Raymond James Issues Negative Forecast for TSE:CP Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP - Free Report) NYSE: CP - Stock analysts at Raymond James dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James analyst S. Hansen now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.15 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.19. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.70 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on CP. Desjardins raised their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$133.00 to C$134.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Citigroup set a C$97.00 price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. ATB Capital boosted their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$129.00 to C$130.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Stephens raised Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Scotiabank reduced their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$130.00 to C$128.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$124.07.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

Shares of TSE:CP traded up C$1.86 during midday trading on Friday, hitting C$110.76. The company's stock had a trading volume of 998,635 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,518,550. The firm has a market capitalization of C$103.35 billion, a PE ratio of 29.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The stock's 50 day moving average is C$107.89. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a fifty-two week low of C$101.76 and a fifty-two week high of C$123.37. The company has a quick ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 50.47.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 28th. Investors of record on Friday, March 28th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.69%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.38%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Senior Officer Laird Joseph Pitz sold 18,710 shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of C$116.16, for a total transaction of C$2,173,430.39. Also, Senior Officer Maeghan Dawn Albiston sold 2,900 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$106.10, for a total transaction of C$307,694.64. Insiders have sold a total of 88,994 shares of company stock valued at $9,572,099 in the last 90 days. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Canadian Pacific Kansas City

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.