Raymond James Issues Negative Outlook for CP Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Investment analysts at Raymond James dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James analyst S. Hansen now expects that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $0.79 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.82. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.50 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.87 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.93 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on CP. Barclays lowered their price target on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $97.00 to $91.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. StockNews.com cut Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein reduced their price objective on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $91.98 to $91.25 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Bank of America lowered their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $94.00 to $91.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Susquehanna reduced their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $92.00 to $90.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and thirteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $95.45.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Trading Up 1.1 %

NYSE CP opened at $79.69 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $74.39 billion, a PE ratio of 27.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.96. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $75.25 and a two-hundred day moving average of $79.04. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52 week low of $70.89 and a 52 week high of $91.58.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The transportation company reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.26. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a return on equity of 8.86% and a net margin of 25.51%.

Institutional Trading of Canadian Pacific Kansas City

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. S&CO Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 183.3% in the third quarter. S&CO Inc. now owns 17,000 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,454,000 after acquiring an additional 11,000 shares in the last quarter. Swiss National Bank grew its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 2,820,893 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $241,645,000 after acquiring an additional 23,000 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC raised its holdings in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 2.8% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 2,929,642 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $250,602,000 after purchasing an additional 81,111 shares during the period. Toronto Dominion Bank raised its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 20.4% during the third quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 2,083,106 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $178,189,000 after acquiring an additional 352,534 shares during the period. Finally, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. acquired a new position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $249,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.