Canadian Pacific Railway Stock Retained Earnings

CP Stock  CAD 107.78  0.57  0.53%   
Canadian Pacific Railway fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Canadian Pacific's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Canadian Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Canadian Pacific's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Canadian Pacific stock.
  
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company Retained Earnings Analysis

Canadian Pacific's Retained Earnings is a balance sheet account that refers to the portion of company income that is retained by the firm. In other words, it is a part of earnings that is not paid out as dividends or otherwise distributed to owners. Retained Earnings are calculated by adding net income to last period retained earnings and subtracting any dividends paid to owners.

Retained Earnings

 = 

Beginning RE + Income

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Dividends

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Current Canadian Pacific Retained Earnings

    
  16.42 B  
Most of Canadian Pacific's fundamental indicators, such as Retained Earnings, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Canadian Pacific Railway is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Retained Earnings shows how the firm utilizes its profits over time. In simple terms, investors can think of retained earnings as the amount of profit the company has reinvested in the business since its inceptions. However the methodology to make a decision over how much profit to retain is different between companies in different industries. For example, growing industries tend to retain more of their earnings than more matured industries as they need more assets investment to sustain their growth.
Competition

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Canadian Pacific Railway has a Retained Earnings of 16.42 B. This is 58.63% higher than that of the Ground Transportation sector and 199.67% higher than that of the Industrials industry. The retained earnings for all Canada stocks is 76.0% lower than that of the firm.

Canadian Retained Earnings Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Canadian Pacific's direct or indirect competition against its Retained Earnings to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Canadian Pacific could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Canadian Pacific by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Canadian Pacific is currently under evaluation in retained earnings category among its peers.

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About Canadian Pacific Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Canadian Pacific Railway's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Canadian Pacific using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Canadian Pacific Railway based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Pair Trading with Canadian Pacific

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Canadian Pacific position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Canadian Pacific will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Canadian Pacific could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Canadian Pacific when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Canadian Pacific - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Canadian Pacific Railway to buy it.
The correlation of Canadian Pacific is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Canadian Pacific moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Canadian Pacific Railway moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Canadian Pacific can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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When determining whether Canadian Pacific Railway is a good investment, qualitative aspects like company management, corporate governance, and ethical practices play a significant role. A comparison with peer companies also provides context and helps to understand if Canadian Stock is undervalued or overvalued. This multi-faceted approach, blending both quantitative and qualitative analysis, forms a solid foundation for making an informed investment decision about Canadian Pacific Railway Stock. Highlighted below are key reports to facilitate an investment decision about Canadian Pacific Railway Stock:
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Please note, there is a significant difference between Canadian Pacific's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Canadian Pacific is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Canadian Pacific's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.