Zacks Research Issues Positive Forecast for CP Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q4 2026 earnings per share estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued on Wednesday, August 20th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the transportation company will post earnings of $1.09 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.06. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q2 2027 earnings at $1.07 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.41 EPS.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The transportation company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.82 by ($0.01). Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 28.05% and a return on equity of 8.69%. The business had revenue of $2.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.76 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s revenue was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $88.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Citigroup boosted their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $94.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 9th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and issued a $94.00 target price (up from $90.00) on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $92.30.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

Shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock opened at $74.8380 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $77.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.61. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52 week low of $66.49 and a 52 week high of $87.72. The company has a market capitalization of $68.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.31, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.1651 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 26th. This is an increase from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s payout ratio is presently 20.56%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.9% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 38,223,823 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $3,036,558,000 after buying an additional 1,080,835 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc grew its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.7% during the second quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 21,002,374 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,665,106,000 after buying an additional 136,970 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 15.1% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 19,543,455 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,549,210,000 after buying an additional 2,559,104 shares during the last quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 11.5% during the first quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 17,208,788 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,207,605,000 after buying an additional 1,778,984 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.9% during the second quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 16,498,767 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,311,512,000 after buying an additional 150,963 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; merchandise freight, such as forest products, energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals, consumer products, and automotive; and intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers.