TSE:CP Q2 EPS Forecast Lowered by Raymond James Financial

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP) (NYSE:CP) – Research analysts at Raymond James Financial cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, July 17th. Raymond James Financial analyst S. Hansen now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.12 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.14. Raymond James Financial currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $120.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share.

A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on CP. 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. Scotiabank lifted their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$115.00 to C$120.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. CIBC upped their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$119.00 to C$124.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, June 2nd. Finally, ATB Capital reduced their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$124.00 to C$123.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$120.62.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

TSE CP opened at C$106.35 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 12 month low of C$94.60 and a 12 month high of C$119.20. The stock has a market cap of C$99.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.08, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company’s 50 day moving average is C$110.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$107.95.

Insider Buying and Selling at Canadian Pacific Kansas City

In other news, Senior Officer Keith E. Creel sold 170,227 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$110.59, for a total transaction of C$18,825,910.53. Also, Senior Officer Nadeem Velani sold 60,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$110.30, for a total transaction of C$6,618,006.00. Insiders have sold 343,599 shares of company stock valued at $38,107,437 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 28th will be given a dividend of $0.228 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 27th. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.86%. This is a positive change from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. 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.