Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Forecast for CP Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP - Free Report) TSE: CP - Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the transportation company will post earnings of $0.82 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.86. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.85 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.39 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.86 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.99 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.83 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.01 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.44 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $85.00 to $79.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 14th. Benchmark reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Susquehanna raised their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $88.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a "positive" rating in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $91.00 to $84.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Finally, Loop Capital lowered shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "buy" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $90.63.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

CP traded up $1.09 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $81.26. 765,858 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,786,943. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1-year low of $66.49 and a 1-year high of $87.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $75.61 billion, a PE ratio of 28.02, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.09. The business's 50-day moving average price is $74.12 and its 200 day moving average price is $75.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.46.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP - Get Free Report) TSE: CP last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The transportation company reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74. The firm had revenue of $2.66 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.56 billion. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 25.51% and a return on equity of 8.86%. The firm's revenue was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.93 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Barclays PLC lifted its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 2,929,642 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $250,602,000 after purchasing an additional 81,111 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,768,362 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $750,046,000 after purchasing an additional 381,594 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 6.6% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 28,386 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $2,054,000 after purchasing an additional 1,762 shares during the last quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the 4th quarter valued at about $288,000. Finally, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. lifted its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 41,616 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $3,011,000 after purchasing an additional 987 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 27th will be given a $0.1644 dividend. This is an increase from Canadian Pacific Kansas City's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 27th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.28%.

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.