National Bank Financial Comments on TSE:RCH Q1 Earnings

Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSE:RCH - Free Report) - Stock analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Richelieu Hardware in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 16th. National Bank Financial analyst Z. Evershed forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.31 for the quarter. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Richelieu Hardware's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.40 EPS.

Separately, CIBC dropped their price target on Richelieu Hardware from C$43.00 to C$42.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th.

Richelieu Hardware Price Performance

TSE:RCH traded up C$0.49 during trading hours on Monday, hitting C$41.91. The company's stock had a trading volume of 67,594 shares, compared to its average volume of 92,746. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.31, a current ratio of 3.46 and a quick ratio of 0.72. The company has a market capitalization of C$2.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.19, a PEG ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 0.94. Richelieu Hardware has a twelve month low of C$36.30 and a twelve month high of C$45.06. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of C$38.97 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$39.18.

Richelieu Hardware Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.1533 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. This represents a $0.61 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.46%. This is an increase from Richelieu Hardware's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. Richelieu Hardware's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.50%.

Insider Transactions at Richelieu Hardware

In other Richelieu Hardware news, Senior Officer Guy Grenier sold 3,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$37.54, for a total transaction of C$112,632.90. Also, Senior Officer Antoine Auclair sold 5,400 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$38.26, for a total transaction of C$206,605.62. 7.62% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Richelieu Hardware Company Profile

Richelieu Hardware Ltd. manufactures, imports, and distributes specialty hardware and complementary products in Canada and the United States. The company's principal product categories include furniture, glass and building decorative, and functional hardware; lighting systems; finishing and decorating products; ergonomic workstation components; kitchen and closet storage solutions; sliding door systems; decorative and functional panels; high-pressure laminates; railing and balusters; floor protection products; and power tool accessories.