Desjardins Has Negative Estimate for TSE:CP FY2026 Earnings

Key Points

• Desjardins has lowered its FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City to $5.50, slightly down from a prior estimate of $5.59.
• Multiple analysts have varied ratings for the stock, with Desjardins maintaining a "Buy" rating and a price objective of $123.00, while Goldman Sachs downgraded it to a "hold" rating.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.228 per share, which amounts to an annualized dividend of $0.91 and a yield of 0.9%.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Research analysts at Desjardins reduced their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report issued on Wednesday, July 30th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $5.50 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $5.59. Desjardins has a "Buy" rating and a $123.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's FY2027 earnings at $6.29 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the company. ATB Capital increased their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$123.00 to C$124.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group cut Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, June 2nd. National Bank Financial raised shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Raymond James Financial lifted their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$115.00 to C$120.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$122.00 to C$121.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of C$119.46.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of TSE:CP traded down C$0.96 during midday trading on Monday, reaching C$104.22. 642,563 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,617,451. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a fifty-two week low of C$94.60 and a fifty-two week high of C$119.20. The stock has a market cap of C$97.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.51, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is C$108.69 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$107.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.42.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced 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 is presently 20.06%.

Insider Activity

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer Nadeem Velani sold 60,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$110.30, for a total value of C$6,618,006.00. Also, Senior Officer Keith E. Creel sold 170,227 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$110.59, for a total value of C$18,825,910.53. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 343,599 shares of company stock worth $38,107,437. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

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.