Q1 Earnings Estimate for Cascades Issued By Desjardins

Cascades Inc. (TSE:CAS) – Investment analysts at Desjardins issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Cascades in a research report issued to clients and investors on Sunday, April 13th. Desjardins analyst F. Tremblay expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.13 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Cascades’ current full-year earnings is $1.30 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Cascades’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.20 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.28 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on CAS. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on shares of Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, December 20th. CIBC increased their price objective on shares of Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Scotiabank upgraded shares of Cascades from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from C$12.00 to C$15.50 in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, TD Securities lowered their price target on shares of Cascades from C$16.00 to C$12.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday.

Cascades Stock Performance

TSE:CAS opened at C$8.96 on Wednesday. Cascades has a twelve month low of C$8.83 and a twelve month high of C$13.42. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 121.37. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is C$10.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$11.24. The firm has a market capitalization of C$906.31 million, a PE ratio of -12.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.15.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Senior Officer Luc Langevin sold 9,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$9.82, for a total transaction of C$88,380.00. Insiders own 23.78% of the company’s stock.

Cascades Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.36%. Cascades’s dividend payout ratio is presently -64.73%.

About Cascades

Cascades Inc produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products in Canada and the United States. The company operates through three segments: Containerboard, Specialty Products, and Tissue Papers. It offers various packaging solutions and tissue products comprised of recycled fibers; tissue papers, comprising parent rolls of virgin and recycled fibres; specialty products, including uncoated recycled boxboards; and containerboards.