Q1 Earnings Estimate for Cascades Issued By Desjardins

Cascades Inc. (TSE:CAS) – Stock analysts at Desjardins issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Cascades in a research note issued on Sunday, April 13th. Desjardins analyst F. Tremblay forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.13 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Cascades’ current full-year earnings is $1.30 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Cascades’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.20 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.28 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, December 20th. CIBC increased their target price on shares of Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, Scotiabank raised Cascades from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from C$12.00 to C$15.50 in a research report on Monday, January 27th.

Cascades Price Performance

CAS stock opened at C$9.19 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is C$10.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$11.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 121.37, a current ratio of 1.22 and a quick ratio of 0.86. Cascades has a 52-week low of C$8.83 and a 52-week high of C$13.42. The firm has a market capitalization of C$929.58 million, a P/E ratio of -12.39, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.15.

Cascades Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 20th were given a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.22%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 6th. Cascades’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -64.73%.

Insider Transactions at Cascades

In other news, Senior Officer Luc Langevin sold 9,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$9.82, for a total transaction of C$88,380.00. 23.78% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Cascades Company Profile

Cascades Inc produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products in Canada and the United States. The company operates through three segments: Containerboard, Specialty Products, and Tissue Papers. It offers various packaging solutions and tissue products comprised of recycled fibers; tissue papers, comprising parent rolls of virgin and recycled fibres; specialty products, including uncoated recycled boxboards; and containerboards.