Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for CP FY2025 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Equities research analysts at Raymond James Financial boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, July 17th. Raymond James Financial analyst S. Hansen now forecasts that the transportation company will earn $3.43 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $3.38. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. Raymond James Financial also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.97 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.02 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $87.00 to $91.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $82.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 16th. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $94.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, June 14th. Finally, Evercore ISI dropped their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $89.00 to $88.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $91.95.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

Shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock opened at $77.56 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $71.46 billion, a PE ratio of 26.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.07. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $80.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.81. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1 year low of $66.49 and a 1 year high of $87.72.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The transportation company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74. The business had revenue of $2.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.56 billion. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a net margin of 25.99% and a return on equity of 8.68%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.93 EPS.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 27th will be paid a $0.1644 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 27th. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.85%. This is a positive change from Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 22.30%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in CP. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR bought a new position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,542,000. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System boosted its holdings in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System now owns 55,143 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $3,991,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. Royal London Asset Management Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Royal London Asset Management Ltd. now owns 432,212 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $31,279,000 after acquiring an additional 2,843 shares in the last quarter. Magnetar Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,104,000. Finally, Viawealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 39.6% in the fourth quarter. Viawealth LLC now owns 7,038 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $509,000 after acquiring an additional 1,996 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

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.