Atb Cap Markets Issues Positive Estimate for CP Earnings

Key Points

• ATB Cap Markets has raised its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City to $0.87, up from $0.85, indicating positive growth expectations for the transportation company.
• The company recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.1651 per share, which reflects an increase from the previous dividend of $0.16, translating to an annual yield of 0.9%.
• Institutional investors own 72.20% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City, with increased stakes observed from major firms like Vanguard Group and Invesco Ltd., demonstrating strong institutional confidence in the company.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP - Free Report) TSE: CP - Investment analysts at Atb Cap Markets increased their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, July 30th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now anticipates that the transportation company will earn $0.87 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.85. 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 Q1 2026 earnings at $0.86 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.96 EPS.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP - Get Free Report) TSE: CP last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The transportation company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a return on equity of 8.68% and a net margin of 28.05%. The firm had revenue of $2.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.56 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Evercore ISI dropped their price target on 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. Citigroup boosted their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $94.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $122.00 to $121.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Wall Street Zen cut Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, June 14th. Finally, Susquehanna reiterated a "positive" rating and set a $94.00 price target (up from $90.00) on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $92.30.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Down 2.9%

Shares of CP opened at $73.49 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.81. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a one year low of $66.49 and a one year high of $87.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $67.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.89, a PEG ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.07. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $79.88 and a 200 day moving average price of $76.93.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.1651 per share. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. This is a positive change from Canadian Pacific Kansas City's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 26th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's payout ratio is 22.30%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 1.0% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,142,988 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $2,606,624,000 after acquiring an additional 364,515 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc increased its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.7% during the second quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 21,002,374 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,665,106,000 after acquiring an additional 136,970 shares during the last quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 11.5% during the first quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 17,208,788 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,207,605,000 after acquiring an additional 1,778,984 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 59.5% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 16,984,351 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $1,192,471,000 after buying an additional 6,337,312 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 6.5% in the first quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 16,347,804 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $1,147,220,000 after buying an additional 999,522 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

About Canadian Pacific Kansas City

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.

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