EQB Q2 EPS Forecast Decreased by National Bank Financial

EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB - Free Report) - Investment analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of EQB in a report released on Thursday, May 15th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $2.55 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.71. The consensus estimate for EQB's current full-year earnings is $12.60 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for EQB's Q4 2025 earnings at $2.94 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on EQB. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of EQB from C$130.00 to C$119.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Desjardins dropped their price target on shares of EQB from C$130.00 to C$126.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. National Bankshares dropped their price target on shares of EQB from C$117.00 to C$111.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on shares of EQB from C$153.00 to C$147.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on EQB from C$126.00 to C$107.00 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, EQB has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$119.60.

EQB Stock Performance

EQB stock traded up C$0.51 during midday trading on Monday, hitting C$95.12. 90,205 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 75,110. The firm has a market capitalization of C$3.68 billion, a PE ratio of 14.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.34 and a beta of 1.59. EQB has a fifty-two week low of C$78.24 and a fifty-two week high of C$114.22. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of C$94.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$100.97.

EQB Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st were paid a $0.51 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.14%. This is a boost from EQB's previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. EQB's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 29.31%.

EQB Company Profile

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.