Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) to Post Q1 2026 Earnings of $0.99 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 9th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $0.99 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.00. The consensus estimate for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s current full-year earnings is $3.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.96 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $91.98 to $91.25 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $83.00 to $82.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 11th. Barclays lifted their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $95.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Scotiabank raised Canadian Pacific Kansas City from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 10th. Finally, Susquehanna lifted their target price on Canadian Pacific Kansas City from $80.00 to $94.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Canadian Pacific Kansas City currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $97.90.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Stock Down 0.6 %

Shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock opened at $81.37 on Monday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $82.64 and its 200 day simple moving average is $81.77. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52-week low of $68.92 and a 52-week high of $91.58. The firm has a market cap of $75.92 billion, a PE ratio of 26.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.51.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 30th. The transportation company reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.31. Canadian Pacific Kansas City had a return on equity of 8.77% and a net margin of 24.45%. The company had revenue of $3.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.58 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.62 earnings per share. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s revenue was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Delta Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 3.2% in the 1st quarter. Delta Investment Management LLC now owns 4,117 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $363,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares during the period. Grove Bank & Trust boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 56.0% in the 3rd quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 362 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the period. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT now owns 4,504 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $355,000 after purchasing an additional 131 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 12.1% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,229 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $108,000 after purchasing an additional 133 shares during the period. Finally, Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV lifted its position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 12.7% during the 3rd quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV now owns 1,252 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $107,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.1373 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.55 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.67%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio is currently 17.31%.

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.