Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the ten research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$76.56.

CPX has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on shares of Capital Power from C$79.00 to C$78.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raised their price target on shares of Capital Power from C$81.00 to C$82.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. National Bank Financial set a C$74.00 price target on shares of Capital Power and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Desjardins raised their price target on shares of Capital Power from C$80.00 to C$82.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, ATB Cormark Capital Markets set a C$75.00 price target on shares of Capital Power and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 23rd.

Capital Power Price Performance

CPX stock opened at C$68.23 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 141.73, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.94. Capital Power has a 52 week low of C$42.78 and a 52 week high of C$73.80. The firm’s fifty day moving average is C$62.63 and its 200 day moving average is C$63.56. The firm has a market cap of C$10.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 77.53, a P/E/G ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.49.

Capital Power (TSE:CPX) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 4th. The company reported C($0.13) EPS for the quarter. Capital Power had a net margin of 4.82% and a return on equity of 3.30%. The business had revenue of C$1.06 billion for the quarter. Research analysts predict that Capital Power will post 2.8197088 earnings per share for the current year.

About Capital Power

Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is a growth-oriented power producer with approximately 12 GW of power generation at 32 facilities, plus battery energy storage across North America. We prioritize safely delivering reliable and affordable power communities can depend on, building lower-carbon power systems, and creating balanced solutions for our energy future.