National Bank Financial Forecasts Cascades Q1 Earnings

Cascades Inc. (TSE:CAS) – Analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Cascades in a note issued to investors on Thursday, February 20th. National Bank Financial analyst Z. Evershed anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.24 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Cascades’ current full-year earnings is $1.30 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Cascades’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.36 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on CAS. CIBC raised their price objective on Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. TD Securities raised their target price on Cascades from C$12.00 to C$14.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on Cascades from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Finally, Scotiabank upgraded Cascades from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from C$12.00 to C$15.50 in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$13.25.

Cascades Stock Performance

Shares of CAS opened at C$11.59 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is C$12.33 and its 200 day moving average price is C$11.12. Cascades has a 12-month low of C$8.83 and a 12-month high of C$13.42. The stock has a market capitalization of C$1.17 billion, a PE ratio of -15.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.15. 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 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.