Raymond James Issues Positive Outlook for Linamar Earnings

Linamar Co. (TSE:LNR) – Analysts at Raymond James boosted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Linamar in a report issued on Thursday, March 6th. Raymond James analyst M. Glen now expects that the company will earn $2.19 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.05. The consensus estimate for Linamar’s current full-year earnings is $11.43 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Linamar’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.35 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.30 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.00 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $8.84 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.54 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.54 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.24 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.68 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on Linamar from C$75.00 to C$65.00 in a report on Thursday. CIBC cut shares of Linamar from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from C$82.00 to C$55.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. TD Securities cut their target price on shares of Linamar from C$66.00 to C$60.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Cibc World Mkts cut shares of Linamar from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 5th.

Linamar Stock Performance

LNR stock opened at C$53.25 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.84, a current ratio of 1.79 and a quick ratio of 0.75. Linamar has a 1 year low of C$47.17 and a 1 year high of C$73.84. The company has a market cap of C$3.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.41. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is C$54.97 and its 200-day moving average price is C$59.10.

Insider Activity at Linamar

In other news, Director Linda Hasenfratz bought 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$60.01 per share, for a total transaction of C$3,000,500.00. 33.49% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Linamar

Linamar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces engineered products in Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and rest of North America. It operates through two segments, Mobility and Industrial. The Mobility segment focuses on light metal casting, forging, machining, and assembly for electrified and powered vehicle markets.