Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CP)
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; merchandise freight consists of industrial and consumer products, such as forest products, energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals, consumer products, and automotive; and intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers. The company also provides rail and intermodal transportation services through a network of approximately 20,000 miles serving business centers. 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 founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
- Ticker
- CP
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Railroads
- 52-week range
- $68.42 - $96.90
Valuation
- Share price
- $92.17 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
- P/E (TTM)
- 30.00x
- Price to book
- 2.44x
- Price to free cash flow
- 38.66x
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|---|
| 1 day | -1.70% |
| 5 days | +2.78% |
| 1 month | +7.89% |
| 3 months | +2.13% |
| 6 months | +7.20% |
| Year to date | +25.18% |
| 1 year | +33.77% |
| 3 years | +24.02% |
| 5 years | +20.15% |
| 10 years | +228.24% |
| All time | +6,748.55% |
Short interest
- As of
- Oct 15, 2026
- Short % of float
- 2.15%
- Shares short
- 18.73M
- Days to cover
- 10.10
- Change since prior report
- -3.49%
- Source
- FINRA consolidated short interest
Members of Congress who disclosed CP trades
Gilbert Ray Cisneros · Thomas Kean
Super investors holding CP
Chris Hohn (TCI Fund Management Ltd) · Sarah Ketterer (Causeway Capital Management LLC) · AKO Capital (AKO Capital LLP) · William Von Mueffling (Cantillon Capital Management LLC) · Ken Griffin (Citadel) · First Eagle Investment (First Eagle Investment Management, LLC)
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 8.84%
- Return on invested capital
- 6.05%
- Return on assets
- 4.82%
- Return on capital employed
- 7.02%
- Net margin
- 27.66%
- EBITDA margin
- 50.96%
- Revenue growth
- 2.91%
- Net income growth
- 11.38%
- Free cash flow growth
- -9.70%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 2.59%
- Current ratio
- 0.52x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 3.05x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- Dec 31, 2025
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Shares outstanding
- 916.20M
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 27.66% | 8.84% | 6.05% |
| 2024-12-31 | 25.56% | 7.60% | 5.73% |
| 2023-12-31 | 31.28% | 9.26% | 6.73% |
| 2022-12-31 | 39.90% | 9.04% | 4.59% |
| 2021-12-31 | 35.67% | 8.43% | 4.49% |
| 2020-12-31 | 31.96% | 33.39% | 14.67% |
| 2019-12-31 | 31.57% | 34.52% | 14.94% |
| 2018-12-31 | 26.90% | 29.40% | 14.31% |
| 2017-12-31 | 37.05% | 37.36% | 16.62% |
| 2016-12-31 | 25.90% | 34.57% | 13.96% |
Investor relations
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | Sep 2026 | - |
| 2026-07-29 | Jun 2026 | - |
| 2026-04-29 | Mar 2026 | - |
| 2026-01-28 | Dec 2025 | - |
| 2025-10-29 | Sep 2025 | - |
| 2025-07-30 | Jun 2025 | - |
| 2025-04-30 | Mar 2025 | - |
| 2025-01-29 | Dec 2024 | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- cpkcr.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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