Stifel Canada Comments on CGI’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:GIB)

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) – Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for CGI in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 27th. Stifel Canada analyst S. Sukumar anticipates that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.37 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CGI’s current full-year earnings is $5.90 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for CGI’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.74 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.18 EPS.

GIB has been the subject of several other research reports. CIBC upgraded CGI from a “neutral” rating to an “outperformer” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $155.00 to $178.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $178.00 price objective on shares of CGI in a report on Monday, January 6th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded CGI from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. StockNews.com raised shares of CGI from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target on shares of CGI from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $150.75.

CGI Price Performance

GIB stock opened at $119.13 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $27.15 billion, a PE ratio of 22.14, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.95. CGI has a 12 month low of $96.92 and a 12 month high of $121.55. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $110.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $111.27. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

CGI (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The technology company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.41. CGI had a return on equity of 19.74% and a net margin of 11.53%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CGI

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of GIB. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CGI during the 2nd quarter worth $2,907,000. CWM LLC lifted its position in CGI by 14.8% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,365 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $157,000 after acquiring an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its stake in CGI by 16.1% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 25,179 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,895,000 after acquiring an additional 3,490 shares in the last quarter. Walter Public Investments Inc. grew its holdings in CGI by 10.5% in the third quarter. Walter Public Investments Inc. now owns 227,796 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $26,194,000 after purchasing an additional 21,582 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Net Worth Advisory Group acquired a new position in shares of CGI during the third quarter worth $467,000. Institutional investors own 66.68% of the company’s stock.

CGI Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.1039 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.35%. CGI’s dividend payout ratio is currently 8.55%.

About CGI

CGI Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) and business process services. Its services include the business and strategic IT consulting, systems integration, and software solutions. The company also provides application development, modernization and maintenance, holistic enterprise digitization, automation, hybrid and cloud management, and business process services; intellectual property-based solutions; business consulting; managed IT services; and IT infrastructure services.