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

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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.

Below Fair Value: CP ($77.57) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($78.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CP is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CP key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA17.6x
PEG Ratio2.4x

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 Average27.3x
CSX CSX
17.9x5.1%US$64.9b
NSC Norfolk Southern
36.9x22.5%US$52.0b
UNP Union Pacific
22.4x8.4%US$144.7b
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line
31.9x10.9%US$39.5b
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City
25.5x10.8%US$100.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.5x) compared to the peer average (27.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.5x) compared to the US Transportation industry average (23.9x).


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 Ratio25.5x
Fair PE Ratio20.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x).


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$77.57
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$70.67n/a22
Jan ’25US$79.06
US$85.66
+8.3%
7.2%US$96.38US$71.53n/a21
Dec ’24US$74.83
US$82.37
+10.1%
7.1%US$92.99US$69.01n/a21
Nov ’24US$71.66
US$82.22
+14.7%
6.9%US$92.55US$68.69n/a21
Oct ’24US$74.41
US$87.44
+17.5%
7.2%US$98.40US$70.28n/a21
Sep ’24US$80.37
US$88.01
+9.5%
6.4%US$98.28US$70.20n/a20
Aug ’24US$81.25
US$90.29
+11.1%
6.5%US$100.87US$71.29n/a20
Jul ’24US$80.77
US$88.51
+9.6%
6.6%US$96.62US$70.96n/a20
Jun ’24US$76.28
US$86.57
+13.5%
7.1%US$95.76US$68.50n/a19
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
Jan ’24US$74.59
US$82.25
+10.3%
9.7%US$95.57US$65.43US$79.0617
Dec ’23US$82.51
US$81.95
-0.7%
8.6%US$94.36US$66.65US$74.8316
Nov ’23US$74.40
US$79.88
+7.4%
8.3%US$92.49US$65.33US$71.6616
Oct ’23US$66.72
US$76.46
+14.6%
7.6%US$84.71US$62.27US$74.4115
Sep ’23US$73.96
US$82.48
+11.5%
8.4%US$91.10US$65.41US$80.3714
Aug ’23US$77.85
US$81.38
+4.5%
8.2%US$89.81US$64.04US$81.2514
Jul ’23US$71.50
US$80.79
+13.0%
8.4%US$89.34US$63.70US$80.7716
Jun ’23US$73.05
US$80.96
+10.8%
8.2%US$88.99US$63.46US$76.2816
May ’23US$73.22
US$82.33
+12.4%
8.0%US$89.84US$64.06US$79.3317

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


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