For the quarter ended March 2025, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) reported revenue of $2.64 billion, up 1.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.74, compared to $0.69 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.70% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.66 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.74, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Canadian Pacific Kansas City performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Adjusted Operating Ratio: 62.5% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 62.7%.
• Carloads - Energy, Chemicals and Plastics: 142.5 thousand versus the five-analyst average estimate of 142.18 thousand.
• Carloads - Intermodal: 435.4 thousand versus the five-analyst average estimate of 433.98 thousand.
• Carloads - Automotive: 57.8 thousand versus 60.06 thousand estimated by five analysts on average.
• Carloads - Forest Products: 34.8 thousand compared to the 35.07 thousand average estimate based on five analysts.
• Carloads - Grain: 133.7 thousand compared to the 136.74 thousand average estimate based on five analysts.
• Carloads - Coal: 118.4 thousand versus the five-analyst average estimate of 115.11 thousand.
• Carloads - Potash: 39.8 thousand versus the five-analyst average estimate of 44.61 thousand.
• Carloads - Fertilizers and Sulphur: 17.8 thousand versus 17.2 thousand estimated by five analysts on average.
• Carloads - Metals, Minerals and Consumer Products: 124.4 thousand compared to the 123.9 thousand average estimate based on five analysts.
• Carloads - Total: 1.1 million compared to the 1.11 million average estimate based on five analysts.
• Operating Ratio: 65.3% compared to the 62.8% average estimate based on four analysts.

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Shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City have returned +1.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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