National Bank Financial Comments on CGI Q2 Earnings

CGI Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of CGI in a report released on Wednesday, January 29th. National Bank Financial analyst R. Tse expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.52 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CGI’s current full-year earnings is $5.85 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for CGI’s FY2026 earnings at $6.14 EPS.

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

CGI Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:GIB opened at $117.87 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $110.95 and its 200-day moving average price is $111.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.86 billion, a PE ratio of 21.31, a P/E/G ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 0.95. CGI has a 1 year low of $96.92 and a 1 year high of $121.55.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CGI

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GIB. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of CGI by 8.6% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 998,470 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $115,844,000 after purchasing an additional 79,362 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of CGI by 182.6% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 476,758 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $54,808,000 after acquiring an additional 308,040 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of CGI by 4.0% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 560,159 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $64,518,000 after acquiring an additional 21,427 shares during the last quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CGI during the third quarter worth $825,000. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. boosted its position in CGI by 68.2% during the third quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 1,368,822 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $157,485,000 after purchasing an additional 555,017 shares during the last quarter. 66.68% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CGI Dividend Announcement

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

About CGI

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.