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

Company Overview

Royal Bank of Canada is one of the two largest banks in Canada. It is a diversified financial services company, offering personal and commercial banking, wealth-management services, insurance, corporate banking, and capital markets services. The bank is concentrated in Canada, with additional operations in the U.S. and other countries.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$199.27 to C$200.30
• 50-Day Range: C$177.48 to C$201.72
• 52-Week Range: C$151.25 to C$204.60
• Volume: 446,586 shs
• Average Volume: 4.25 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$281.69 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.11
• Dividend Yield: 2.96%
• Price Target: C$206.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Royal Bank of Canada Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Royal Bank of Canada scored higher than 34% 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: 2.5 / 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 2.50, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

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

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Royal Bank of Canada is 15.10, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 281.18.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Royal Bank of Canada is 15.10, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 1,778.13.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Royal Bank of Canada has a PEG Ratio of 3.42. 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 2.22. 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 RY.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Royal Bank of Canada pays a meaningful dividend of 3.09%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Royal Bank of Canada is 44.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for RY.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.20

News Sentiment

Royal Bank of Canada has a news sentiment score of 0.20. 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 0.82 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Royal Bank of Canada this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

47 people have searched for RY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 62% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 6 people have added Royal Bank of Canada to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Royal Bank of Canada insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$7,517,844.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 29.41% of the stock of Royal Bank of Canada is held by institutions.

RY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have RY shares performed this year?

Royal Bank of Canada's stock was trading at C$173.32 at the beginning of the year. Since then, RY shares have increased by 15.2% and is now trading at C$199.63.

How do I buy shares of Royal Bank of Canada?

Shares of RY stock and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through an online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the Canadian stock market include BMO InvestorLine, CIBC Investor's Edge, Desjardins Online Brokerage, HSBC InvestDirect, Laurentian Bank Discount Brokerage, National Bank Direct Brokerage, Qtrade Investor, Questrade, RBC Direct Investing, Scotia iTrade, TD Direct Investing, and Virtual Brokers.

What other stocks do shareholders of Royal Bank of Canada own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Royal Bank of Canada investors own include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Enbridge (ENB), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), BCE (BCE) and TELUS (T).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 8/22 Dividend: 7/24/2025
• Record date for 8/22 Dividend: 8/22/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/22/2025
• Today: 9/15/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Banks - Diversified
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: TSE:RY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.rbc.com
• Phone: +1-416-9748393
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 91,400
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Royal Bank of Canada: C$206.00
• High Price Target: C$227.00
• Low Price Target: C$189.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$13.22
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.09
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.16
• P/E Growth: 3.42
• Net Income: C$16.24 billion
• Net Margins: 28.23%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 13.27%
• Return on Assets: 0.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 373.13
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$64.40 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.37
• Cash Flow: C$836.04 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.24
• Book Value: C$89.94 per share
• Price / Book: 2.22

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,410,307,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$281.33 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.17