Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP - Free Report) TSE: CP - Equities researchers at National Bank Financial lifted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 30th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now anticipates that the transportation company will earn $1.04 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.01. National Bank Financial currently has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's FY2026 earnings at $3.96 EPS.
Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $85.00 to $79.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 14th. Barclays lifted their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $87.00 to $91.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $91.00 target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report on Monday, June 2nd. Wall Street Zen cut Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, June 14th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $122.00 to $121.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $92.30.
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance
CP stock opened at $73.49 on Friday. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52-week low of $66.49 and a 52-week high of $87.72. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $79.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.93. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $67.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.07.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP - Get Free Report) TSE: CP last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The transportation company reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, meeting 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 analysts' expectations of $2.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's quarterly revenue was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 1.0% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 37,142,988 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $2,606,624,000 after acquiring an additional 364,515 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.7% in the second quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 21,002,374 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $1,665,106,000 after acquiring an additional 136,970 shares during the period. Causeway Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 11.5% in the first quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 17,208,788 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $1,207,605,000 after acquiring an additional 1,778,984 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 59.5% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 16,984,351 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,192,471,000 after buying an additional 6,337,312 shares during the period. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 6.5% during the first quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 16,347,804 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,147,220,000 after buying an additional 999,522 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Investors of record on Friday, September 26th will be paid a $0.1651 dividend. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis 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 is Friday, September 26th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's payout ratio is 22.30%.
About Canadian Pacific Kansas City
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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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