Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for CP FY2025 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Investment analysts at Desjardins dropped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report released on Thursday, October 30th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now expects that the transportation company will post earnings of $3.31 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $3.36. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.98 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.79 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $4.37 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $4.98 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. National Bank Financial upgraded Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Susquehanna set a $87.00 price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 13th. National Bankshares restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $129.00 to $127.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. One equities research 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 given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $91.69.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of CP opened at $72.01 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 0.93. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52-week low of $66.49 and a 52-week high of $83.65. The firm has a market cap of $64.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.95, a PEG ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.08. The business’s fifty day moving average is $75.49 and its 200-day moving average is $76.94.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The transportation company reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.81 by ($0.01). Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 28.41% and a return on equity of 8.74%. The firm had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.71 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.99 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CP. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.9% in 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 acquiring an additional 1,080,835 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 21,002,374 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,665,106,000 after purchasing an additional 136,970 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 15.1% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 19,543,455 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,549,210,000 after purchasing an additional 2,559,104 shares during the last quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC increased its position 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 worth $1,207,605,000 after buying an additional 1,778,984 shares during the period. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its position 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 worth $1,311,512,000 after buying an additional 150,963 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, January 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st will be given a $0.228 dividend. This is a boost from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.91 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.12%.

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.