Raymond James Has Bearish Forecast for CGI Q2 Earnings

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) – Equities researchers at Raymond James reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of CGI in a research note issued on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James analyst S. Li now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $1.50 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.53. The consensus estimate for CGI’s current full-year earnings is $5.85 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for CGI’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.46 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.33 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $178.00 target price on shares of CGI in a research report on Monday, January 6th. CIBC raised shares of CGI from a “neutral” rating to an “outperformer” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $155.00 to $178.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of CGI from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. StockNews.com raised shares of CGI from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of CGI from $140.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, CGI presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $150.75.

CGI Trading Up 4.0 %

NYSE GIB opened at $119.13 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. CGI has a 1-year low of $96.92 and a 1-year high of $121.55. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $110.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is $111.27. The company has a market capitalization of $27.15 billion, a PE ratio of 21.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 0.95.

CGI (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The technology company reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.41. CGI had a net margin of 11.72% and a return on equity of 19.59%.

CGI Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a $0.1039 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.35%. CGI’s payout ratio is presently 8.32%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC bought a new stake in shares of CGI during the second quarter worth $2,907,000. CWM LLC lifted its position in shares of CGI by 14.8% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,365 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $157,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its position in shares of CGI by 16.1% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 25,179 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,895,000 after purchasing an additional 3,490 shares in the last quarter. Walter Public Investments Inc. grew its stake in shares of CGI by 10.5% during the third quarter. Walter Public Investments Inc. now owns 227,796 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $26,194,000 after purchasing an additional 21,582 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Net Worth Advisory Group acquired a new stake in shares of CGI in the third quarter valued at approximately $467,000. 66.68% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.