EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB - Free Report) - Research analysts at Raymond James lowered their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for EQB in a report released on Wednesday, February 26th. Raymond James analyst S. Boland now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $2.97 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $3.15. Raymond James has a "Outperform" rating and a $121.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for EQB's current full-year earnings is $12.60 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for EQB's Q3 2025 earnings at $2.97 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $3.06 EPS.
Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on EQB from C$106.00 to C$119.00 in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on EQB from C$130.00 to C$119.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Desjardins decreased their target price on EQB from C$130.00 to C$126.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Jefferies Financial Group set a C$129.00 price target on shares of EQB and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of EQB from C$113.00 to C$130.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of C$122.80.
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EQB Price Performance
Shares of EQB traded down C$2.94 during midday trading on Friday, reaching C$97.58. The stock had a trading volume of 147,325 shares, compared to its average volume of 67,699. The company has a market cap of C$3.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.21, a PEG ratio of 0.34 and a beta of 1.59. The company's fifty day simple moving average is C$105.35 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$104.02. EQB has a 1-year low of C$78.24 and a 1-year high of C$114.22.
EQB Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share. This is an increase from EQB's previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. EQB's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 29.31%.
EQB Company Profile
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EQB Inc formerly Equitable Group Inc trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange TSX: EQB and EQB.PR.C and serves over 360000 Canadians through its wholly owned subsidiary Equitable Bank Canadas Challenger Bank. Equitable Bank has grown to become the countrys eighth largest independent Schedule I bank with a clear mandate to drive real change in Canadian banking to enrich peoples lives.
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