Royal Bank Of Canada Cuts CGI (TSE:GIB.A) Price Target to C$150.00

CGI (TSE:GIB.AFree Report) (NYSE:GIB) had its price target decreased by Royal Bank Of Canada from C$165.00 to C$150.00 in a research note issued to investors on Monday morning,BayStreet.CA reports. Royal Bank Of Canada currently has an outperform rating on the stock.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Desjardins dropped their price objective on CGI from C$169.00 to C$160.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Raymond James Financial lowered their price target on shares of CGI from C$178.00 to C$168.00 in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. TD Securities reduced their price objective on shares of CGI from C$190.00 to C$145.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. CIBC downgraded shares of CGI from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from C$146.00 to C$139.00 in a report on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein increased their target price on shares of CGI from C$137.00 to C$142.00 in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$159.90.

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CGI Trading Down 2.4%

Shares of CGI stock opened at C$117.09 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of C$25.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 0.23. CGI has a 52-week low of C$113.60 and a 52-week high of C$175.35. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is C$125.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$127.63. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.24.

CGI (TSE:GIB.AGet Free Report) (NYSE:GIB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 28th. The company reported C$2.12 EPS for the quarter. CGI had a net margin of 11.51% and a return on equity of 19.51%. The firm had revenue of C$4.08 billion during the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that CGI will post 8.3679245 earnings per share for the current year.

CGI Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th were issued a $0.17 dividend. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. This is a boost from CGI’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 21st. CGI’s payout ratio is currently 8.16%.

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Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 91,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results.

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