Zacks Research Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for CP

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued on Thursday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $0.79 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.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on CP. Barclays boosted their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $95.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Stephens lowered their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $85.00 to $81.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, October 28th. Citigroup lowered their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $98.00 to $91.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $91.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $93.68.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

Shares of NYSE CP opened at $73.99 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $81.44 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $80.66. The company has a market cap 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 quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a twelve month low of $69.27 and a twelve month high of $91.58.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CP. Intech Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the first quarter valued at approximately $2,551,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 1.7% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 34,926,548 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $3,079,474,000 after buying an additional 588,701 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association boosted its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.0% in the first quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 8,904 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $785,000 after buying an additional 172 shares during the period. Atlanta Consulting Group Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the first quarter valued at approximately $443,000. Finally, Lake Street Advisors Group LLC acquired a new position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City during the first quarter valued at approximately $292,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

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

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.