Raymond James Issues Pessimistic Outlook for TSE:CP Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Analysts at Raymond James dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report issued on Tuesday, April 22nd. Raymond James analyst S. Hansen now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.05 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.15. Raymond James has a "Outperform" rating and a $115.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Q2 2025 earnings at $1.14 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.70 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on CP. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. National Bankshares dropped their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$123.00 to C$118.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$128.00 to C$122.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 31st. Sanford C. Bernstein reduced their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$123.00 to C$122.00 in a report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, CIBC dropped their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$128.00 to C$124.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of C$122.38.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Down 0.8 %

CP traded down C$0.76 on Wednesday, hitting C$99.69. The company had a trading volume of 332,344 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,679,793. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64. The firm has a market cap of C$93.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.32, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company's fifty day moving average price is C$104.69 and its 200 day moving average price is C$107.13. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1 year low of C$94.60 and a 1 year high of C$119.20.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 28th. Investors of record on Monday, April 28th will be given a $0.19 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.76%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.06%.

Insider Transactions at Canadian Pacific Kansas City

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer Laird Joseph Pitz sold 18,710 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of C$116.16, for a total transaction of C$2,173,430.39. Insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

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.