TSE:CP Q3 EPS Estimate Decreased by National Bank Financial

Key Points

• National Bank Financial has lowered its Q3 2025 EPS estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $1.20 to $1.17, while maintaining a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock.
• Canadian Pacific Kansas City recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.228 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.9%.
• Insiders have sold a total of 343,599 shares of the company's stock worth approximately $38 million in the past 90 days, indicating potential concerns about the stock's performance.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Research analysts at National Bank Financial cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, July 30th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.17 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.20. 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 $4.34 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's FY2025 earnings at $4.77 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on CP. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$113.00 to C$116.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. ATB Capital raised their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$123.00 to C$124.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$125.00 to C$131.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$94.00 to C$90.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Desjardins cut their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$124.00 to C$123.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$119.46.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

TSE:CP traded down C$0.96 during trading hours on Monday, hitting C$104.22. The company's stock had a trading volume of 642,563 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,617,451. The company has a market capitalization of C$97.41 billion, a PE ratio of 27.51, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. 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 52-week low of C$94.60 and a 52-week high of C$119.20. The business's 50-day moving average is C$108.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$107.64.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 26th will be issued a dividend of $0.228 per share. This represents a $0.91 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.06%.

Insider Activity at Canadian Pacific Kansas City

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer Keith E. Creel sold 170,227 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$110.59, for a total transaction of C$18,825,910.53. Also, Senior Officer Cassandra P. Quach sold 7,946 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$111.00, for a total transaction of C$882,006.00. Over the last three months, insiders sold 343,599 shares of company stock valued at $38,107,437. 0.03% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Canadian Pacific Kansas City

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.