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Canadian Pacific Railway Limited is a railroads business based in the US. Canadian Pacific Railway shares (CP) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Canadian Pacific Railway employs 11,890 staff and has a market cap (total outstanding shares value) of USD$48.5 billion.
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52-week range | USD$171.5622 - USD$379 |
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50-day moving average | USD$355.0055 |
200-day moving average | USD$325.321 |
Wall St. target price | USD$391.29 |
PE ratio | 29.178 |
Dividend yield | USD$1.823 (0.5%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$12.458 |
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Valuing Canadian Pacific Railway stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Canadian Pacific Railway's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Canadian Pacific Railway's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, Canadian Pacific Railway shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Canadian Pacific Railway's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.36. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Canadian Pacific Railway's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Gross profit TTM | USD$4.6 billion |
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Return on assets TTM | 9.93% |
Return on equity TTM | 33.97% |
Profit margin | 31.7% |
Book value | $37.576 |
Market capitalisation | USD$48.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 572,653 Canadian Pacific Railway shares held short by investors – that's known as Canadian Pacific Railway's "short interest". This figure is 4.2% up from 549,671 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Canadian Pacific Railway shares can be evaluated.
Canadian Pacific Railway's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Canadian Pacific Railway shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Canadian Pacific Railway shares traded daily (recently around 309542.16216216). Canadian Pacific Railway's SIR currently stands at 1.85. In other words for every 100,000 Canadian Pacific Railway shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1850 shares are currently held short.
However Canadian Pacific Railway's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Canadian Pacific Railway shares, or, against the total number of tradable Canadian Pacific Railway shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Canadian Pacific Railway's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Canadian Pacific Railway shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0043% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Canadian Pacific Railway shares, roughly 4 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Canadian Pacific Railway.
Find out more about how you can short Canadian Pacific Railway stock.
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Canadian Pacific Railway.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 20.55
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Canadian Pacific Railway's overall score of 20.55 (as at 01/01/2019) is excellent – landing it in it in the 17th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Canadian Pacific Railway is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 11.41/100
Canadian Pacific Railway's environmental score of 11.41 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Canadian Pacific Railway is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 12.93/100
Canadian Pacific Railway's social score of 12.93 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Canadian Pacific Railway is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 7.72/100
Canadian Pacific Railway's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Canadian Pacific Railway is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Canadian Pacific Railway scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Canadian Pacific Railway has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 20.55 |
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Total ESG percentile | 17.22 |
Environmental score | 11.41 |
Environmental score percentile | 6 |
Social score | 12.93 |
Social score percentile | 6 |
Governance score | 7.72 |
Governance score percentile | 6 |
Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 20.03% of net profits
Recently Canadian Pacific Railway has paid out, on average, around 20.03% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.82% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Canadian Pacific Railway shareholders could enjoy a 0.82% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Canadian Pacific Railway's case, that would currently equate to about $1.823 per share.
While Canadian Pacific Railway's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Canadian Pacific Railway is investing more in its future growth.
Canadian Pacific Railway's most recent dividend payout was on 26 April 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 25 March 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Canadian Pacific Railway's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 October 2001. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Canadian Pacific Railway shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Canadian Pacific Railway shares which in turn could have impacted Canadian Pacific Railway's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Canadian Pacific Railway's shares have ranged in value from as little as $171.5622 up to $379. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Canadian Pacific Railway's is 0.7096. This would suggest that Canadian Pacific Railway's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada and the United States. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; and merchandise freight, such as energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals and consumer, automotive, and forest products. It also transports intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers. The company offers rail and intermodal transportation services through a network of approximately 12,700 miles serving business centers in Quebec and British Columbia, Canada; and the United States Northeast and Midwest regions. Canadian Pacific Railway Limited was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
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