What is Stifel Canada's Forecast for Air Canada Q3 Earnings?

Air Canada (TSE:AC - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Stifel Canada lowered their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Air Canada in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 30th. Stifel Canada analyst D. Young now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.77 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. CIBC cut their target price on Air Canada from C$24.00 to C$21.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on shares of Air Canada from C$29.00 to C$24.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on shares of Air Canada from C$31.00 to C$29.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. Raymond James cut their target price on Air Canada from C$28.00 to C$24.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Air Canada from an "overweight" rating to a "neutral" rating and lowered their price target for the stock from C$34.00 to C$24.00 in a report on Monday, March 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of C$23.50.

Air Canada Stock Performance

Shares of TSE AC traded down C$0.21 during trading hours on Friday, reaching C$14.79. 2,665,367 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,374,163. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is C$14.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$19.00. The firm has a market capitalization of C$5.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.08, a P/E/G ratio of 0.02 and a beta of 2.39. Air Canada has a 52 week low of C$12.69 and a 52 week high of C$26.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 400.00, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 0.92.

Insider Transactions at Air Canada

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

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.