Brokerages Set Cascades Inc. (TSE:CAS) Target Price at C$11.67

Cascades Inc. (TSE:CAS) has received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the six ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$11.67.

CAS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. CIBC reduced their target price on shares of Cascades from C$14.00 to C$12.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 11th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Cascades from C$14.00 to C$11.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 19th. Desjardins dropped their price target on shares of Cascades from C$14.50 to C$13.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 28th. TD Securities dropped their price target on shares of Cascades from C$12.00 to C$11.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 16th. Finally, National Bankshares dropped their price target on shares of Cascades from C$13.50 to C$11.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 11th.

Cascades Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of Cascades stock opened at C$9.18 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.33, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 108.76. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is C$10.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$11.85. The company has a market cap of C$924.52 million, a P/E ratio of -12.09, a PEG ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.06. Cascades has a 12-month low of C$9.10 and a 12-month high of C$15.00.

Cascades (TSE:CAS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 22nd. The company reported C$0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.30 by C($0.25). The company had revenue of C$1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$1.22 billion. Cascades had a negative net margin of 1.64% and a negative return on equity of 2.86%. Research analysts anticipate that Cascades will post 0.8298611 EPS for the current year.

Cascades Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a 1 dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 21st were paid a $0.48 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 4.66%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 21st. This is a boost from Cascades’s previous 1 dividend of $0.12. Cascades’s dividend payout ratio is -63.16%.

Cascades Company Profile

Cascades Inc produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products in Canada and the United States. The company operates through three segments: Containerboard, Specialty Products, and Tissue Papers. It offers various packaging solutions and tissue products comprised of recycled fibers; tissue papers, comprising parent rolls of virgin and recycled fibres; specialty products, including uncoated recycled boxboards; and containerboards.