 EPS Forecast Reduced by National Bank Financial

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP) (NYSE:CP) – National Bank Financial cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report issued on Wednesday, April 30th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.14 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.16. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.17 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.38 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.76 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.32 EPS.

CP has been the topic of several other reports. Raymond James reduced their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$130.00 to C$115.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$118.00 to C$117.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$130.00 to C$125.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. Loop Capital downgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “strong-buy” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, National Bankshares cut their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$123.00 to C$118.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Canadian Pacific Kansas City currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$119.62.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

Shares of CP stock opened at C$103.53 on Friday. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a one year low of C$94.60 and a one year high of C$119.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.53. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is C$103.72 and its 200-day moving average price is C$106.83. The firm has a market cap of C$96.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.33, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 28th. Investors of record on Friday, June 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.228 per share. This is a boost from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.88%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.06%.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Company Profile

Canadian Pacific is a CAD 8 billion Class-1 railroads operating on more than 12,500 miles of track across most of Canada and into parts of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. It is the second-smallest Class I railroad by revenue and route miles. In 2021, CP hauled shipments of grain (22% of freight revenue), intermodal containers (22%), energy products (like crude and frac sand), chemicals, and plastics (20%) coal (8%), fertilizer and potash (10%), automotive products (5%), and a diverse mix of other merchandise.