What is Stifel Canada’s Forecast for CGI Q1 Earnings?

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) – Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of CGI in a report issued on Monday, January 27th. Stifel Canada analyst S. Sukumar expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.37 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CGI’s current full-year earnings is $5.90 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for CGI’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.74 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.18 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Cibc World Mkts upgraded CGI from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on shares of CGI from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $178.00 target price on shares of CGI in a research report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of CGI from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, CIBC upgraded CGI from a “neutral” rating to an “outperformer” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $155.00 to $178.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $150.75.

CGI Stock Up 1.1 %

Shares of NYSE GIB opened at $114.45 on Wednesday. CGI has a 52-week low of $96.92 and a 52-week high of $118.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.36. The business has a fifty day moving average of $110.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of $111.18. The stock has a market cap of $26.08 billion, a PE ratio of 21.27, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.95.

CGI Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a — dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 20th were paid a dividend of $0.111 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.4%. CGI’s dividend payout ratio is presently 8.55%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CGI

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GIB. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new position in CGI in the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in CGI by 288.2% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 788 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $91,000 after acquiring an additional 585 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CGI by 14.8% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,365 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $157,000 after acquiring an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of CGI in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans bought a new stake in shares of CGI during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $209,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.68% of the company’s stock.

CGI Company Profile

CGI Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) and business process services. Its services include the business and strategic IT consulting, systems integration, and software solutions. The company also provides application development, modernization and maintenance, holistic enterprise digitization, automation, hybrid and cloud management, and business process services; intellectual property-based solutions; business consulting; managed IT services; and IT infrastructure services.