Atb Cap Markets Has Bearish Outlook for TSE:CP Q2 Earnings

Key Points

• Atb Cap Markets has lowered its Q2 2026 earnings per share estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City to $1.24, down from the previous estimate of $1.34.
• The company recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.228 per share, translating to an annualized dividend of $0.91 and a yield of 0.9%.
• Insider activity revealed significant stock sales, with a senior officer selling over 170,000 shares, totaling around C$18.8 million in transactions.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Investment analysts at Atb Cap Markets decreased their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued on Wednesday, July 30th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.24 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.34. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's FY2026 earnings at $5.43 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Desjardins reduced their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$124.00 to C$123.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$113.00 to C$116.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. TD Securities raised their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$117.00 to C$118.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, June 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$122.00 to C$121.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$119.46.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

Shares of CP opened at C$101.90 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.42. The stock has a 50-day moving average of C$109.39 and a 200-day moving average of C$107.77. The company has a market cap of C$95.25 billion, a PE ratio of 26.90, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a one year low of C$94.60 and a one year high of C$119.20.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 26th will be given a dividend of $0.228 per share. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio is currently 20.06%.

Insider Activity

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer Maeghan Dawn Albiston sold 12,950 shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$112.04, for a total transaction of C$1,450,853.25. Also, Senior Officer Keith E. Creel sold 170,227 shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$110.59, for a total transaction of C$18,825,910.53. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 343,599 shares of company stock worth $38,107,437. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Company Profile

Canadian Pacific is a CAD 8 billion Class-1 railroads operating on more than 12,500 miles of track across most of Canada and into parts of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. It is the second-smallest Class I railroad by revenue and route miles. In 2021, CP hauled shipments of grain (22% of freight revenue), intermodal containers (22%), energy products (like crude and frac sand), chemicals, and plastics (20%) coal (8%), fertilizer and potash (10%), automotive products (5%), and a diverse mix of other merchandise.

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