Brokers Offer Predictions for TSE:NA Q2 Earnings

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Cormark issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of National Bank of Canada in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, May 20th. Cormark analyst L. Persaud expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.33 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for National Bank of Canada's current full-year earnings is $10.84 per share.

NA has been the subject of a number of other reports. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$145.00 to C$144.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Cibc World Mkts downgraded National Bank of Canada from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Friday, April 4th. Desjardins lowered their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$140.00 to C$136.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. TD Securities lowered their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$135.00 to C$131.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on National Bank of Canada from C$143.00 to C$135.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of C$134.10.

National Bank of Canada Price Performance

TSE NA opened at C$128.29 on Friday. The company has a market cap of C$50.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.38, a P/E/G ratio of 7.14 and a beta of 1.12. The stock has a 50-day moving average of C$119.45 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$126.08. National Bank of Canada has a 1-year low of C$105.43 and a 1-year high of C$141.15.

National Bank of Canada Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were paid a $1.14 dividend. This represents a $4.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.55%. National Bank of Canada's dividend payout ratio is currently 39.03%.

Insider Buying and Selling at National Bank of Canada

In related news, Senior Officer Lucie Blanchet purchased 2,147 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$116.28 per share, for a total transaction of C$249,653.16. Also, Director Yvon Charest purchased 362 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 20th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$127.93 per share, with a total value of C$46,310.66. Over the last quarter, insiders bought 13,701 shares of company stock worth $1,633,863. 0.21% of the stock is owned by 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.

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