Capital Power Co. to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.81 Per Share, Atb Cap Markets Forecasts (TSE:CPX)

Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) – Stock analysts at Atb Cap Markets issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Capital Power in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 1st. Atb Cap Markets analyst N. Heywood forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.81 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Capital Power’s current full-year earnings is $3.21 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Capital Power’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.20 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Raymond James reduced their target price on Capital Power from C$46.00 to C$45.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 25th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on Capital Power from C$41.00 to C$39.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Desjardins reduced their price target on shares of Capital Power from C$51.00 to C$49.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 30th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on shares of Capital Power from C$40.00 to C$38.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of Capital Power from C$45.00 to C$40.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$44.45.

Capital Power Stock Performance

Shares of TSE:CPX opened at C$36.05 on Friday. Capital Power has a 1 year low of C$33.90 and a 1 year high of C$46.73. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 153.08, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 0.55. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is C$37.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$37.27.

Capital Power (TSE:CPX) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 28th. The company reported C$0.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of C$0.72 by C$0.02. Capital Power had a net margin of 18.29% and a return on equity of 26.11%. The firm had revenue of C$984.00 million for the quarter.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Senior Officer Jacquelyn Marie Pylypiuk sold 5,209 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$39.22, for a total transaction of C$204,296.98. Insiders own 0.17% of the company’s stock.

Capital Power Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 31st. Investors of record on Friday, June 28th will be given a dividend of $0.615 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. This represents a $2.46 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.82%. Capital Power’s dividend payout ratio is presently 40.73%.

About Capital Power

Capital Power Corporation develops, acquires, owns, and operates renewable and thermal power generation facilities in Canada and the United States. It generates electricity from various energy sources, including wind, solar, waste heat, natural gas, and coal. The company owns an approximately 7,500 megawatts (MW) of power generation capacity at 29 facilities.