Atb Cap Markets Has Pessimistic View of TSE:CP Q1 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Stock analysts at Atb Cap Markets dropped their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 30th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now expects that the company will post earnings of $1.18 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.25. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Q4 2026 earnings at $1.65 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on CP. CIBC dropped their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$124.00 to C$119.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday. UBS Group upped their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$113.00 to C$116.00 in a report on Thursday. Desjardins decreased their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$129.00 to C$124.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Raymond James cut their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$130.00 to C$115.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein decreased their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$123.00 to C$122.00 in a research note on Friday, February 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$119.62.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock traded up C$2.87 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting C$103.53. 1,964,268 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,695,450. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$103.72 and a 200-day moving average price of C$106.74. The stock has a market cap of C$96.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a one year low of C$94.60 and a one year high of C$119.20. 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 Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 28th. Investors of record on Friday, June 27th will be paid a $0.228 dividend. This is a boost from Canadian Pacific Kansas City's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.88%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.06%.

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.