Raymond James Has Bearish Forecast for TSE:CP Q1 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP) (NYSE:CP) – Equities research analysts at Raymond James lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James analyst S. Hansen now expects that the company will earn $1.15 per share 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 research firms have also recently commented on CP. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$124.00 to C$128.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$127.00 to C$129.00 in a research report on Thursday. Stephens upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Desjardins raised their price objective on shares of 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. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$124.07.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Down 0.1 %

CP opened at C$115.50 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of C$107.65 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$109.92. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52 week low of C$101.76 and a 52 week high of C$123.37. The company has a market cap of C$107.78 billion, a PE ratio of 30.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a quick ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 50.47.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Canadian Pacific Kansas City news, Senior Officer Keith E. Creel sold 51,727 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$104.91, for a total value of C$5,426,615.01. Also, Senior Officer James Dominic Luther Clements sold 15,657 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$106.30, for a total transaction of C$1,664,359.45. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 70,284 shares of company stock worth $7,398,669. 0.03% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Announces Dividend

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 dividend of $0.19 per share. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.66%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.38%.

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.