Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for TSE:NA Q1 Earnings

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA - Free Report) - Desjardins issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of National Bank of Canada in a report released on Wednesday, December 4th. Desjardins analyst D. Young anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.67 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for National Bank of Canada's current full-year earnings is $10.84 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for National Bank of Canada's Q2 2025 earnings at $2.64 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $11.55 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. CIBC boosted their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$135.00 to C$141.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price objective on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$135.00 to C$142.00 in a research report on Thursday. Barclays lowered shares of National Bank of Canada from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$116.00 to C$134.00 in a report on Thursday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$125.00 to C$143.00 in a report on Monday, November 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$136.10.

National Bank of Canada Trading Down 1.8 %

Shares of NA traded down C$2.43 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching C$132.75. 3,333,532 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,746,945. The company has a market cap of C$45.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.14 and a beta of 1.12. National Bank of Canada has a 1 year low of C$93.31 and a 1 year high of C$141.15. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$132.61 and a 200 day moving average price of C$121.64.

National Bank of Canada Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, February 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 30th will be issued a $1.14 dividend. This represents a $4.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.44%. This is an increase from National Bank of Canada's previous quarterly dividend of $1.10. National Bank of Canada's payout ratio is currently 42.84%.

Insider Activity

In other National Bank of Canada news, Director Yvon Charest bought 285 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$133.71 per share, with a total value of C$38,107.35. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About National Bank of Canada

National Bank of Canada provides financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional clients, and governments in Canada and internationally. It operates through four segments: Personal and Commercial, Wealth Management, Financial Markets, and U.S. Specialty Finance and International. The Personal and Commercial segment offers personal banking services, including transaction solutions, mortgage loans and home equity lines of credit, consumer loans, payment solutions, and savings and investment solutions; various insurance products; and commercial banking services, such as credit, and deposit, investment solutions, international trade, foreign exchange transactions, payroll, cash management, insurance, electronic transactions, and complimentary services.