Atb Cap Markets Has Negative Forecast for CP Q3 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Equities researchers at Atb Cap Markets reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued on Tuesday, October 14th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now forecasts that the transportation company will post earnings of $0.81 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.87. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s FY2025 earnings at $3.41 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.96 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.13 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on CP. Susquehanna reduced their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $91.00 to $88.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. National Bank Financial raised shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $90.00 to $88.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Stephens upped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $95.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report on Thursday, July 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Canadian Pacific Kansas City currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $91.38.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

Shares of CP opened at $76.61 on Friday. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1-year low of $66.49 and a 1-year high of $83.65. The stock has a market cap of $69.47 billion, a PE ratio of 23.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $75.44 and a 200 day moving average price of $76.65.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The transportation company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company had revenue of $2.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.76 billion. During the same period last 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.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Ethic Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the third quarter worth about $595,000. Covea Finance increased its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 87.9% during the third quarter. Covea Finance now owns 99,934 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $7,440,000 after acquiring an additional 46,740 shares during the period. CWM LLC increased its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 8.3% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 13,736 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,023,000 after acquiring an additional 1,056 shares during the period. Blue Zone Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.4% during the third quarter. Blue Zone Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 81,608 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $6,079,000 after acquiring an additional 1,884 shares during the period. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC increased its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.8% during the third quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 32,612 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $2,429,000 after acquiring an additional 263 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.1651 per share. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. This is a positive change from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 26th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.56%.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Company Profile

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.