Zacks Research Has Negative Forecast for CP Q1 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued on Thursday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the transportation company will post earnings of $0.79 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.80. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.05 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.01 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.60 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Stephens reduced their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $85.00 to $81.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 28th. Susquehanna upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $94.00 to $92.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $83.00 to $82.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $91.98 to $91.25 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $93.68.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Down 0.1 %

CP opened at $73.95 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $81.22 and a 200-day simple moving average of $80.62. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 12 month low of $69.27 and a 12 month high of $91.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $69.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.46.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.01 by ($0.02). Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 24.50% and a return on equity of 8.78%. The business had revenue of $3.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.59 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group purchased a new stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $205,000. Toronto Dominion Bank grew its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 20.4% in the third quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 2,083,106 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $178,189,000 after purchasing an additional 352,534 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 7.8% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,332,357 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $373,540,000 after purchasing an additional 313,298 shares during the period. Conway Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the third quarter valued at $1,314,000. Finally, Executive Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 6.3% during the third quarter. Executive Wealth Management LLC now owns 35,819 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $3,064,000 after buying an additional 2,113 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, January 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 27th will be given a $0.14 dividend. This is an increase from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 27th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio is currently 19.64%.

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.