The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday, Feb. 18, edition that Desjardins Securities analyst Benoit Poirier is holding on to his "buy" recommendation for CAE. The Globe's David Leeder writes in the Eye On Equities column that Mr. Poirier boosted his share target by a loonie to $52. Analysts on average target the shares at $47.88. Mr. Poirier says in a note: "While we expect noise in the short term (FY27 to be a transition year) as management is taking actions to reshape CAE's long-term trajectory (8 per cent of revenue considered non-core, 10-per-cent reduction of deployed commercial capacity), we expect investors to look forward and focus on long-term upside, with full details of the transformation plan to be released in early May. We made several adjustments/assumptions to our forecasts. We are confident the shares could be worth $60-plus in the next three to four years'" The Globe reported on July 18, 2024, and Dec. 12, 2025, that Mr. Poirier had an unchanged "hold" recommendation on CAE. It was then worth $25.51 and $41.06. The Globe reported on Jan. 16. 2026, that National Bank Financial analyst Cameron Doerksen continued to rate CAE "outperform." The shares could then be had for $47.40.