Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for CP Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• National Bank Financial has lowered its Q3 2025 earnings estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $0.85 to $0.81 per share, while maintaining a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock.
• CitiGroup and Barclays have both increased their price targets for Canadian Pacific Kansas City, now setting them at $94.00 and $91.00 respectively, reflecting positive sentiment among analysts.
• Canadian Pacific Kansas City recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.1651 per share, increasing from the previous amount of $0.16, with a yield of 0.9%.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP - Free Report) TSE: CP - National Bank Financial decreased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report issued on Wednesday, September 17th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now anticipates that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $0.81 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.85. National Bank Financial 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 FY2025 earnings at $3.40 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.25 EPS.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP - Get Free Report) TSE: CP last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The transportation company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by ($0.01). Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 28.05% and a return on equity of 8.69%. The firm had revenue of $2.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.76 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's revenue for the quarter was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, September 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $91.00 target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note on Monday, June 2nd. National Bankshares reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note on Thursday. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $94.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $87.00 to $91.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $92.30.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

NYSE:CP traded down $0.45 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $74.18. The stock had a trading volume of 841,188 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,145,965. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52 week low of $66.49 and a 52 week high of $86.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $67.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $75.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $76.35. The company has a current ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 26th will be given a dividend of $0.1651 per share. 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 of this dividend is Friday, September 26th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.56%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 38,223,823 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $3,036,558,000 after buying an additional 1,080,835 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc increased its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 21,002,374 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $1,665,106,000 after purchasing an additional 136,970 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 15.1% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 19,543,455 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,549,210,000 after buying an additional 2,559,104 shares during the period. Causeway Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 11.5% during the 1st quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 17,208,788 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,207,605,000 after buying an additional 1,778,984 shares during the period. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 16,498,767 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,311,512,000 after purchasing an additional 150,963 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Company Profile

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.