National Bank Financial Predicts TSE:CP Q2 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Equities researchers at National Bank Financial boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 8th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.18 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.14. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.39 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.83 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.40 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on CP. Raymond James Financial cut their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$130.00 to C$115.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. UBS Group upped their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$113.00 to C$116.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Desjardins cut their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$129.00 to C$124.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Scotiabank upped their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$115.00 to C$120.00 in a research note on Thursday. Finally, CIBC upped their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$119.00 to C$124.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$120.23.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of CP opened at C$112.66 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 12-month low of C$94.60 and a 12-month high of C$119.20. The firm has a market capitalization of C$105.30 billion, a PE ratio of 29.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is C$109.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$107.72.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer Pamela Lynne Arpin sold 8,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$109.81, for a total value of C$933,389.25. Also, Senior Officer Nadeem Velani sold 60,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$110.30, for a total value of C$6,618,006.00. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 343,599 shares of company stock valued at $38,107,437. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 28th will be issued a $0.228 dividend. This is an increase from Canadian Pacific Kansas City's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 27th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio is 20.06%.

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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