Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Atb Cap Markets dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Capital Power in a research note issued on Wednesday, October 30th. Atb Cap Markets analyst N. Heywood now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.85 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.90. Atb Cap Markets currently has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Capital Power's current full-year earnings is $2.82 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Capital Power's Q2 2025 earnings at $1.01 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.38 EPS.
Capital Power (TSE:CPX - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 31st. The company reported C$0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of C$0.63 by C($0.12). Capital Power had a net margin of 16.77% and a return on equity of 19.49%. The business had revenue of C$774.00 million during the quarter.
CPX has been the subject of several other research reports. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on Capital Power from C$54.00 to C$53.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday. ATB Capital raised their price target on Capital Power from C$52.00 to C$55.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday. CIBC upped their price objective on Capital Power from C$52.00 to C$54.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on shares of Capital Power from C$47.00 to C$56.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, National Bankshares boosted their target price on shares of Capital Power from C$47.00 to C$56.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Capital Power has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of C$55.11.
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Capital Power Stock Down 2.1 %
Capital Power stock traded down C$1.17 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching C$55.30. The company's stock had a trading volume of 621,208 shares, compared to its average volume of 469,291. The business's 50 day simple moving average is C$48.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$42.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.46, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.88. Capital Power has a 12 month low of C$33.90 and a 12 month high of C$56.82. The company has a market capitalization of C$7.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.64.
Capital Power Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.652 per share. This represents a $2.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. Capital Power's dividend payout ratio is presently 51.68%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, Senior Officer Bryan Deneve sold 6,100 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$50.55, for a total value of C$308,355.00. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 6,400 shares of company stock valued at $322,274. Company insiders own 0.17% of the company's stock.
About Capital Power
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Capital Power Corporation develops, acquires, owns, and operates renewable and thermal power generation facilities in Canada and the United States. It generates electricity from various energy sources, including wind, solar, waste heat, natural gas, and coal. The company owns an approximately 7,500 megawatts (MW) of power generation capacity at 29 facilities.
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