Desjardins Has Negative Outlook of OTCMKTS:NTIOF Q4 Earnings

Key Points

• Desjardins has reduced its Q4 2025 earnings per share estimate for National Bank of Canada from $1.91 to $1.75.
• The National Bank of Canada reported Q4 earnings of $1.95 per share, missing the consensus estimate of $1.98.
• A recent dividend increase brought the payout to $0.8578 per share, up from the previous $0.80, reflecting a dividend yield of 348.0%.

National Bank of Canada (OTCMKTS:NTIOF - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Desjardins reduced their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for National Bank of Canada in a research note issued on Wednesday, August 27th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $1.75 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.91. The consensus estimate for National Bank of Canada's current full-year earnings is $7.63 per share.

National Bank of Canada (OTCMKTS:NTIOF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The financial services provider reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.03). National Bank of Canada had a return on equity of 16.97% and a net margin of 15.34%.The company had revenue of $2.49 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.47 billion.

NTIOF has been the subject of several other research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a "sector perform" rating on shares of National Bank of Canada in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Scotiabank reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of National Bank of Canada in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of National Bank of Canada from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, CIBC reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of National Bank of Canada in a research report on Tuesday, May 20th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold".

National Bank of Canada Stock Performance

OTCMKTS NTIOF traded down $0.60 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $105.01. 74,050 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 63,362. National Bank of Canada has a 1 year low of $74.21 and a 1 year high of $109.85. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $105.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is $93.92. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.33 and a beta of 0.98.

National Bank of Canada Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.8578 per share. This represents a yield of 348.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 30th. This is an increase from National Bank of Canada's previous dividend of $0.80. National Bank of Canada's payout ratio is presently 47.34%.

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.