Zacks Research Comments on Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited’s Q1 2026 Earnings (NYSE:CP)

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 9th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $0.99 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.00. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.96 EPS.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 30th. The transportation company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.31. The firm had revenue of $3.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.58 billion. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a return on equity of 8.77% and a net margin of 24.45%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.62 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on CP. Scotiabank raised shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $91.98 to $91.25 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $83.00 to $82.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $105.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 17th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $95.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $97.90.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Down 0.2 %

CP stock opened at $81.88 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $76.40 billion, a PE ratio of 26.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.51. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a one year low of $68.92 and a one year high of $91.58. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $82.56 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $81.82.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 28th. Investors of record on Friday, September 27th will be given a dividend of $0.1373 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.55 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.67%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio is presently 17.31%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CP. Grove Bank & Trust increased its holdings in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 56.0% during the third quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 362 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the first quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Chris Bulman Inc purchased a new position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $35,000. ORG Partners LLC bought a new position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $39,000. Finally, Tobam purchased a new stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the 1st quarter valued at $51,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Canadian Pacific Kansas City

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.