TSE:CP Q4 EPS Forecast Raised by National Bank Financial

Key Points

• National Bank Financial has upgraded its Q4 2025 earnings forecast for Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSE:CP) to $1.42 per share, up from a previous estimate of $1.39.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.228 per share, with an annualized yield of 0.9%, payable on October 27th.
• Despite this positive outlook, several analysts have lowered their price targets for the stock, reflecting mixed sentiment with a consensus average price target of C$119.46.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Analysts at National Bank Financial upped their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 30th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now forecasts that the company will earn $1.42 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.39. National Bank Financial 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 FY2026 earnings at $5.42 EPS.

CP has been the topic of several other research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, June 2nd. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$120.00 to C$122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. National Bankshares upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a C$119.00 target price on the stock in a report 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, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Canadian Pacific Kansas City presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$119.46.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

Shares of TSE CP traded up C$3.01 during trading hours on Friday, hitting C$103.57. 917,571 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,612,617. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.53. The company has a market cap of C$96.81 billion, a PE ratio of 27.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company's fifty day simple moving average is C$108.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$107.68. 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 firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Investors of record on Friday, September 26th will be issued a dividend of $0.228 per share. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio is currently 20.06%.

Insider Activity at Canadian Pacific Kansas City

In other news, Senior Officer James Dominic Luther Clements sold 15,971 shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$113.33, for a total transaction of C$1,809,927.95. Also, Senior Officer Nadeem Velani sold 60,000 shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$110.30, for a total transaction of C$6,618,006.00. Insiders have sold 343,599 shares of company stock worth $38,107,437 in the last 90 days. Corporate 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.