What is Desjardins' Forecast for TSE:NA Q3 Earnings?

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Desjardins issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of National Bank of Canada in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, December 4th. Desjardins analyst D. Young forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $2.66 per share 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $2.77 EPS.

NA has been the subject of several other research reports. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$116.00 to C$134.00 in a report on Thursday. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price target on National Bank of Canada from C$135.00 to C$142.00 in a research note on Thursday. Scotiabank upped their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$129.00 to C$154.00 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$125.00 to C$143.00 in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Cibc World Mkts cut National Bank of Canada from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$136.10.

National Bank of Canada Trading Up 1.9 %

Shares of NA traded up C$2.57 on Monday, reaching C$135.32. 1,532,149 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,746,065. The business has a 50 day moving average price of C$132.89 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$121.99. The stock has a market capitalization of C$46.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.14 and a beta of 1.12. National Bank of Canada has a 12 month low of C$94.22 and a 12 month high of C$141.15.

National Bank of Canada Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, February 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 30th will be paid a $1.14 dividend. This is a boost from National Bank of Canada's previous quarterly dividend of $1.10. This represents a $4.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.37%. National Bank of Canada's dividend payout ratio is currently 42.84%.

Insider Buying and Selling at National Bank of Canada

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

National Bank of Canada Company Profile

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.