Capital Power (CPX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is a growth-oriented power producer with approximately 12 GW of power generation at 32 facilities, plus battery energy storage across North America. We prioritize safely delivering reliable and affordable power communities can depend on, building lower-carbon power systems, and creating balanced solutions for our energy future.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$66.45 to C$67.94
• 50-Day Range: C$64.41 to C$75.95
• 52-Week Range: C$56.25 to C$77.02
• Volume: 888,415 shs
• Average Volume: 678,971 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$10.57 billion
• P/E Ratio: 118.09
• Dividend Yield: 4.11%
• Price Target: C$80.11
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Capital Power Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Capital Power scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Capital Power has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.10, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Capital Power has a consensus price target of C$80.11, representing about 19.0% upside from its current price of C$67.31.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Capital Power has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Capital Power is 118.09, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.58.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Capital Power is 118.09, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 25.42.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Capital Power has a PEG Ratio of 0.91. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Capital Power has a P/B Ratio of 2.23. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CPX.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Capital Power is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.18%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Capital Power does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Capital Power is 484.91%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.44

News Sentiment

Capital Power has a news sentiment score of 0.44. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Capital Power this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for CPX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -71% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Capital Power to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Capital Power insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$202,776.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.17% of the stock of Capital Power is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

30.01% of the stock of Capital Power is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Today: 8/16/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers
• Sub-Industry: Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders
• Current Symbol: TSE:CPX
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.capitalpower.com
• Phone: +1-780-3925100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 737
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Capital Power: C$80.11
• High Price Target: C$88.00
• Low Price Target: C$75.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.10
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.57
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 118.09
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.87
• P/E Growth: 0.91
• Net Income: C$602.81 million
• Net Margins: 3.05%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 2.31%
• Return on Assets: 5.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 150.64
• Current Ratio: 0.80
• Quick Ratio: 0.55

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$4.24 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.50
• Cash Flow: C$2.57 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 26.22
• Book Value: C$30.18 per share
• Price / Book: 2.23

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 157,080,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$10.57 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.64