Raymond James Financial Forecasts CGI Group Q1 Earnings

CGI Group, Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) – Equities researchers at Raymond James Financial issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of CGI Group in a research report issued on Wednesday, November 5th. Raymond James Financial analyst S. Li expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.52 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CGI Group’s current full-year earnings is $5.79 per share. Raymond James Financial also issued estimates for CGI Group’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.61 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.61 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.59 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.31 EPS.

GIB has been the topic of a number of other reports. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of CGI Group from $112.00 to $105.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of CGI Group in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. TD Securities raised CGI Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on shares of CGI Group from $175.00 to $165.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $135.00.

CGI Group Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE GIB traded up $0.60 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $85.41. 50,886 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 295,154. CGI Group has a twelve month low of $84.24 and a twelve month high of $122.79. The firm has a market cap of $19.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.79, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.71. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $90.63 and its 200-day moving average price is $98.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 0.94.

CGI Group (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The technology company reported $1.55 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.53 by $0.02. CGI Group had a net margin of 11.01% and a return on equity of 18.53%. The business had revenue of $2.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.92 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis.

CGI Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.17 per share. This is an increase from CGI Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 21st. CGI Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.95%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CGI Group

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. SVB Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in CGI Group during the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. First Horizon Corp acquired a new stake in shares of CGI Group in the third quarter worth $29,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd grew its holdings in shares of CGI Group by 292.6% during the first quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 1,005 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $100,000 after buying an additional 749 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in CGI Group by 53.3% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,452 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $152,000 after acquiring an additional 505 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc. purchased a new position in CGI Group during the 3rd quarter valued at about $144,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.68% of the company’s stock.

CGI Group Company Profile

CGI Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) and business process services. Its services include the business and strategic IT consulting, systems integration, and software solutions. The company also provides application development, modernization and maintenance, holistic enterprise digitization, automation, hybrid and cloud management, and business process services; intellectual property-based solutions; business consulting; managed IT services; and IT infrastructure services.