Desjardins Brokers Reduce Earnings Estimates for TSE:CP

Key Points

• Desjardins has revised its Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $1.13 to $1.10, maintaining a "Buy" rating with a $120.00 price target.
• Canadian Pacific Kansas City announced a quarterly dividend of $0.228 per share, with a payout ratio of 17.77%.
• The company's stock price opened at C$107.94, with an average target price of C$119.31, reflecting varying ratings from analysts.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Investment analysts at Desjardins lowered their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued on Monday, October 6th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now forecasts that the company will earn $1.10 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.13. Desjardins has a "Buy" rating and a $120.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's FY2025 earnings at $4.66 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.38 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $6.19 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $7.04 EPS.

CP has been the topic of several other reports. National Bank Financial upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Raymond James Financial lifted their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$115.00 to C$120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. TD Securities upped their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$117.00 to C$118.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. CIBC cut their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$124.00 to C$122.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$94.00 to C$90.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of C$119.31.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Down 0.3%

CP opened at C$107.94 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of C$99.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.04, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.03. 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 firm's fifty day moving average price is C$103.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$105.69. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a fifty-two week low of C$94.60 and a fifty-two week high of C$118.80.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 27th will be paid a $0.228 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 26th. This represents a $0.91 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's payout ratio is currently 17.77%.

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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