Desjardins Has Pessimistic View of CAE Q3 Earnings

CAE Inc (NYSE:CAE) (TSE:CAE) – Investment analysts at Desjardins dropped their Q3 2026 EPS estimates for shares of CAE in a report released on Wednesday, November 12th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now forecasts that the aerospace company will post earnings per share of $0.20 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.22. The consensus estimate for CAE’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for CAE’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.36 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.06 EPS.

CAE has been the topic of several other research reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of CAE in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on shares of CAE from $41.00 to $40.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a $30.00 price target on shares of CAE in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of CAE in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of CAE from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CAE has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $34.33.

CAE Stock Down 1.8%

NYSE CAE opened at $25.92 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 1.42. CAE has a 52 week low of $20.36 and a 52 week high of $30.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 0.60 and a current ratio of 0.87. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $27.76 and a 200-day moving average of $27.48.

CAE (NYSE:CAE) (TSE:CAE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 11th. The aerospace company reported $0.17 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.03. CAE had a net margin of 8.70% and a return on equity of 7.92%. The business had revenue of $897.99 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.13 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.24 earnings per share. CAE’s revenue was up 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of CAE

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in CAE. Brandes Investment Partners LP lifted its holdings in CAE by 4.4% during the second quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP now owns 14,803,106 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $433,287,000 after acquiring an additional 628,848 shares in the last quarter. Browning West LP raised its position in shares of CAE by 131.4% during the first quarter. Browning West LP now owns 13,734,943 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $337,742,000 after purchasing an additional 7,800,012 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of CAE by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,151,527 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $389,430,000 after purchasing an additional 518,030 shares in the last quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. grew its position in shares of CAE by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. now owns 7,909,738 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $231,350,000 after purchasing an additional 45,754 shares during the period. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI increased its stake in CAE by 15.6% during the 1st quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 6,087,650 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $149,530,000 after purchasing an additional 822,037 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 67.36% of the company’s stock.

About CAE

CAE Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides simulation training and critical operations support solutions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, the Oceania, Africa, and Rest of the Americas. It operates through two segments, Civil Aviation; and Defense and Security. The Civil Aviation segment offers training solutions for flight, cabin, maintenance, and ground personnel in commercial, business, and helicopter aviation; a range of flight simulation training devices; and ab initio pilot training and crew sourcing services, as well as aircraft flight operations solutions.