Railways still expect higher earnings

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New U.S. tariffs on imported goods have weighed on the shares of these two railways. However, both are doing a good job controlling their costs, which should continue to fuel their earnings. CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD. $102 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 930.5 million; Market cap: $94.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.4; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpkcr.com) ships freight over a 32,190-kilometre rail network that connects major hubs in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. The company’s revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2025, rose 7.8%, to $3.80 billion from $3.52 billion a year earlier. That increase was mainly due to higher shipments of coal, automotive goods, potash and grain. Thanks partly to cost savings from the merger with Kansas City Southern in April 2023, earnings in the quarter before unusual items rose 14.0%, to $1.06 a share (or a total of $992 million) from $0.93 a share (or $866…