Royal Bank of Canada Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Bank of Canada in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Royal Bank of Canada stock.
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Royal Bank of Canada saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,760,000 shares, an increase of 21.1% from the June 30th total of 3,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days.
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Royal Bank of Canada is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 25th 2021.
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Royal Bank of Canada will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 25th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 26th. The financial services provider reported $2.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.99 by $0.80. The financial services provider earned $9.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.97 billion. Royal Bank of Canada had a net margin of 24.73% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.77%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.00 earnings per share.
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Royal Bank of Canada's stock was trading at $63.91 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, RY stock has increased by 60.1% and is now trading at $102.29.
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Royal Bank of Canada declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 28th. Investors of record on Monday, July 26th will be given a dividend of $0.8915 per share on Tuesday, August 24th. This represents a $3.57 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.49%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 23rd. This is an increase from Royal Bank of Canada's previous quarterly dividend of $0.86.
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Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.64%. The dividend payout ratio of Royal Bank of Canada is 27.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Royal Bank of Canada will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.74% next year. This indicates that Royal Bank of Canada will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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12 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Royal Bank of Canada's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Royal Bank of Canada's stock price to reach $126.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.4% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Royal Bank of Canada include HDFC Bank (HDB), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CMWAY), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), BNP Paribas (BNPQY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Westpac Banking (WBK), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZBY), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ING Groep (ING), Nordea Bank Abp (NRDBY), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and Lloyds Banking Group (LYG).
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Royal Bank of Canada trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RY."

Royal Bank of Canada's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.27%), Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (0.17%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.13%), Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.09%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.09%) and Addenda Capital Inc. (0.08%).

RY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc., Addenda Capital Inc., Scheer Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , QV Investors Inc., K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc, and Creative Planning.

RY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Alliancebernstein L.P., Unigestion Holding SA, Clark Capital Management Group Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Live Oak Private Wealth LLC, Hillsdale Investment Management Inc., and Cutler Group LP.

Shares of RY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of RY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.29.

Royal Bank of Canada has a market capitalization of $145.76 billion and generates $45.54 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $8.50 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.93 on an earnings per share basis.

Royal Bank of Canada employs 83,842 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Royal Bank of Canada: BlueBay Asset Management, BlueBay Asset Management (Services) Ltd, Capital Funding Alberta Limited, City Holding, City National Corporation, Investment Holdings (Cayman) Limited, Mourant Private Wealth, R.B.C. Holdings (Bahamas) Limited, RBC (Barbados) Funding Ltd., RBC (Barbados) Trading Bank Corporation, RBC Bank (Georgia) National Association, RBC Capital Markets LLC, RBC Capital Trust, RBC Caribbean Investments Limited, RBC Covered Bond Guarantor Limited Partnership, RBC Direct Investing Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Limited, RBC Europe Limited, RBC Finance S.à r.l./B.V., RBC Financial (Caribbean) Limited, RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc., RBC Global Asset Management Inc., RBC Holdings (Barbados) Ltd., RBC Holdings (Channel Islands) Limited, RBC Holdings (Luxembourg) S.A R.L., RBC Insurance Company of Canada, RBC Insurance Holdings Inc., RBC Investor Services Bank S.A., RBC Investor Services Trust, RBC Life Insurance Company, RBC Phillips Hager & North Investment Counsel Inc., RBC USA Holdco Corporation, Royal Bank Holding Inc., Royal Bank Mortgage Corporation, Royal Bank of Canada (Channel Islands) Limited, Royal Bank of Canada Insurance Company Ltd., Royal Mutual Funds Inc., Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, The Royal Trust Company, and WayPay.

Royal Bank of Canada was founded in 1864.

The official website for Royal Bank of Canada is www.rbc.com.

Royal Bank of Canada is headquartered at 200 BAY STREET, TORONTO A6, M5J2J5.

Royal Bank of Canada's mailing address is 200 BAY STREET, TORONTO A6, M5J2J5. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (888) 212-5533 or via email at [email protected]