How to buy Canadian Pacific Railway stock (CP)

Canadian Pacific Railway 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. Its last market close was $74.37 – a decrease of 1.6% over the previous week. Canadian Pacific Railway employs 20,224 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $14.4 billion.

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Canadian Pacific Railway stock price (NYSE: CP)

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Canadian Pacific Railway shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-11.

Latest market close	$74.37
52-week range	$72.04 - $91.12
50-day moving average more info button	$78.10
200-day moving average more info button	$81.63
Wall St. target price	$88.17
PE ratio more info button	28.5019
Dividend yield more info button	$0.76 (0.72%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$2.67

Is it a good time to buy Canadian Pacific Railway stock?

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Canadian Pacific Railway price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $74.37 from 2024-12-13

1 week (2024-12-09)	-1.60%
1 month (2024-11-15)	0.51%
3 months (2024-09-16)	-14.79%
6 months (2024-06-14)	-3.33%

1 year (2023-12-15)	-2.02%
2 years (2022-12-16)	0.12%
3 years (2021-12-17)	5.11%
5 years (2019-12-17)	51.75%

Is Canadian Pacific Railway stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Canadian Pacific Railway stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Canadian Pacific Railway's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Canadian Pacific Railway's P/E ratio

Canadian Pacific Railway's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, Canadian Pacific Railway shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Canadian Pacific Railway's PEG ratio

Canadian Pacific Railway's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.3684. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Canadian Pacific Railway's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Canadian Pacific Railway's EBITDA

Canadian Pacific Railway's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $7.6 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Canadian Pacific Railway's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Canadian Pacific Railway financials

Revenue TTM	$14.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	37.42%
Gross profit TTM	$4.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.4%
Return on equity TTM	8.09%
Profit margin	24.5%
Book value	$47.30
Market Capitalization more info button	$71 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Canadian Pacific Railway share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 14.36% of net profits

Recently Canadian Pacific Railway has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Canadian Pacific Railway shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Canadian Pacific Railway's case, that would currently equate to about $0.76 per share.

While Canadian Pacific Railway's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Canadian Pacific Railway is investing more in its future growth.

Canadian Pacific Railway's most recent dividend payout was on 26 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 26 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Canadian Pacific Railway's shares ever split?

Canadian Pacific Railway's shares were split on a 5:1 basis on 13 May 2021 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Canadian Pacific Railway shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 80% 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 $72.0444 up to $91.1223. 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 0.789. This would suggest that Canadian Pacific Railway's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Canadian Pacific Railway overview

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; merchandise freight, such as forest products, energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals, consumer products, and automotive; and intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers. It also provides rail and intermodal transportation services over a network of approximately 20,000 miles serving business centres. The company was formerly known as Canadian Pacific Railway Limited and changed its name to Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited in April 2023. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited was incorporated in 1881 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Canadian Pacific Railway is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.026% of Canadian Pacific Railway shares are held by insiders and 75.911% by institutions. How many people work for Canadian Pacific Railway?
Latest data suggests 20,224 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 S.E., Calgary, AB, Canada, T2C 4X9 What is Canadian Pacific Railway's ISIN number?
Canadian Pacific Railway's international securities identification number is: CA13646K1084 What is Canadian Pacific Railway's CUSIP number?
Canadian Pacific Railway's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 135923100