Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of TSE:CP Q4 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, May 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.41 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.39. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Q3 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.45 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.40 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on CP. UBS Group increased their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$113.00 to C$116.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Loop Capital cut Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "strong-buy" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Barclays cut their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$130.00 to C$125.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. National Bankshares dropped their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$123.00 to C$118.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$118.00 to C$117.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$120.00.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

TSE CP traded up C$0.38 on Thursday, hitting C$111.94. 593,358 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,662,305. The business's fifty day moving average is C$103.79 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$106.71. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 12 month low of C$94.60 and a 12 month high of C$119.20. The firm has a market capitalization of C$104.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.55, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.53.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer Mark Ashley Redd sold 6,485 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$109.23, for a total transaction of C$708,331.01. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 28th. Investors of record on Friday, June 27th will be issued a $0.228 dividend. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.81%. This is an increase from Canadian Pacific Kansas City's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio is currently 20.06%.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Company Profile

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.