Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Get Free Report) NYSE: CP has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the sixteen ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have given a hold recommendation, nine have assigned a buy recommendation and three have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$124.07.

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Loop Capital lowered Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "strong-buy" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Wolfe Research upgraded Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. ATB Capital raised their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$129.00 to C$130.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Stephens upgraded Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Desjardins raised their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$133.00 to C$134.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Canadian Pacific Kansas City

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer Maeghan Dawn Albiston sold 2,900 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$106.10, for a total transaction of C$307,694.64. Also, Senior Officer James Dominic Luther Clements sold 15,657 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$106.30, for a total value of C$1,664,359.45. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 88,994 shares of company stock valued at $9,572,099. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Down 1.0 %

CP traded down C$1.09 during trading on Friday, reaching C$109.88. 1,399,123 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,502,896. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of C$108.72. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 12-month low of C$101.76 and a 12-month high of C$123.37. The stock has a market cap of C$102.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 49.64, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.53.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 28th. Investors of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a $0.19 dividend. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.69%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's payout ratio is currently 20.06%.

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.