Equities Analysts Set Expectations for CAE FY2025 Earnings

CAE Inc. (NYSE:CAE) (TSE:CAE) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial lifted their FY2025 EPS estimates for CAE in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 7th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now expects that the aerospace company will post earnings of $0.86 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.83. National Bank Financial currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for CAE’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for CAE’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.33 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.00 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.25 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.31 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.41 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.19 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on CAE. StockNews.com upgraded CAE from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, April 12th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $43.00 price objective on shares of CAE in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. Bank of America upgraded shares of CAE from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of CAE from $28.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $32.00.

CAE Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of CAE stock opened at $25.91 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. CAE has a 12 month low of $15.95 and a 12 month high of $27.62. The stock has a market cap of $8.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -49.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.13 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.45.

CAE (NYSE:CAE) (TSE:CAE) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The aerospace company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.01. CAE had a positive return on equity of 6.11% and a negative net margin of 4.96%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Nomura Holdings Inc. bought a new position in CAE during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $201,771,000. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec boosted its position in shares of CAE by 25.7% during the 4th quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 30,917,402 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $784,651,000 after acquiring an additional 6,313,165 shares during the last quarter. Browning West LP bought a new stake in CAE in the fourth quarter worth $150,629,000. Select Equity Group L.P. raised its stake in CAE by 427.1% during the fourth quarter. Select Equity Group L.P. now owns 6,741,514 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $171,093,000 after purchasing an additional 5,462,455 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of CAE in the 4th quarter worth $98,436,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.36% of the company’s stock.

CAE Company Profile

CAE Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides simulation training and critical operations support solutions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, the Oceania, Africa, and Rest of the Americas. It operates through two segments, Civil Aviation; and Defense and Security. The Civil Aviation segment offers training solutions for flight, cabin, maintenance, and ground personnel in commercial, business, and helicopter aviation; a range of flight simulation training devices; and ab initio pilot training and crew sourcing services, as well as aircraft flight operations solutions.