Brokers Set Expectations for Cascades Q1 Earnings

Cascades Inc. (TSE:CAS) – Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Cascades in a research note issued on Thursday, February 20th. National Bank Financial analyst Z. Evershed forecasts that the company will earn $0.24 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Cascades’ current full-year earnings is $1.30 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Cascades’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.36 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also weighed in on CAS. Scotiabank raised shares of Cascades from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from C$12.00 to C$15.50 in a research report on Monday, January 27th. CIBC raised their price target on shares of Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. TD Securities boosted their target price on shares of Cascades from C$12.00 to C$14.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Cascades currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$13.25.

Cascades Price Performance

Shares of CAS opened at C$11.44 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$1.16 billion, a PE ratio of -15.43, a PEG ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.15. The company’s 50-day moving average is C$12.34 and its 200-day moving average is C$11.09. Cascades has a fifty-two week low of C$8.83 and a fifty-two week high of C$13.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 121.37, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 0.86.

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.