Raymond James Has Bearish Estimate for CGI Q2 Earnings

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB - Free Report) TSE: GIB.A - Research analysts at Raymond James decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of CGI in a report issued on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James analyst S. Li now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.50 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.53. The consensus estimate for CGI's current full-year earnings is $5.79 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for CGI's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.46 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.33 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $178.00 price objective on shares of CGI in a report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com raised shares of CGI from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on shares of CGI from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of CGI from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on CGI from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $153.25.

CGI Stock Performance

NYSE:GIB traded up $0.02 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $118.17. The stock had a trading volume of 189,785 shares, compared to its average volume of 197,051. The stock has a market cap of $26.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.94. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $111.19 and a 200 day simple moving average of $111.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a current ratio of 1.31. CGI has a 12-month low of $96.92 and a 12-month high of $121.55.

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

CGI Dividend Announcement

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

Institutional Trading of CGI

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CGI in the 2nd quarter valued at $2,907,000. CWM LLC lifted its stake in shares of CGI by 14.8% in the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,365 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $157,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the period. Creative Planning increased its stake in shares of CGI by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 25,179 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,895,000 after acquiring an additional 3,490 shares in the last quarter. Walter Public Investments Inc. boosted its position in shares of CGI by 10.5% in the 3rd quarter. Walter Public Investments Inc. now owns 227,796 shares of the technology company's stock worth $26,194,000 after purchasing an additional 21,582 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Net Worth Advisory Group bought a new position in shares of CGI during the third quarter valued at $467,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.68% of the company's stock.

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.