National Bank Financial Comments on TSE:CP Q1 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP) (NYSE:CP) – National Bank Financial cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report issued on Wednesday, April 2nd. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.00 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.07. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q1 2025 earnings at $1.00 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.42 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.78 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.78 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.38 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.38 EPS.

CP has been the subject of a number of other reports. Desjardins boosted their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$133.00 to C$134.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$128.00 to C$122.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 31st. CIBC cut their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$128.00 to C$124.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. Wolfe Research upgraded Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$123.00 to C$122.00 in a research note on Friday, February 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Canadian Pacific Kansas City presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$124.36.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Up 0.6 %

CP opened at C$99.86 on Friday. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 12 month low of C$96.80 and a 12 month high of C$121.35. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$108.52 and a 200-day moving average price of C$108.78. The firm has a market cap of C$93.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.36, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 28th will be issued a $0.19 dividend. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s payout ratio is currently 20.06%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Senior Officer Laird Joseph Pitz sold 18,710 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of C$116.16, for a total transaction of C$2,173,430.39. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

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.