National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Desjardins reduced their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for National Bank of Canada in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 26th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $2.39 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.64. Desjardins currently has a "Hold" rating and a $136.00 price objective on the stock. 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $2.60 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.60 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.83 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.83 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $11.60 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $11.60 EPS.
Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$154.00 to C$125.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price target on National Bank of Canada from C$135.00 to C$142.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$143.00 to C$135.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Cibc World Mkts cut National Bank of Canada from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, CIBC cut their price target on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$141.00 to C$135.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$137.20.
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National Bank of Canada Price Performance
NA traded down C$1.07 during trading on Friday, hitting C$117.56. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,418,763 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,768,562. National Bank of Canada has a twelve month low of C$105.43 and a twelve month high of C$141.15. The firm's 50 day moving average price is C$128.49 and its 200-day moving average price is C$129.09. The stock has a market cap of C$45.83 billion, a PE ratio of 10.43, a PEG ratio of 7.14 and a beta of 1.12.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other National Bank of Canada news, Director Yvon Charest purchased 334 shares of National Bank of Canada stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 19th. The stock was bought at an average price of C$125.90 per share, for a total transaction of C$42,050.60. Also, insider Marie-Chantal Gingras sold 600 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$132.79, for a total value of C$79,674.00. Insiders have purchased 10,526 shares of company stock valued at $1,262,020 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.21% of the company's stock.
National Bank of Canada Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 1st. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.14 per share. This represents a $4.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.88%. National Bank of Canada's payout ratio is currently 39.03%.
National Bank of Canada Company Profile
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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.
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