Analysts Set Expectations for CGI's Q3 Earnings (NYSE:GIB)

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB - Free Report) TSE: GIB.A - Raymond James upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of CGI in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 30th. Raymond James analyst S. Li now expects that the technology company will earn $1.53 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.47. The consensus estimate for CGI's current full-year earnings is $5.79 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for CGI's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.56 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.03 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.57 EPS.

CGI (NYSE:GIB - Get Free Report) TSE: GIB.A last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The technology company reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.50 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $2.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.05 billion. CGI had a net margin of 11.72% and a return on equity of 19.32%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.97 earnings per share.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on GIB. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $192.00 target price on shares of CGI in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of CGI from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of CGI from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $156.75.

CGI Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:GIB opened at $104.90 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a current ratio of 1.31. The company has a market capitalization of $23.78 billion, a PE ratio of 18.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 0.85. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $102.72 and a 200-day moving average of $109.22. CGI has a one year low of $92.85 and a one year high of $122.79.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CGI

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its position in CGI by 7.1% during the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,028,147 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $202,470,000 after purchasing an additional 133,750 shares in the last quarter. MQS Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CGI during the 1st quarter valued at $608,000. Cerity Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of CGI by 129.6% during the 1st quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 26,230 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $2,619,000 after acquiring an additional 14,806 shares in the last quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale increased its stake in shares of CGI by 0.9% in the first quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 932,423 shares of the technology company's stock worth $90,713,000 after acquiring an additional 8,369 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EULAV Asset Management raised its holdings in shares of CGI by 3.3% during the first quarter. EULAV Asset Management now owns 397,110 shares of the technology company's stock worth $39,643,000 after acquiring an additional 12,800 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.68% of the company's stock.

CGI Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 16th will be given a dividend of $0.1086 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 16th. This is a positive change from CGI's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. This represents a $0.43 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.41%. CGI's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.47%.

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.

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