Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

CP Industrials Railroads

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $10.8 billion, up 1.65% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+13.5%
EPS
+2.30%
Free cash flow
+124.6%
Total debt
+6.51%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

93.76 0.65 −0.69%
Market cap
$81.5B
P/E
29.9×
Fwd P/E
27.0×
Dividend yield
0.76%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.12
Beneish M
−2.56
Dividend safety
66/100

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP) Return on invested capital

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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.09%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.02%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.58% (fiscal 2022) to 12.8% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Railroads industry median of 7.60% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 5.02% 0.45
FY2024 4.57% 0.31
FY2023 4.26% 0.68
FY2022 3.58% (0.14)
FY2021 3.72% (8.49)
FY2020 12.2% (0.23)
FY2019 12.4% 0.85
FY2018 11.6% (0.65)
FY2017 12.2% (0.02)
FY2016 12.3% (0.56)

Against its own ten years

Low 3.58% High 12.8%
Ten-year median 11.6%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. compare 14.8%
UNP Union Pacific Corporation compare 13.4%
CSX CSX Corporation compare 10.8%
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation compare 8.05%
FSTR L.B. Foster Company compare 7.84%
WAB Wabtec compare 7.60%
TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. compare 7.26%
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited 5.09%
GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) compare 2.74%
Railroads industry median 7.60%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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