Research Analysts Set Expectations for TSE:CP Q1 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP) (NYSE:CP) – Equities researchers at Atb Cap Markets reduced their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 30th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.18 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.25. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.65 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently commented on CP. CIBC lowered their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$124.00 to C$119.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$122.00 to C$121.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Barclays cut their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$130.00 to C$125.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. ATB Capital lowered their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$128.00 to C$124.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Wolfe Research raised shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$119.62.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

Shares of CP opened at C$103.53 on Friday. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52 week low of C$94.60 and a 52 week 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 company has a market capitalization of C$96.77 billion, a PE ratio of 27.33, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company’s 50 day moving average price is C$103.72 and its 200 day moving average price is C$106.78.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

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

About Canadian Pacific Kansas City

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.