Desjardins Issues Pessimistic Outlook for TSE:AQN Earnings

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSE:AQN) – Stock analysts at Desjardins dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Algonquin Power & Utilities in a research note issued on Sunday, May 11th. Desjardins analyst B. Stadler now anticipates that the company will earn $0.07 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.09. The consensus estimate for Algonquin Power & Utilities’ current full-year earnings is $0.47 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Algonquin Power & Utilities’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.08 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently issued reports on AQN. BMO Capital Markets downgraded shares of Algonquin Power & Utilities from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday. TD Securities increased their price objective on shares of Algonquin Power & Utilities from C$5.00 to C$6.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Algonquin Power & Utilities currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$6.00.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Price Performance

Shares of AQN stock opened at C$7.62 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 154.35, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.37. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is C$7.30 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$6.84. Algonquin Power & Utilities has a one year low of C$6.03 and a one year high of C$9.19. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.13 billion, a P/E ratio of -3.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 0.52.

Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE:AQN) last issued its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The company reported C$0.06 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.09 by C($0.03). Algonquin Power & Utilities had a negative return on equity of 19.30% and a negative net margin of 39.22%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.16 earnings per share.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Randy David Laney bought 9,795 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 10th. The stock was bought at an average price of C$7.02 per share, with a total value of C$68,803.21. Insiders own 0.06% of the company’s stock.

About Algonquin Power & Utilities

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. operates in the power and utility industries in the United States, Canada, and other regions. The company operates in two segments, Regulated Services Group and Renewable Energy Group. The company primarily owns and operates a regulated electric, water distribution and wastewater collection, and natural gas utility systems and transmission operations.