Atb Cap Markets Issues Pessimistic Outlook for CP Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP - Free Report) TSE: CP - Investment analysts at Atb Cap Markets decreased their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report issued on Sunday, July 6th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now anticipates that the transportation company will earn $3.45 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $3.46. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Q2 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.14 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.97 EPS.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP - Get Free Report) TSE: CP last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The transportation company reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.74. The business had revenue of $2.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.56 billion. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 25.99% and a return on equity of 8.68%. The company's revenue was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Scotiabank reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $85.00 to $79.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $82.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, May 16th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $100.00 to $90.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. Finally, Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $88.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $91.66.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of CP stock traded up $0.63 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $81.34. 2,313,339 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,811,502. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $79.47 and a 200 day moving average of $76.43. The firm has a market cap of $74.95 billion, a PE ratio of 27.48, a PEG ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.07. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1 year low of $66.49 and a 1 year high of $87.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 27th will be given a dividend of $0.1644 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 27th. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.81%. This is an increase from Canadian Pacific Kansas City's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 22.30%.

Institutional Trading of Canadian Pacific Kansas City

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CP. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 18.8% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 839 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $60,000 after buying an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the fourth quarter worth $2,602,000. Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 7.9% during the fourth quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 2,716 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $197,000 after purchasing an additional 198 shares during the last quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank lifted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 332,974 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $24,097,000 after purchasing an additional 7,285 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bluegrass Capital Partners LP lifted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 23.8% during the fourth quarter. Bluegrass Capital Partners LP now owns 130,000 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $9,408,000 after purchasing an additional 25,000 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% 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.