Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Company Overview Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ("CPKC" or the "Company") owns and operates the only freight railway spanning Canada, the United States ("U.S."), and Mexico. CPKC provides rail and intermodal transportation services over a network of approximately 20,000 miles, serving principal business centres across Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
$88.10
+$0.77 (+0.88%)
Price from 2 days ago
37.20% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 6.07%. Note that capital returns lag the margin, the business may be capital-intensive despite high margins.
Revenue grew 3.7%, steady but not accelerating.
At 29x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Net debt of C$23.44B represents 10.6x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
28.8x earnings, 44.7x FCF. Not cheap, the quality is already reflected in the price. Upside from here requires either margin expansion or growth re-acceleration, not just continuation.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
C$15.45B
▲ +3.7% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
C$3.87B
▲ +11.4% YoY
Op. Margin
36.76%
▲ +1.6pp YoY
ROIC
6.21%
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
C$2.43B
▼ -9.7% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
C$5.50B
▲ +0.8% YoY
Net Debt
C$24.78B
Cash & Equiv.
C$366M
5Y CAGR: +14.4%
5Y CAGR: +14.3%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 28 Jul 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 21 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) overvalued?
At a P/E of 28.8 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 44.7, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about C$20.70 per share, so at C$88.10 the stock looks overvalued (76.5% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Canadian Pacific Kansas City scores 40/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 0.8%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Canadian Pacific Kansas City's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about C$20.70 per share for CP, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around C$15.53. At today's C$88.10, that puts the stock about 76.5% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Canadian Pacific Kansas City a high-quality business?+
Canadian Pacific Kansas City scores 40 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 36.8% operating margin and a 6.2% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Does Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays a regular dividend of about C$0.92 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 0.8% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 21.1% of earnings, so the dividend is amply covered by earnings. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has grown the dividend at roughly 11.9% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For CP's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
Is Canadian Pacific Kansas City a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. CP currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 40/100 on quality (mixed). It also yields about 0.8%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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