National Bank Financial Weighs in on CGI Q2 Earnings

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB - Free Report) TSE: GIB.A - Stock analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for CGI in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 29th. National Bank Financial analyst R. Tse forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $1.52 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CGI's current full-year earnings is $5.79 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for CGI's FY2026 earnings at $6.14 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on GIB. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on shares of CGI from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. UBS Group increased their price target on CGI from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday. CIBC upgraded CGI from a "neutral" rating to an "outperformer" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $155.00 to $178.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. StockNews.com upgraded CGI from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $178.00 target price on shares of CGI in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $153.25.

CGI Stock Performance

NYSE:GIB traded up $0.02 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $118.17. The company had a trading volume of 189,785 shares, compared to its average volume of 197,051. The firm has a market cap of $26.79 billion, a PE ratio of 21.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.94. CGI has a 1-year low of $96.92 and a 1-year high of $121.55. The business's 50 day moving average price is $111.19 and its 200-day moving average price is $111.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 1.04.

CGI (NYSE:GIB - Get Free Report) TSE: GIB.A last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The technology company reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.41. CGI had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 11.72%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of CGI by 8.6% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 998,470 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $115,844,000 after purchasing an additional 79,362 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC increased its stake in shares of CGI by 182.6% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 476,758 shares of the technology company's stock worth $54,808,000 after acquiring an additional 308,040 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of CGI by 4.0% during the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 560,159 shares of the technology company's stock worth $64,518,000 after acquiring an additional 21,427 shares during the period. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of CGI during the 3rd quarter valued at about $825,000. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of CGI by 68.2% in the third quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 1,368,822 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $157,485,000 after purchasing an additional 555,017 shares during the period. 66.68% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

CGI Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.1039 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.35%. CGI's dividend payout ratio is presently 8.32%.

About CGI

CGI Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) and business process services. Its services include the business and strategic IT consulting, systems integration, and software solutions. The company also provides application development, modernization and maintenance, holistic enterprise digitization, automation, hybrid and cloud management, and business process services; intellectual property-based solutions; business consulting; managed IT services; and IT infrastructure services.