Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

NYSE:CP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$73.2b

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Valuation

Is CP 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 CP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$99.18
Fair Value
22.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
20
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: CP ($77.18) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($99.18)

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

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CP. This is calculated by dividing CP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio27.7x
EarningsCA$3.72b
Market CapCA$104.56b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.3x
CSX CSX
18.1x6.2%US$63.1b
NSC Norfolk Southern
21.5x9.6%US$56.9b
UNP Union Pacific
21.8x7.0%US$147.6b
UBER Uber Technologies
15.9x3.1%US$147.4b
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City
27.7x12.1%US$104.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.7x) compared to the peer average (19.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Transportation Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ZCAR Zoomcar Holdings
2.4xn/aUS$2.23m
No more companies available in this PE range
CP 27.7xIndustry Avg. 29.3xNo. of Companies4PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.7x) compared to the US Transportation industry average (29.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CP'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.

CP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27.7x
Fair PE Ratio22.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.9x).

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 CP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$77.18
US$84.77
+9.8%
12.4%US$94.72US$48.05n/a20
Feb ’26US$79.60
US$87.15
+9.5%
7.3%US$95.27US$69.03n/a20
Jan ’26US$72.37
US$88.49
+22.3%
6.0%US$95.89US$69.48n/a20
Dec ’25US$76.59
US$91.52
+19.5%
6.1%US$99.89US$71.87n/a20
Nov ’25US$77.06
US$91.89
+19.2%
6.1%US$100.34US$72.19n/a20
Oct ’25US$84.18
US$93.73
+11.3%
6.3%US$101.31US$73.95n/a20
Sep ’25US$82.94
US$93.92
+13.2%
6.1%US$100.85US$74.16n/a20
Aug ’25US$80.37
US$90.38
+12.5%
7.5%US$98.03US$72.08n/a21
Jul ’25US$77.50
US$90.32
+16.5%
7.4%US$97.48US$73.29n/a22
Jun ’25US$79.36
US$90.32
+13.8%
7.4%US$97.48US$73.29n/a22
May ’25US$77.57
US$90.26
+16.4%
7.5%US$97.31US$73.17n/a22
Apr ’25US$87.89
US$88.09
+0.2%
7.6%US$100.19US$73.67n/a21
Mar ’25US$86.28
US$86.72
+0.5%
6.2%US$96.72US$73.84n/a22
Feb ’25US$83.17
US$86.36
+3.8%
6.4%US$94.47US$70.67US$79.6022
Jan ’25US$79.06
US$85.66
+8.3%
7.2%US$96.38US$71.53US$72.3721
Dec ’24US$74.83
US$82.37
+10.1%
7.1%US$92.99US$69.01US$76.5921
Nov ’24US$71.66
US$82.22
+14.7%
6.9%US$92.55US$68.69US$77.0621
Oct ’24US$74.41
US$87.44
+17.5%
7.2%US$98.40US$70.28US$84.1821
Sep ’24US$80.37
US$88.01
+9.5%
6.4%US$98.28US$70.20US$82.9420
Aug ’24US$81.25
US$90.29
+11.1%
6.5%US$100.87US$71.29US$80.3720
Jul ’24US$80.77
US$88.51
+9.6%
6.6%US$96.62US$70.96US$77.5020
Jun ’24US$76.28
US$86.57
+13.5%
7.1%US$95.76US$68.50US$79.3619
May ’24US$79.33
US$86.58
+9.1%
7.6%US$95.96US$68.65US$77.5717
Apr ’24US$76.94
US$84.59
+9.9%
7.1%US$91.84US$67.78US$87.8917
Mar ’24US$76.99
US$85.69
+11.3%
7.4%US$93.70US$67.67US$86.2817
Feb ’24US$77.95
US$86.41
+10.9%
7.6%US$94.82US$66.98US$83.1717
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 20 Analysts
US$86.49
Fair Value
10.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
20
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/07 13:26
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/07 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is covered by 60 analysts. 28 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