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Stifel Canada Issues Optimistic Outlook for CGI Earnings

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CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB - Free Report) TSE: GIB.A - Equities researchers at Stifel Canada raised their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CGI in a report issued on Wednesday, April 30th. Stifel Canada analyst S. Sukumar now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $1.53 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.45. The consensus estimate for CGI's current full-year earnings is $5.79 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for CGI's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.57 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.52 EPS.

CGI (NYSE:GIB - Get Free Report) TSE: GIB.A last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The technology company reported $1.48 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.50 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $2.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.05 billion. CGI had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 11.72%. The business's revenue was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.97 earnings per share.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on GIB. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price objective on shares of CGI from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. UBS Group upped their price objective on CGI from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $192.00 target price on shares of CGI in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $156.75.

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CGI Trading Up 1.2 %

CGI stock traded up $1.29 during trading on Friday, reaching $106.14. 57,541 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 200,150. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 1.04. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $102.48 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $109.11. The company has a market capitalization of $24.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.19, a PEG ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 0.78. CGI has a 52-week low of $92.85 and a 52-week high of $122.79.

CGI Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 16th will be paid a $0.1086 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 16th. This is a boost from CGI's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. This represents a $0.43 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.41%. CGI's payout ratio is presently 7.47%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GIB. Fifth Third Bancorp grew its stake in shares of CGI by 239.5% in the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 258 shares of the technology company's stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 182 shares in the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in CGI in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Sierra Ocean LLC acquired a new position in shares of CGI during the fourth quarter worth about $62,000. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich purchased a new stake in shares of CGI during the fourth quarter worth approximately $83,000. Finally, Hoey Investments Inc. acquired a new stake in CGI in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $99,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.68% of the company's stock.

CGI Company Profile

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CGI Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) and business process services. Its services include the business and strategic IT consulting, systems integration, and software solutions. The company also provides application development, modernization and maintenance, holistic enterprise digitization, automation, hybrid and cloud management, and business process services; intellectual property-based solutions; business consulting; managed IT services; and IT infrastructure services.

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