NYSE:BMO - Bank of Montreal Stock Price, Forecast & News

Bank of Montreal trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BMO."

Bank of Montreal declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.7965 per share on Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $3.19 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.22%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. This is a boost from Bank of Montreal's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View Bank of Montreal's Dividend History.

Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, December, 3rd. The bank reported $2.43 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.61. The bank had revenue of $6.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.86 billion. Bank of Montreal had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 14.03%. Bank of Montreal's revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.32 earnings per share. View Bank of Montreal's Earnings History.

Bank of Montreal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Bank of Montreal.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Bank of Montreal's shares. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $109.00. On average, they expect Bank of Montreal's share price to reach $101.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Bank of Montreal.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bank of Montreal in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Bank of Montreal.

News articles about BMO stock have been trending very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Bank of Montreal earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Bank of Montreal.

Bank of Montreal saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,480,000 shares, an increase of 109.7% from the October 31st total of 4,520,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 554,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 17.1 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Bank of Montreal's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Bank of Montreal investors own include Intact Financial (IFC), Constellation Software (CSU), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), AbbVie (ABBV), AutoCanada (ACQ), Verizon Communications (VZ), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of America (BAC), AT&T (T) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Bank of Montreal's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include CIBC Asset Management Inc (1.28%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (1.03%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.87%), Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (0.82%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.35%) and Alberta Investment Management Corp (0.25%).

BMO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CIBC Asset Management Inc, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Unigestion Holding SA, Lincluden Management Ltd., Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. and AMF Pensionsforsakring AB.

BMO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alberta Investment Management Corp, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., Man Group plc, First Trust Advisors LP, National Pension Service, Resources Management Corp CT ADV and Tower Research Capital LLC TRC.

Shares of BMO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BMO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.48.

Bank of Montreal has a market capitalization of $48.24 billion and generates $29.16 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $4.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.10 on an earnings per share basis. Bank of Montreal employs 45,454 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Bank of Montreal.

The official website for Bank of Montreal is http://www.bmo.com/.

Bank of Montreal's mailing address is 100 King Street West 1 First Canadian Place, TORONTO A6, M5X 1A1. The bank can be reached via phone at 416-867-6785 or via email at [email protected]