Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

DB:X88 Stock Report

Market Cap: €65.7b

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Valuation

Is X88 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of X88 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: X88 (€69) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€90.06)

Significantly Below Fair Value: X88 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for X88?

Key metric: As X88 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for X88. This is calculated by dividing X88's market cap by their current earnings.
What is X88's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio28x
EarningsCA$3.54b
Market CapCA$97.14b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does X88's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for X88 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.4x
DHL Deutsche Post
12.2x8.8%€39.3b
HLAG Hapag-Lloyd
19.5x-11.9%€28.5b
CNR Canadian National Railway
17x4.3%CA$91.8b
CSX CSX
16.9x5.7%US$62.2b
X88 Canadian Pacific Kansas City
28x13.8%€97.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: X88 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28x) compared to the peer average (16.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does X88's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Transportation Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
X88 28.0xIndustry Avg. 13.1xNo. of Companies5PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: X88 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28x) compared to the European Transportation industry average (13.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is X88's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

X88 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio28x
Fair PE Ratio23.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: X88 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst X88 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€69.00
€85.35
+23.7%
6.0%€92.48€67.02n/a20
Dec ’25€72.00
€85.39
+18.6%
6.1%€93.20€67.05n/a20
Nov ’25€70.50
€84.87
+20.4%
6.1%€92.67€66.67n/a20
Oct ’25€76.00
€84.18
+10.8%
6.3%€90.98€66.41n/a20
Sep ’25€74.50
€84.80
+13.8%
6.1%€91.06€66.95n/a20
Aug ’25€74.50
€83.75
+12.4%
7.5%€90.85€66.80n/a21
Jul ’25€72.50
€83.16
+14.7%
7.4%€89.75€67.48n/a22
Jun ’25€71.00
€83.16
+17.1%
7.4%€89.75€67.48n/a22
May ’25€73.50
€84.38
+14.8%
7.5%€90.97€68.40n/a22
Apr ’25€81.50
€82.01
+0.6%
7.6%€93.28€68.58n/a21
Mar ’25€79.00
€80.84
+2.3%
6.2%€90.16€68.82n/a22
Feb ’25€76.00
€79.93
+5.2%
6.4%€87.44€65.40n/a22
Jan ’25n/a
€77.86
0%
7.2%€87.60€65.02€69.5021
Dec ’24n/a
€77.01
0%
7.1%€86.94€64.53€72.0021
Nov ’24n/a
€77.88
0%
6.9%€87.66€65.06€70.5021
Oct ’24n/a
€82.17
0%
7.2%€92.46€66.05€76.0021
Sep ’24n/a
€80.93
0%
6.4%€90.37€64.55€74.5020
Aug ’24n/a
€82.11
0%
6.5%€91.73€64.83€74.5020
Jul ’24n/a
€81.44
0%
6.6%€88.90€65.29€72.5020
Jun ’24n/a
€81.00
0%
7.1%€89.60€64.10€71.0019
May ’24n/a
€78.92
0%
7.6%€87.47€62.58€73.5017
Apr ’24€70.73
€79.69
+12.7%
7.1%€86.52€63.86€81.5017
Mar ’24€72.01
€79.99
+11.1%
7.4%€87.46€63.17€79.0017
Feb ’24€71.03
€78.66
+10.7%
7.6%€86.31€60.97€76.0017
Jan ’24€70.06
€77.48
+10.6%
9.7%€90.03€61.64n/a17

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 00:04
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is covered by 60 analysts. 27 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Will ChienAccountability Research Corporation
John EadeArgus Research Company
Christopher MurrayATB Capital Markets