Zacks Research Issues Negative Forecast for CP Earnings

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a report released on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the transportation company will post earnings of $0.96 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.98. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.42 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q3 2026 earnings at $1.07 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $82.00 to $76.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Stephens upped their target price on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $88.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $92.00 to $90.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and thirteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $95.45.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Performance

Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock opened at $77.50 on Monday. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a fifty-two week low of $70.89 and a fifty-two week high of $91.58. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $76.15 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $78.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.53. The stock has a market cap of $72.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.72, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.97.

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

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.1318 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. This represents a $0.53 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.68%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s payout ratio is 17.93%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the fourth quarter worth $914,090,000. Causeway Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 76.5% in the fourth quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 15,429,804 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,116,632,000 after buying an additional 6,687,770 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its position in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 281.0% during the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,433,669 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $252,912,000 after buying an additional 2,532,519 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 25.7% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 10,647,039 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $770,526,000 after buying an additional 2,177,604 shares during the last quarter. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI increased its holdings in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 84.4% during the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 2,945,383 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $251,778,000 after buying an additional 1,348,474 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.