Research Analysts Set Expectations for CGI Q1 Earnings

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) – Equities researchers at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of CGI in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, January 27th. Stifel Canada analyst S. Sukumar forecasts that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.37 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CGI’s current full-year earnings is $5.90 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for CGI’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.74 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.18 EPS.

CGI (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The technology company reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.41. CGI had a net margin of 11.53% and a return on equity of 19.74%.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on GIB. CIBC raised CGI from a “neutral” rating to an “outperformer” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $155.00 to $178.00 in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. StockNews.com upgraded CGI from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 15th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of CGI from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased 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. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $178.00 target price on shares of CGI in a report 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 company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $150.75.

CGI Trading Up 0.2 %

CGI stock opened at $114.72 on Wednesday. CGI has a one year low of $96.92 and a one year high of $118.89. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $110.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $111.24. The company has a market capitalization of $26.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.32, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.02.

CGI Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a — dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 20th were given a dividend of $0.111 per share. This represents a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, November 20th. CGI’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8.55%.

Institutional Trading of CGI

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of GIB. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its position in shares of CGI by 66.1% during the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 65,445 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $7,152,000 after buying an additional 26,038 shares during the last quarter. Lester Murray Antman dba SimplyRich grew its position in CGI by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Lester Murray Antman dba SimplyRich now owns 30,397 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,323,000 after buying an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC increased its stake in CGI by 88.3% during the fourth quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 23,634 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,583,000 after acquiring an additional 11,082 shares during the period. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in CGI by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 44,656 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $4,882,000 after acquiring an additional 1,591 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Haven Global Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of CGI in the 4th quarter worth approximately $10,711,000. 66.68% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

CGI Company Profile

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.