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

CGI Group, Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) – Investment analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for CGI Group in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 5th. Stifel Canada analyst S. Sukumar expects that the technology company will post earnings of $1.61 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CGI Group’s current full-year earnings is $5.79 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for CGI Group’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.61 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on GIB. UBS Group cut their price target on CGI Group from $112.00 to $105.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. TD Securities upgraded CGI Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on CGI Group from $175.00 to $165.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of CGI Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $135.00.

CGI Group Stock Performance

Shares of CGI Group stock traded up $0.60 on Friday, hitting $85.41. The stock had a trading volume of 50,886 shares, compared to its average volume of 295,154. The stock has a market cap of $19.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.71. The business’s 50 day moving average is $90.63 and its two-hundred day moving average is $98.74. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. CGI Group has a twelve month low of $84.24 and a twelve month high of $122.79.

CGI Group (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The technology company reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.53 by $0.02. CGI Group had a net margin of 11.01% and a return on equity of 18.53%. The company had revenue of $2.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.92 EPS. CGI Group’s quarterly revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

CGI Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Friday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 21st. This is a positive change from CGI Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. CGI Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 7.95%.

Institutional Trading of CGI Group

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in CGI Group by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 55,151 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $5,505,000 after buying an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC increased its stake in CGI Group by 129.6% during the 1st quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 26,230 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,619,000 after purchasing an additional 14,806 shares in the last quarter. MQS Management LLC acquired a new position in CGI Group during the first quarter worth $608,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in shares of CGI Group by 7.1% in the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,028,147 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $202,470,000 after buying an additional 133,750 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creekmur Asset Management LLC lifted its position in CGI Group by 7,051.9% in the 1st quarter. Creekmur Asset Management LLC now owns 1,931 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $193,000 after acquiring an additional 1,904 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.68% of the company’s stock.

About CGI Group

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.