Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1864, it is one of Canada’s largest banks and serves individuals, businesses, institutions and governments.

RBC provides personal and commercial banking products, including deposit accounts, mortgages, consumer and business loans, credit cards and payment services. Through its wealth management operations, the company offers investment advice, brokerage, asset management, trust and estate services, and private banking. RBC also provides insurance products and services through RBC Insurance.

The company’s capital markets business delivers investment banking, securities underwriting, sales and trading, corporate lending, and research services. RBC serves clients across Canada, the United States and selected international markets, with additional global operations supporting its wealth management, capital markets and institutional businesses.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $201.45 to $203.00
• 50-Day Range: $202.30 to $217.77
• 52-Week Range: $143.13 to $218.57
• Volume: 140,537 shs
• Average Volume: 1.45 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $280.07 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.68
• Dividend Yield: 2.52%
• Price Target: $225.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Royal Bank Of Canada Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Royal Bank Of Canada scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 183rd out of 846 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Royal Bank Of Canada has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 8 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Royal Bank Of Canada has a consensus price target of $225.00, representing about 11.3% upside from its current price of $202.22.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Royal Bank Of Canada has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.28%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Royal Bank Of Canada are expected to grow by 8.28% in the coming year, from $11.83 to $12.81 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Royal Bank Of Canada is 17.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.97.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Royal Bank Of Canada is 17.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.28.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Royal Bank Of Canada has a PEG Ratio of 1.81. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Royal Bank Of Canada has a P/B Ratio of 2.92. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.38% of the float of Royal Bank Of Canada has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Royal Bank Of Canada has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.62, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Royal Bank Of Canada has recently increased by 56.91%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Royal Bank Of Canada pays a meaningful dividend of 2.43%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Royal Bank Of Canada has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Royal Bank Of Canada is 44.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Royal Bank Of Canada will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.66% next year. This indicates that Royal Bank Of Canada will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

Royal Bank Of Canada has a news sentiment score of 0.43. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.80 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Royal Bank Of Canada this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 19 people have searched for RY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added Royal Bank Of Canada to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 57% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Royal Bank Of Canada insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

45.31% of the stock of Royal Bank Of Canada is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/24 Dividend: 7/27/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/24 Dividend: 7/27/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/24/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/27/2026
• Today: 9/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 10/31/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/03/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:RY
• CIK: 1000275
• Web: www.rbc.com
• Phone: (888) 212-5533
• Fax: 416-955-7800
• Employees: 96,628
• Year Founded: 1869

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Royal Bank Of Canada: $225.00
• High Price Target: $225.00
• Low Price Target: $225.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $11.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.10
• P/E Growth: 1.81
• Net Income: $14.54 billion
• Net Margins: 16.17%
• Pretax Margin: 20.69%
• Return on Equity: 17.79%
• Return on Assets: 0.97%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.10
• Current Ratio: 0.81
• Quick Ratio: 0.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $71.06 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.95
• Cash Flow: $12.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.57
• Book Value: $69.20 per share
• Price / Book: 2.92

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,386,599,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $280.42 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.79