Desjardins Decreases Earnings Estimates for Intact Financial

Key Points

• Desjardins has lowered its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for Intact Financial from $4.21 to $4.18, while maintaining a "Buy" rating and a price target of $330.00.
• Analysts from various firms have raised their price targets for Intact Financial, with National Bankshares setting a new target of C$350.00 and Scotiabank adjusting theirs to C$325.00.
• Director Timothy Michael Miller sold 13,028 shares of the company stock at an average price of C$309.88, totaling over C$4 million in transactions.

Intact Financial Co. (TSE:IFC - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Desjardins reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Intact Financial in a research report issued on Wednesday, July 30th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $4.18 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $4.21. Desjardins has a "Buy" rating and a $330.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Intact Financial's current full-year earnings is $16.17 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Intact Financial's Q4 2025 earnings at $4.37 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $17.80 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $17.90 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on IFC. CIBC lifted their price target on shares of Intact Financial from C$290.00 to C$300.00 in a research note on Friday, April 25th. Raymond James Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Intact Financial from C$302.00 to C$330.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. National Bankshares boosted their price objective on shares of Intact Financial from C$341.00 to C$350.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. TD Securities upped their price target on shares of Intact Financial from C$328.00 to C$349.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of Intact Financial from C$330.00 to C$335.00 in a report on Friday, July 11th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of C$322.20.

Intact Financial Price Performance

Shares of Intact Financial stock traded up C$5.29 during trading hours on Friday, reaching C$288.36. The company's stock had a trading volume of 149,314 shares, compared to its average volume of 284,524. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of C$306.51 and a 200-day moving average price of C$292.66. Intact Financial has a one year low of C$242.43 and a one year high of C$317.35. The stock has a market cap of C$51.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.33, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.57.

Insider Transactions at Intact Financial

In related news, Director Timothy Michael Miller sold 13,028 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$309.88, for a total transaction of C$4,037,064.53. Insiders own 0.24% of the company's stock.

Intact Financial Company Profile

Intact Financial Corp is a property and casualty insurance company that provides written premiums in Canada. The company distributes insurance under the Intact Insurance brand through a network of brokers and a wholly-owned subsidiary, BrokerLink, and directly to consumers through Belairdirect. Most of the company's direct premiums are written in the personal automotive space.