Desjardins Issues Positive Forecast for TSE:POW Earnings

Key Points

• Desjardins has raised its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for Power Co. of Canada to $1.30, up from a previous forecast of $1.27.
• Analysts have variously adjusted their target prices for Power Co. of Canada, with Scotiabank increasing it to C$59.00, while CIBC downgraded the stock's rating from "outperform" to "neutral."
• Power Co. of Canada currently has a market capitalization of C$36.82 billion and the stock is trading at C$57.60, with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy."

Power Co. of Canada (TSE:POW - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Desjardins increased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Power Co. of Canada in a research note issued to investors on Friday, August 8th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.30 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.27. Desjardins has a "Buy" rating and a $60.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Power Co. of Canada's current full-year earnings is $4.93 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Power Co. of Canada's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.33 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.22 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.65 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on POW. Jefferies Financial Group cut Power Co. of Canada from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating and increased their price target for the company from C$57.00 to C$60.00 in a research note on Monday. CIBC downgraded Power Co. of Canada from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a C$55.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. Cibc World Mkts cut Power Co. of Canada from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. National Bankshares upped their price target on Power Co. of Canada from C$55.00 to C$56.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, TD Securities raised their price target on Power Co. of Canada from C$56.00 to C$62.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of C$59.25.

Power Co. of Canada Stock Performance

TSE:POW traded up C$0.81 on Monday, hitting C$57.40. 194,003 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,462,892. The stock has a market capitalization of C$36.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.21, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.09. Power Co. of Canada has a 52 week low of C$38.33 and a 52 week high of C$59.00. The company's 50-day moving average price is C$53.99 and its 200 day moving average price is C$50.93.

About Power Co. of Canada

Power Corp. of Canada is a diversified holding company with interests in financial services, communications, and other business sectors through its controlling interests in Power Financial. Power Financial in turn holds controlling interests in Great-West Life (an insurance conglomerate), IGM Financial (Canada's largest nonbank asset manager), and Pargesa (a holding company with interests in European companies).