Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE: CP):

• 2/3/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City was downgraded by analysts at Loop Capital from a “buy” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 1/30/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City had its price target raised by analysts at Stephens from $88.00 to $92.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $124.00 to $128.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Benchmark Co..
• 1/30/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $88.00 to $91.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/17/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $97.00 to $91.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/16/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $82.00 to $76.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 1/8/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City had its price target lowered by analysts at Susquehanna from $92.00 to $90.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 1/8/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City was upgraded by analysts at Wolfe Research from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $86.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/7/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $92.00 to $90.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City was upgraded by analysts at Stephens from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $88.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $81.00.
• 12/25/2024 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 12/17/2024 – Canadian Pacific Kansas City was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Price Performance

NYSE CP traded up $0.09 during trading on Thursday, hitting $77.95. 89,112 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,217,986. The company has a market capitalization of $72.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $75.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.70. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited has a 12-month low of $70.89 and a 12-month high of $91.58.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) (TSE:CP) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The transportation company reported $0.92 EPS for the quarter, topping 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%. As a group, analysts predict that Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited will post 3.4 EPS for the current year.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a $0.1318 dividend. This represents a $0.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 18.62%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Canadian Pacific Kansas City

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CP. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City in the 4th quarter worth approximately $914,090,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its holdings in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 281.0% during the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,433,669 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $252,912,000 after acquiring an additional 2,532,519 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its holdings in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 84.4% during the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 2,945,383 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $251,778,000 after acquiring an additional 1,348,474 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 27.2% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,511,465 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $404,849,000 after acquiring an additional 1,179,108 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in Canadian Pacific Kansas City by 260.7% during the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,457,682 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $105,492,000 after acquiring an additional 1,053,570 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company’s stock.

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.