Desjardins Has Positive Outlook for CAE Q3 Earnings

CAE Inc. (NYSE:CAE) (TSE:CAE) – Equities research analysts at Desjardins lifted their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of CAE in a research report issued on Wednesday, May 14th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now expects that the aerospace company will earn $0.22 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.21. The consensus estimate for CAE’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for CAE’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.09 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on CAE. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on CAE from $28.00 to $27.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Scotiabank upgraded shares of CAE from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com raised shares of CAE from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, April 12th. National Bank Financial raised shares of CAE from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $43.00 price target on shares of CAE in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $34.00.

CAE Stock Performance

Shares of CAE stock opened at $25.42 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $24.23 and its 200 day moving average is $23.77. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. The firm has a market cap of $8.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -48.88, a PEG ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.26. CAE has a 52-week low of $15.95 and a 52-week high of $27.62.

CAE (NYSE:CAE) (TSE:CAE) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 13th. The aerospace company reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.01. CAE had a negative net margin of 4.96% and a positive return on equity of 6.11%. The business had revenue of $886.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.30 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.37 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CAE. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec lifted its holdings in shares of CAE by 25.7% during the fourth quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 30,917,402 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $784,651,000 after purchasing an additional 6,313,165 shares during the period. JARISLOWSKY FRASER Ltd lifted its stake in CAE by 7.6% during the 4th quarter. JARISLOWSKY FRASER Ltd now owns 23,994,091 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $606,697,000 after acquiring an additional 1,702,904 shares during the period. Brandes Investment Partners LP boosted its holdings in shares of CAE by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP now owns 14,911,697 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $378,459,000 after acquiring an additional 221,205 shares during the last quarter. Browning West LP boosted its holdings in shares of CAE by 131.4% in the 1st quarter. Browning West LP now owns 13,734,943 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $337,742,000 after acquiring an additional 7,800,012 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of CAE by 1.2% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,363,008 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $303,957,000 after acquiring an additional 149,142 shares during the period. 67.36% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CAE Company Profile

CAE Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides simulation training and critical operations support solutions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, the Oceania, Africa, and Rest of the Americas. It operates through two segments, Civil Aviation; and Defense and Security. The Civil Aviation segment offers training solutions for flight, cabin, maintenance, and ground personnel in commercial, business, and helicopter aviation; a range of flight simulation training devices; and ab initio pilot training and crew sourcing services, as well as aircraft flight operations solutions.