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 announced 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 4.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 3rd. The bank reported $2.43 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.61. The bank earned $6.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.86 billion. Bank of Montreal had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 14.03%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $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.

Bank of Montreal will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

8 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets 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 $103.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Bank of Montreal.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bank of Montreal in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Bank of Montreal.

Press coverage about BMO stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bank of Montreal earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Bank of Montreal.

Some companies that are related to Bank of Montreal include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), BNP PARIBAS/S (BNPQY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Westpac Banking (WBK), ANZ (ANZBY), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Grp (SMFG), ING Groep (ING), CR AGRICOLE S A/ADR (CRARY), HANG SENG BK LT/S (HSNGY) and Barclays (BCS).

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

Bank of Montreal's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (9.96%), TD Asset Management Inc. (2.21%), Toronto Dominion Bank (1.93%), CIBC World Markets Inc. (1.69%), Capital Research Global Investors (0.88%) and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.87%).

BMO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Intact Investment Management Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Franklin Resources Inc., Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA.

BMO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, M&G Investment Management Ltd., CIBC World Markets Inc., Value Partner Investments Inc., Fiera Capital Corp, Cardinal Capital Management Inc. and Toronto Dominion Bank.

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 $76.32.

Bank of Montreal has a market capitalization of $48.81 billion and generates $29.16 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $4.33 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.10 on an earnings per share basis. Bank of Montreal employs 45,513 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]