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Canadian Pacific Railway financials

Yes. Canadian Pacific Railway earned 3.86B CAD of net income over the last twelve months, 24.1% of its revenue. It made a profit in 29 of its 29 fiscal years since 1997.

Revenue (TTM)
16.01B CAD
Net income (TTM)
3.86B CAD
Free cash flow (TTM)
2.93B CAD
Cash and short-term investments
399.00M CAD
Total debt
25.85B CAD
Shareholders' equity
45.78B CAD

Cash, debt and equity as of 30 Sept 2026.

Canadian Pacific Railway earnings

Next earnings · Q4 FY2026
EPS estimate
1.10 USD
Revenue estimate
3.16B USD
Last quarter · Q3 FY2026
EPS0.91Missed -3.2%Revenue2.96BBeat +0.2%

Revenue

ReportedEstimate

EPS

ReportedEstimate
PeriodReport dateEPS estimateReported EPSSurpriseEPS growthRevenue estimateReported revenueSurpriseRevenue growth
Q3 FY20271.05——+14.98%3.14B——+5.89%
Q2 FY20271.03——+25.83%3.14B——+7.24%
Q1 FY20270.86——+13.55%2.92B——+9.89%
Q4 FY20261.10——+15.79%3.16B——+10.75%
Q3 FY20260.940.91-3.19%+13.75%2.96B2.96B+0.20%-19.07%
Q2 FY20260.870.82-6.64%+0.74%2.89B2.93B+1.34%+7.90%
Q1 FY20260.780.76-2.56%+2.70%2.70B2.66B-1.43%+0.90%
Q4 FY20250.990.95-4.04%+3.26%2.86B2.86B-0.28%+6.12%
Q3 FY20250.810.80-1.23%+9.59%2.64B3.66B+38.84%+39.58%
Q2 FY20250.820.81-1.22%+5.19%2.79B2.72B-2.64%+3.20%

Canadian Pacific Railway growth and profitability

Full income statement
Revenue (TTM)
16.01B CAD
Net income (TTM)
3.86B CAD
Gross margin
65.65%
Operating margin
36.42%
Net margin
24.14%

Revenue / Net income

Revenue Net income Net margin
PeriodRevenueGrowthNet incomeGrowthGross marginOperating marginNet marginEBITDAGrowth
FY202515.08B+3.66%4.14B+11.38%53.82%37.20%27.46%8.12B+8.59%
FY202414.55B+15.86%3.72B-5.32%51.86%35.60%25.56%7.47B—
FY202312.56B+42.44%3.93B+11.66%51.31%34.95%31.28%-739.00M-113.08%
FY20228.81B+10.24%3.52B+23.32%52.11%37.77%39.90%5.65B+15.99%
FY20218.00B+3.70%2.85B+16.69%57.37%40.10%35.67%4.87B+9.73%

How Canadian Pacific Railway makes its money

Revenue15.08B 100.0%
Cost of revenue6.96B 46.2%
Gross profit8.12B 53.8%
Other operating expenses2.51B 16.6%
Operating income5.61B 37.2%
Tax1.35B 8.9%
Other expense123.00M 0.8%
Net income4.14B 27.5%

FY2025, in CAD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.

Canadian Pacific Railway revenue breakdown

By product

FY2025
Cargo and Freight: 49.7%Grain Revenue: 10.8%Energy, Chemicals and Plastic Revenue: 9.7%Intermodal: 9.0%Metals, Minerals and Consumer Products Revenue: 6.0%Automotive: 4.4%Coal Revenue: 3.4%Forest Products Revenue: 2.7%Potash Revenue: 2.2%Fertilizer and Sulphur Revenue: 1.4%Non-freight excluding leasing revenues: 0.6%49.7%Cargo and Freight10.8%Grain Revenue9.7%Energy, Chemicals and Plastic Revenue9.0%Intermodal6.0%Metals, Minerals and Consumer Products Revenue4.4%Automotive3.4%Coal Revenue2.7%Forest Products Revenue2.2%Potash Revenue1.4%Fertilizer and Sulphur Revenue
SegmentRevenueShare of revenueChange on the year
Cargo and Freight14.78B49.7%+3.9%
Grain Revenue3.22B10.8%+6.8%
Energy, Chemicals and Plastic Revenue2.90B9.7%+1.6%
Intermodal2.68B9.0%+6.1%
Metals, Minerals and Consumer Products Revenue1.79B6.0%+0.8%
Automotive1.31B4.4%+2.3%
Coal Revenue1.03B3.4%+8.7%
Forest Products Revenue792.00M2.7%-2.9%
Potash Revenue640.00M2.2%+4.2%
Fertilizer and Sulphur Revenue423.00M1.4%+4.2%
Non-freight excluding leasing revenues193.00M0.6%+1.0%

By region

FY2025
Canada: 48.0%United States: 34.0%Mexico: 18.0%48.0%Canada34.0%United States18.0%Mexico
RegionRevenueShare of revenueChange on the year
Canada7.24B48.0%+4.4%
United States5.12B34.0%+2.7%
Mexico2.71B18.0%+3.4%

