National Bank Financial Comments on CAE Q1 Earnings

CAE Inc. (NYSE:CAE) (TSE:CAE) – National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of CAE in a report released on Wednesday, May 7th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen anticipates that the aerospace company will post earnings of $0.17 per share for the quarter. National Bank Financial has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for CAE’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for CAE’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.20 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.26 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.01 EPS.

CAE has been the subject of a number of other reports. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on CAE from $28.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com raised shares of CAE from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, April 12th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $43.00 price objective on shares of CAE in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of CAE from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $32.00.

CAE Trading Down 0.1%

CAE stock opened at $25.91 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $8.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -49.83, a PEG ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $24.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $23.53. CAE has a 52 week low of $15.95 and a 52 week high of $27.62.

CAE (NYSE:CAE) (TSE:CAE) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The aerospace company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.01. CAE had a negative net margin of 4.96% and a positive return on equity of 6.11%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CAE

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Nomura Holdings Inc. bought a new position in CAE in the fourth quarter worth about $201,771,000. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec lifted its holdings in CAE by 25.7% in the fourth quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 30,917,402 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $784,651,000 after acquiring an additional 6,313,165 shares during the last quarter. Browning West LP bought a new position in CAE in the fourth quarter worth about $150,629,000. Select Equity Group L.P. lifted its holdings in CAE by 427.1% in the fourth quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. now owns 6,741,514 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $171,093,000 after acquiring an additional 5,462,455 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in CAE in the fourth quarter worth about $98,436,000. 67.36% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About CAE

CAE Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides simulation training and critical operations support solutions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, the Oceania, Africa, and Rest of the Americas. It operates through two segments, Civil Aviation; and Defense and Security. The Civil Aviation segment offers training solutions for flight, cabin, maintenance, and ground personnel in commercial, business, and helicopter aviation; a range of flight simulation training devices; and ab initio pilot training and crew sourcing services, as well as aircraft flight operations solutions.