Stifel Canada Comments on CGI’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:GIB)

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) – Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for CGI in a research note issued to investors on Monday, January 27th. Stifel Canada analyst S. Sukumar anticipates that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.37 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CGI’s current full-year earnings is $5.90 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for CGI’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.74 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.18 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on the company. StockNews.com raised CGI from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. CIBC upgraded shares of CGI from a “neutral” rating to an “outperformer” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $155.00 to $178.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Cibc World Mkts raised CGI from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $178.00 price objective on shares of CGI in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on shares of CGI from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, CGI currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $150.75.

CGI Stock Up 1.1 %

Shares of GIB stock opened at $114.45 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The company has a market capitalization of $26.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.27, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.95. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $110.62 and its 200-day moving average price is $111.18. CGI has a one year low of $96.92 and a one year high of $118.89.

CGI Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a — dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 20th were paid a dividend of $0.111 per share. This represents a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 20th. CGI’s payout ratio is currently 8.55%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CGI

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC boosted its position in CGI by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 4,222 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $485,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares during the period. West Family Investments Inc. increased its position in CGI by 5.5% during the third quarter. West Family Investments Inc. now owns 2,323 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $267,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC raised its holdings in CGI by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC now owns 3,158 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $345,000 after buying an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC lifted its position in shares of CGI by 14.8% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,365 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $157,000 after buying an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of CGI by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 31,098 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,575,000 after acquiring an additional 181 shares in the last quarter. 66.68% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CGI Company Profile

CGI Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) and business process services. Its services include the business and strategic IT consulting, systems integration, and software solutions. The company also provides application development, modernization and maintenance, holistic enterprise digitization, automation, hybrid and cloud management, and business process services; intellectual property-based solutions; business consulting; managed IT services; and IT infrastructure services.