Operating and free cash flow

Full cash flow statement
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
Fiscal yearOperating cash flowFree cash flow
FY20255.31B2.17B
FY20245.27B2.41B
FY20234.14B1.64B
FY20224.14B2.59B
FY20213.69B2.16B
FY20202.80B1.13B
FY20192.99B1.34B
FY20182.71B1.16B
FY20172.18B842.00M
FY20162.09B907.00M

Canadian Pacific Railway financial health

Full balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments
399.00M CAD
Total debt
25.85B CAD
Net cash
-25.45B CAD
Free cash flow (TTM)
2.93B CAD
Current ratio
0.52
Debt to equity
0.56
Piotroski score
8 / 9
Altman Z-score
2.29

Cash, debt and free cash flow

Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Fiscal yearCash and short-term investmentsTotal debtFree cash flow
FY2025184.00M23.19B2.17B
FY2024739.00M22.99B2.41B
FY2023464.00M22.84B1.64B
FY2022451.00M19.92B2.59B
FY202182.00M20.41B2.16B

Assets, liabilities and equity

Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders' equity
Fiscal yearTotal assetsTotal liabilitiesShareholders' equity
FY202585.95B39.12B45.88B
FY202488.40B39.51B47.89B
FY202380.39B37.98B41.49B
FY202273.75B34.86B38.89B
FY202168.35B34.52B33.83B
FY202023.82B16.50B7.32B
FY201922.56B15.50B7.07B
FY201821.47B14.83B6.64B
FY201720.26B13.83B6.44B
FY201619.48B14.85B4.63B

Canadian Pacific Railway valuation

Price to earnings ratio (TTM)
30.71
Forward P/E (FY2026)
25.89
Price to sales (TTM)
7.26
Price to book
2.54
EV / EBITDA (TTM)
16.98

Capital structure

Market capitalization
81.52B USD
+
Total debt
18.14B USD
−
Cash and short-term investments
280.03M USD
=
Enterprise value
99.38B USD

Valuation over time

P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Fiscal yearP/EForward P/EP/SP/BEV/EBITDA
FY2028 (est.)19.63————
FY2027 (est.)22.3819.63———
FY2026 (est.)25.8922.38———
Now (TTM)30.7122.807.262.5416.98
FY202522.3522.516.142.0214.24
FY202426.1522.516.682.0315.97
FY202324.8024.927.762.35-162.18
FY202226.7226.8510.662.4220.07
FY202121.6524.717.731.8316.86

Canadian Pacific Railway against its own history

Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.

Its peers: Norfolk Southern, CSX, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, and Union Pacific, the US Railroads companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.

  • P/E (today)Above its median30.7
    18.636.6
  • Gross marginAbove its median53.8%
    51.3%57.4%
    Against its peers: 2 of 5Peers' median 37.8%
  • Operating marginAt its median37.2%
    35.0%40.1%
    Against its peers: 2 of 5Peers' median 32.5%
  • Net marginBelow its median27.5%
    25.6%39.9%
    Against its peers: 2 of 5Peers' median 22.0%
  • Return on equityAt its median9.0%
    7.8%9.5%
    Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median 20.2%
  • Free cash flow marginBelow its median14.4%
    13.0%29.3%
    Against its peers: 3 of 5Peers' median 15.6%
  • Revenue growthLowest in 5 years3.7%
    3.7%42.4%
    Against its peers: 2 of 5Peers' median 0.8%
  • EPS growthAbove its median13.3%
    -9.8%16.4%
    Against its peers: 1 of 5Peers' median 9.1%
  • Debt to EBITDALowest in 5 years2.86×
    2.86×4.19×
    Against its peers: 3 of 5Peers' median 2.69×
  • Current ratioBelow its median0.49
    0.430.60
    Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median 0.88

Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.

Canadian Pacific Railway dividends

Annual dividend
0.76 USD
Dividend yield (indicated)
0.81%
Payout ratio
29.41%
Years of dividend growth
3
Frequency
Quarterly
Next payment
0.19 USD
Next ex-dividend date
31 Dec 2026
Next payment date
25 Jan 2027

Dividends per share

Year2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Dividends per share0.600.560.560.590.600.510.440.370.320.26

Canadian Pacific Railway ownership

Institutions
69.21%
Institutional holders
1,010 (+29)
Free float
94.63%

Who owns the shares

Institutions 69.2% Others 30.8%
As of 30 Jun 2026

Shares free to trade

Free float 822.87M shares ·94.6% Closely held 46.69M shares ·5.4%

Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.

Insider trading

QuarterPurchasesSalesShares acquiredShares disposed of
Q2 2017003.80K16.40K
Q1 201707300.32K256.93K
Q4 20160218.80K110.99K
Q3 2016013.08K9.85M

Shares outstanding

Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Fiscal yearBasic sharesDiluted sharesChange in diluted shares
FY2025916.20M917.10M-1.87%
FY2024933.00M934.60M+0.10%
FY2023931.30M933.70M+0.09%
FY2022930.00M932.90M+36.63%
FY2021679.70M682.80M+0.41%

Common questions about Canadian Pacific Railway's financials

Source: Financial Modeling Prep