How to buy Canadian Pacific Railway stock

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.

How to buy shares in Canadian Pacific Railway

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Canadian Pacific Railway. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CP. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Canadian Pacific Railway reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Canadian Pacific Railway, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Canadian Pacific Railway. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Canadian Pacific Railway share price

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Canadian Pacific Railway shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$171.5622 - USD$379
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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Canadian Pacific Railway financials

Gross profit TTM	USD$4.6 billion
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

Shorting Canadian Pacific Railway shares

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)

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.

Canadian Pacific Railway's environmental, social and governance track record

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.

Canadian Pacific Railway's total ESG risk score

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.).

Canadian Pacific Railway's environmental score

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.

Canadian Pacific Railway's social score

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.

Canadian Pacific Railway's governance score

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.

Canadian Pacific Railway's controversy score

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.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	20.55
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

Have Canadian Pacific Railway's shares ever split?

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.

Canadian Pacific Railway share price volatility

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 overview

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.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Canadian Pacific Railway is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.019% of Canadian Pacific Railway shares are held by insiders and 78.505% by institutions.

• How many people work for Canadian Pacific Railway?

  Latest data suggests 11,890 work at Canadian Pacific Railway.

• When does the fiscal year end for Canadian Pacific Railway?

  Canadian Pacific Railway's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Canadian Pacific Railway based?

  Canadian Pacific Railway's address is: 7550 Ogden Dale Road SE, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2C 4X9

• What is Canadian Pacific Railway's ISIN number?

  Canadian Pacific Railway's international securities identification number is: CA13645T1003

• What is Canadian Pacific Railway's CUSIP number?

  Canadian Pacific Railway's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 135923100