Capital Power FY2025 EPS Lifted by National Bank Financial

Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) – Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Capital Power in a report issued on Tuesday, December 17th. National Bank Financial analyst P. Kenny now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $3.22 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $3.21. The consensus estimate for Capital Power’s current full-year earnings is $2.82 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Capital Power’s FY2026 earnings at $3.18 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. ATB Capital raised their target price on shares of Capital Power from C$57.00 to C$63.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Atb Cap Markets lowered shares of Capital Power from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. CIBC upped their target price on Capital Power from C$52.00 to C$54.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on Capital Power from C$56.00 to C$68.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Scotiabank lifted their target price on Capital Power from C$66.00 to C$69.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. 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 MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$61.22.

Capital Power Stock Performance

Shares of TSE CPX opened at C$63.15 on Friday. Capital Power has a 12-month low of C$33.90 and a 12-month high of C$68.73. The company has a market cap of C$8.21 billion, a PE ratio of 12.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.64. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$57.79 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$48.21. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.46.

Capital Power Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a $0.652 dividend. This represents a $2.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. Capital Power’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 51.68%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Senior Officer Bryan Deneve sold 6,100 shares of the business’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. Corporate insiders own 0.17% of the company’s stock.

Capital Power Company Profile

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.