Stifel Canada Has Negative Outlook of Air Canada Q3 Earnings

Air Canada (TSE:AC - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Air Canada in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, April 30th. Stifel Canada analyst D. Young now expects that the company will post earnings of $1.77 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.93. The consensus estimate for Air Canada's current full-year earnings is $2.58 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Air Canada's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on AC. Raymond James cut their target price on Air Canada from C$28.00 to C$24.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of Air Canada from a "hold" rating to an "underperform" rating and lowered their price objective for the company from C$18.00 to C$12.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of Air Canada from C$25.00 to C$21.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price target on shares of Air Canada from C$29.00 to C$24.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, National Bankshares decreased their target price on Air Canada from C$27.00 to C$23.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$23.50.

Air Canada Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of AC traded up C$0.22 during trading hours on Friday, hitting C$15.01. The stock had a trading volume of 1,626,913 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,353,101. The firm has a market cap of C$5.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.11, a P/E/G ratio of 0.02 and a beta of 2.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 400.00, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 0.92. The company's fifty day simple moving average is C$14.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$18.98. Air Canada has a 12-month low of C$12.69 and a 12-month high of C$26.18.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Vagn Sorensen purchased 11,440 shares of Air Canada stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 19th. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$17.40 per share, for a total transaction of C$199,057.14. Also, Senior Officer Craig Landry bought 7,909 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 31st. The stock was bought at an average price of C$13.99 per share, for a total transaction of C$110,646.91. Over the last 90 days, insiders acquired 32,993 shares of company stock valued at $538,251. 0.14% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Air Canada Company Profile

Air Canada provides domestic, U.S. transborder, and international airline services. The company provides scheduled passenger services under the Air Canada Vacations and Air Canada Rouge brand names in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. transborder market, and in the international market to and from Canada, as well as through capacity purchase agreements on other regional carriers.