FY2025 Earnings Forecast for CP Issued By Atb Cap Markets

Key Points

• Atb Cap Markets has raised its FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City to $3.46, slightly up from the previous estimate of $3.45, which surpasses the consensus estimate of $3.42.
• Canadian Pacific Kansas City plans to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.1651 per share, up from $0.16 previously, indicating a positive adjustment in their return to shareholders.
• Analysts have a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" for Canadian Pacific Kansas City, with the stock having a target price of $92.30.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP - Free Report) TSE: CP - Stock analysts at Atb Cap Markets upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, July 30th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now anticipates that the transportation company will earn $3.46 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $3.45. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.00 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.04 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.16 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on CP. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $85.00 to $79.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Saturday, June 14th. National Bank Financial upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $122.00 to $121.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $82.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 16th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $92.30.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:CP traded up $0.69 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $75.09. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,099,876 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,187,632. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.39, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.06. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $79.62 and its 200 day simple moving average is $76.95. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a fifty-two week low of $66.49 and a fifty-two week high of $87.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 0.93.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP - Get Free Report) TSE: CP last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The transportation company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.82 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $2.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.76 billion. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 28.05% and a return on equity of 8.69%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 27th. Investors of record on Friday, September 26th will be given a dividend of $0.1651 per share. This is an increase from Canadian Pacific Kansas City's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 26th. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio is 20.56%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 3.0% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,065,476 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $74,807,000 after purchasing an additional 31,508 shares in the last quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 70.0% during the 1st quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,990 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $421,000 after purchasing an additional 2,467 shares in the last quarter. CX Institutional acquired a new stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the 1st quarter worth about $61,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 28.8% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 101,211 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $7,106,000 after purchasing an additional 22,606 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 1.0% in the 1st quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 28,676 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $2,012,000 after acquiring an additional 290 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company's stock.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Company Profile

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; merchandise freight, such as forest products, energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals, consumer products, and automotive; and intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers.