Desjardins Issues Negative Outlook for TSE:CP Earnings

Key Points

• Desjardins has lowered its Q3 2025 earnings estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $1.19 to $1.13 per share, but maintains a "Buy" rating with a target price of $123.00.
• Several analysts have adjusted their price targets for the company, with Citigroup reducing it from C$94.00 to C$90.00, while Scotiabank increased theirs from C$120.00 to C$122.00, indicating a mix of bullish and bearish sentiments.
• Canadian Pacific recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.228 per share, representing a yield of 0.9%, with the dividend payout ratio at 20.06%.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Equities researchers at Desjardins dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, July 30th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.13 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.19. Desjardins has a "Buy" rating and a $123.00 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $1.35 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.67 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$122.00 to C$121.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group cut Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, June 2nd. Raymond James Financial boosted 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 research report on Thursday, July 17th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$113.00 to C$116.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, National Bank Financial upgraded Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of C$119.46.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Up 2.9%

CP traded up C$2.88 during trading on Friday, reaching C$103.44. The company had a trading volume of 822,951 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,611,952. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.53. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 12-month low of C$94.60 and a 12-month high of C$119.20. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is C$108.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$107.68. The company has a market cap of C$96.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.31, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 26th will be given a $0.228 dividend. This represents a $0.91 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's payout ratio is 20.06%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer James Dominic Luther Clements sold 15,971 shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$113.33, for a total value of C$1,809,927.95. Also, Senior Officer Pamela Lynne Arpin sold 8,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$109.81, for a total value of C$933,389.25. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 343,599 shares of company stock valued at $38,107,437. 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.