Bank of Montreal (BMO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bank of Montreal is a diversified financial-services provider based in North America, operating four business segments: Canadian personal and commercial banking, U.S. P&C banking, wealth management, and capital markets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$215.78 to C$219.25
• 50-Day Range: C$183.03 to C$216.82
• 52-Week Range: C$142.03 to C$219.25
• Volume: 484,730 shs
• Average Volume: 2.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$154.31 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.24
• Dividend Yield: 2.98%
• Price Target: C$208.31
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bank of Montreal Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bank of Montreal scored higher than 42% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bank of Montreal has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.36, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Bank of Montreal is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bank of Montreal has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bank of Montreal is 18.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bank of Montreal is 18.25, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 15.87.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bank of Montreal has a PEG Ratio of 0.71. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bank of Montreal has a P/B Ratio of 1.81. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BMO.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Bank of Montreal pays a meaningful dividend of 3.15%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Bank of Montreal does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Bank of Montreal is 54.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.81

News Sentiment

Bank of Montreal has a news sentiment score of 0.81. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Bank of Montreal this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 34 people have searched for BMO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -31% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 5 people have added Bank of Montreal to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -29% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bank of Montreal insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.03% of the stock of Bank of Montreal is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

29.39% of the stock of Bank of Montreal is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/24/2017
• Ex-Dividend for 5/26 Dividend: 4/29/2026
• Today: 5/21/2026
• Record date for 5/26 Dividend: 5/26/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/26/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Banks - Diversified
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: TSE:BMO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.bmo.com
• Phone: +1-416-8677191
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 46,700
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Bank of Montreal: C$208.31
• High Price Target: C$234.00
• Low Price Target: C$145.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -4.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.36
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$12.00
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.26
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.70
• P/E Growth: 0.71
• Net Income: C$7.28 billion
• Net Margins: 11.77%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.47%
• Return on Assets: 0.50%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 475.24
• Current Ratio: 0.39
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$36.68 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.21
• Cash Flow: C$913.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.24
• Book Value: C$121.05 per share
• Price / Book: 1.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 704,920,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$154.46 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.25