National Bank Financial Has Negative View of EQB Q3 Earnings

EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB - Free Report) - Analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of EQB in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 28th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now expects that the company will earn $2.74 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.90. 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 $2.74 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $10.77 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.55 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on EQB. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on EQB from C$153.00 to C$147.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Desjardins lowered their target price on EQB from C$130.00 to C$126.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on EQB from C$126.00 to C$107.00 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. National Bankshares lowered their target price on EQB from C$117.00 to C$111.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. Finally, Scotiabank lowered their target price on EQB from C$130.00 to C$119.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$119.60.

EQB Price Performance

Shares of TSE EQB traded up C$1.99 during midday trading on Friday, reaching C$93.79. 441,770 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 79,721. The stock has a market capitalization of C$3.63 billion, a PE ratio of 14.62, a P/E/G ratio of 0.34 and a beta of 1.59. EQB has a one year low of C$78.24 and a one year high of C$114.22. The company's 50 day moving average is C$94.26 and its 200 day moving average is C$100.52.

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 issued a dividend of $0.51 per share. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This is a positive change from EQB's previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. EQB's dividend payout ratio is presently 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.