Capital Power FY2025 EPS Reduced by National Bank Financial

Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Capital Power in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. National Bank Financial analyst P. Kenny now anticipates that the company will earn $3.42 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $3.73. The consensus estimate for Capital Power’s current full-year earnings is $2.82 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Capital Power’s FY2026 earnings at $2.99 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently issued reports on CPX. ATB Capital dropped their price objective on shares of Capital Power from C$63.00 to C$62.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 27th. CIBC raised shares of Capital Power from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from C$68.00 to C$64.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. National Bankshares raised their price objective on shares of Capital Power from C$56.00 to C$65.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. Desjardins raised their price objective on shares of Capital Power from C$66.00 to C$69.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Scotiabank raised their price objective on shares of Capital Power from C$66.00 to C$69.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$62.33.

Capital Power Price Performance

CPX opened at C$48.79 on Monday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is C$57.09 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$54.20. Capital Power has a 52-week low of C$33.90 and a 52-week high of C$68.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 136.03, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 1.05. The stock has a market capitalization of C$6.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.59, a P/E/G ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.64.

Capital Power Company Profile

Capital Power Corporation develops, acquires, owns, and operates renewable and thermal power generation facilities in Canada and the United States. It generates electricity from various energy sources, including wind, solar, waste heat, natural gas, and coal. The company owns an approximately 7,500 megawatts (MW) of power generation capacity at 29 facilities.