Canadian Historical Cash Flow
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Analysis of Canadian Pacific cash flow over time is an excellent tool to project Canadian Pacific Railway future capital expenditures as well as to predict the amount of cash needed to cover cost of sales, R&D expenses or production expansions. Investors should almost always look for trends in cash flow indicators such as Free Cash Flow of 2.5 B or Begin Period Cash Flow of 298.5 M as it is a great indicator of Canadian Pacific ability to facilitate future growth, repay debt on time or pay out dividends.
Financial Statement Analysis is much more than just reviewing and examining Canadian Pacific Railway latest accounting reports to predict its past. Macroaxis encourages investors to analyze financial statements over time for various trends across multiple indicators and accounts to determine whether Canadian Pacific Railway is a good buy for the upcoming year.
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About Canadian Cash Flow Analysis
The Cash Flow Statement is a financial statement that shows how changes in Canadian balance sheet and income statement accounts affect cash and cash equivalents. It breaks the analysis down to operating, investing, and financing activities. One of the most critical aspects of the cash flow statement is liquidity, which is the degree to which Canadian's non-liquid assets can be easily converted into cash.
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Begin Period Cash Flow
The amount of cash a company has at the beginning of a financial reporting period. It serves as the starting point for calculating the period's cash flow from operations, investing, and financing activities.Dividends Paid
The total amount of dividends that a company has paid out to its shareholders over a specific period.Capital Expenditures
Capital Expenditures are funds used by Canadian Pacific Railway to acquire physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment. This type of outlay is used by management to increase the scope of Canadian Pacific operations. These expenditures can include everything from repairing an office equipment, building a brand new facility, or writing new software.Net Income
Net income is one of the most important fundamental items in finance. It plays a large role in Canadian Pacific Railway financial statement analysis. It represents the amount of money remaining after all of Canadian Pacific Railway operating expenses, interest, taxes and preferred stock dividends have been deducted from a company total revenue.Most accounts from Canadian Pacific's cash flow statement are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing cash flow statement accounts one by one will only give a small insight into Canadian Pacific Railway current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of cash flow statement accounts, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Canadian Pacific Railway. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in estimate. At this time, Canadian Pacific's Net Income is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 30th of March 2025, End Period Cash Flow is likely to grow to about 776 M, while Begin Period Cash Flow is likely to drop about 298.5 M.
| 2022 | 2024 | 2025 (projected) | Capital Expenditures | 1.6B | 2.9B | 3.0B | Dividends Paid | 707M | 709M | 744.5M |
Canadian Pacific cash flow statement Correlations
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Canadian Pacific cash flow statement Accounts
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (projected) | ||
| Change In Cash | 14M | (65M) | 369M | 13M | 275M | 288.8M | |
| Free Cash Flow | 1.1B | 2.2B | 2.6B | 1.6B | 2.4B | 2.5B | |
| Begin Period Cash Flow | 133M | 147M | 82M | 451M | 464M | 298.5M | |
| Other Cashflows From Financing Activities | 286M | (75M) | (1.5B) | (17M) | (15.3M) | (16.1M) | |
| Depreciation | 779M | 811M | 853M | 1.5B | 1.9B | 2.0B | |
| Other Non Cash Items | 143M | 11M | (36M) | (385M) | 6.9B | (75.1M) | |
| Dividends Paid | 412M | 467M | 507M | 707M | 709M | 744.5M | |
| Capital Expenditures | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 2.5B | 2.9B | 3.0B | |
| Total Cash From Operating Activities | 2.8B | 3.7B | 4.1B | 4.1B | 5.3B | 5.5B | |
| Net Income | 2.4B | 2.9B | 3.5B | 3.9B | 3.7B | 3.9B | |
| Total Cash From Financing Activities | (764M) | 9.9B | (2.3B) | (2.0B) | (2.3B) | (2.1B) | |
| End Period Cash Flow | 147M | 82M | 451M | 464M | 739M | 776.0M | |
| Change In Working Capital | (26M) | (389M) | (66M) | (92M) | (308M) | 25.2M | |
| Sale Purchase Of Stock | (1.1B) | (1.5B) | 25M | 32M | 28.8M | 30.2M | |
| Change To Account Receivables | (61M) | 32M | (147M) | (317M) | (133M) | (126.4M) | |
| Stock Based Compensation | 170M | 131M | 113M | 122M | 140.3M | 106.5M | |
| Total Cashflows From Investing Activities | (1.8B) | (2.0B) | (13.7B) | (1.5B) | (1.3B) | (1.4B) | |
| Change To Operating Activities | (24M) | (5M) | 24M | (13M) | (15.0M) | (14.2M) | |
| Net Borrowings | 421M | 1.1B | 10.5B | (1.6B) | (1.9B) | (1.8B) | |
| Other Cashflows From Investing Activities | (8M) | (2M) | 5M | 61M | 54.9M | 42.1M | |
| Change To Liabilities | (21M) | (308M) | (108M) | 95M | 85.5M | 89.8M | |
| Investments | (2.0B) | (12.3B) | (1.5B) | (2.3B) | (2.8B) | (2.9B) | |
| Issuance Of Capital Stock | 52M | 25M | 32M | 64M | 69M | 45.9M |
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.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.Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Canadian Pacific Railway. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in estimate. You can also try the Equity Forecasting module to use basic forecasting models to generate price predictions and determine price momentum.