Analysts Set Expectations for TSE:CP Q1 Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (TSE:CP) (NYSE:CP) – Research analysts at Desjardins issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report issued on Thursday, January 30th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.10 for the quarter. Desjardins has a “Buy” rating and a $134.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $4.34 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.46 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.98 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.81 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $6.69 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $7.58 EPS.

CP has been the subject of several other reports. Stephens raised shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. National Bankshares increased their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$107.00 to C$119.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$136.00 to C$137.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. Wolfe Research raised Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from C$130.00 to C$128.00 in a research report on Thursday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$124.07.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

TSE:CP opened at C$115.50 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of C$107.65 and a 200-day moving average of C$109.92. The firm has a market cap of C$107.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a current ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 50.47. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a twelve month low of C$101.76 and a twelve month high of C$123.37.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared 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 dividend yield of 0.66%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.38%.

Insider Activity at Canadian Pacific Kansas City

In other news, Senior Officer James Dominic Luther Clements sold 15,657 shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$106.30, for a total transaction of C$1,664,359.45. Also, Senior Officer Maeghan Dawn Albiston sold 2,900 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$106.10, for a total value of C$307,694.64. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 70,284 shares of company stock valued at $7,398,669. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Company Profile

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.