Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) Senior Officer Sells C$51,590.14 in Stock

Capital Power Co. (TSE:CPX) Senior Officer Jacquelyn Marie Pylypiuk sold 962 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$53.63, for a total transaction of C$51,590.14.

Capital Power Trading Up 0.7%

CPX opened at C$54.17 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 136.03, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.55. The company has a market cap of C$7.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.64. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of C$48.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$54.67. Capital Power Co. has a fifty-two week low of C$37.35 and a fifty-two week high of C$68.73.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CPX. ATB Capital dropped their target price on shares of Capital Power from C$63.00 to C$62.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. National Bankshares dropped their target price on shares of Capital Power from C$65.00 to C$62.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. BMO Capital Markets raised shares of Capital Power from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of Capital Power from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Desjardins boosted their price target on shares of Capital Power from C$67.00 to C$68.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Capital Power presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$63.50.

About Capital Power

Capital Power Corp is a North American power producer whose principal activities are developing, acquiring, and operating power plants. Through its subsidiary, Capital Power owns and operates a portfolio of natural gas, coal, wind, solar, and solid fuel energy generating facilities. These are located throughout Western and Central Canada and the U.S.