Zacks Research Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for CP

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Research analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued on Thursday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the transportation company will post earnings of $0.79 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.80. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.05 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.01 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.60 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.01 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $3.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.59 billion. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a return on equity of 8.78% and a net margin of 24.50%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.69 earnings per share.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on CP. Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $98.00 to $91.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. Susquehanna upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $94.00 to $92.00 in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $83.00 to $82.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 11th. Finally, Stephens decreased their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $85.00 to $81.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 28th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Canadian Pacific Kansas City currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $93.68.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Down 2.5 %

Shares of NYSE:CP opened at $73.99 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $81.44 and a 200-day moving average of $80.66. The company has a market capitalization of $69.06 billion, a PE ratio of 26.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.53. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52-week low of $69.27 and a 52-week high of $91.58.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, January 27th. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th will be given a $0.14 dividend. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 27th. This is a boost from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.64%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the second quarter worth about $11,810,000. S&CO Inc. boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 183.3% during the third quarter. S&CO Inc. now owns 17,000 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,454,000 after acquiring an additional 11,000 shares in the last quarter. Swiss National Bank boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.8% during the third quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 2,820,893 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $241,645,000 after acquiring an additional 23,000 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 272.0% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 55,226 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $4,874,000 after acquiring an additional 40,380 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Magnetar Financial LLC bought a new stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the first quarter worth about $2,629,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

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.