Atb Cap Markets Estimates Air Canada’s Q1 Earnings (TSE:AC)

Air Canada (TSE:AC) – Equities research analysts at Atb Cap Markets decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Air Canada in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, February 17th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now forecasts that the company will earn ($0.47) per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of ($0.45). The consensus estimate for Air Canada’s current full-year earnings is $2.58 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Air Canada’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.02 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.94 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.24) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.97 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.52 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.20 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.41 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on AC. Raymond James upgraded Air Canada to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. TD Cowen raised their price objective on Air Canada to C$25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. ATB Capital raised their price objective on Air Canada from C$28.00 to C$31.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. CIBC decreased their price objective on Air Canada from C$28.00 to C$24.00 in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on shares of Air Canada from C$28.00 to C$26.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$26.20.

Air Canada Price Performance

AC stock opened at C$16.84 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of C$20.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$19.37. The stock has a market cap of C$6.01 billion, a PE ratio of 2.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.02 and a beta of 2.39. The company has a current ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 400.00. Air Canada has a 1 year low of C$14.47 and a 1 year high of C$26.18.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Senior Officer Arielle Meloul-Wechsler sold 6,000 shares of Air Canada stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$21.71, for a total transaction of C$130,246.80. Also, Director Vagn Sorensen bought 11,440 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 19th. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$17.40 per share, for a total transaction of C$199,057.14. Insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

Air Canada Company Profile

Air Canada provides domestic, U.S. transborder, and international airline services. The company provides scheduled passenger services under the Air Canada Vacations and Air Canada Rouge brand names in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. transborder market, and in the international market to and from Canada, as well as through capacity purchase agreements on other regional carriers.