Royal Bank of Canada (RY) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Bank of Canada in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" RY shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in RY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Royal Bank of Canada's stock. Their RY share price forecasts range from $118.00 to $147.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $137.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 51.5% from the stock's current price.
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Royal Bank of Canada's stock was trading at $94.02 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, RY shares have decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at $90.54.
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Royal Bank of Canada saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,800,000 shares, a decline of 48.3% from the April 30th total of 24,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 875,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 14.6 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 23rd 2023.
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Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 1st. The financial services provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.17 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $11.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.67 billion. Royal Bank of Canada had a net margin of 15.27% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.36%.

Royal Bank of Canada declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 26th will be given a dividend of $0.996 per share on Thursday, August 24th. This represents a $3.98 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 25th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.99.
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Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) pays an annual dividend of $3.91 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.32%. RY has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 51.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RY will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.64% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.92%), FIL Ltd (1.62%), Toronto Dominion Bank (1.52%), National Bank of Canada FI (1.31%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.30%) and FMR LLC (1.13%).

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One share of RY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $90.54.

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) has a market capitalization of $125.91 billion and generates $52.08 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $12.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.61 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 91,427 workers across the globe.

Royal Bank of Canada's mailing address is 200 BAY STREET, TORONTO A6, M5J2J5. The official website for the company is www.rbc.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (888) 212-5533, via email at invesrel@rbc.com, or via fax at 416-955-7800.