FY2025 Earnings Estimate for TSE:NA Issued By Desjardins

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) – Equities research analysts at Desjardins upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of National Bank of Canada in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 28th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now expects that the financial services provider will earn $10.85 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $10.50. Desjardins currently has a “Hold” rating and a $136.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for National Bank of Canada’s current full-year earnings is $10.84 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for National Bank of Canada’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.62 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on NA. Cormark reduced their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$139.00 to C$137.00 in a report on Thursday, February 27th. TD Securities cut their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$135.00 to C$131.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. CIBC raised their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$115.00 to C$125.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group cut National Bank of Canada from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from C$147.00 to C$126.00 in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$145.00 to C$144.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, National Bank of Canada presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$134.10.

National Bank of Canada Stock Performance

TSE:NA opened at C$134.94 on Monday. National Bank of Canada has a 52 week low of C$105.43 and a 52 week high of C$141.15. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of C$121.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$125.93. The firm has a market cap of C$52.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.14 and a beta of 1.12.

National Bank of Canada Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 1st. Investors of record on Monday, June 30th will be issued a $1.18 dividend. This represents a $4.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.50%. This is a positive change from National Bank of Canada’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.14. National Bank of Canada’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.03%.

Insider Activity at National Bank of Canada

In other National Bank of Canada news, Director Yvon Charest bought 362 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$127.93 per share, with a total value of C$46,310.66. Also, Director Lynn Loewen bought 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 17th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$117.93 per share, for a total transaction of C$117,930.00. In the last three months, insiders have bought 3,509 shares of company stock worth $413,894. Company insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

National Bank of Canada Company Profile

National Bank of Canada provides financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional clients, and governments in Canada and internationally. It operates through four segments: Personal and Commercial, Wealth Management, Financial Markets, and U.S. Specialty Finance and International. The Personal and Commercial segment offers personal banking services, including transaction solutions, mortgage loans and home equity lines of credit, consumer loans, payment solutions, and savings and investment solutions; various insurance products; and commercial banking services, such as credit, and deposit, investment solutions, international trade, foreign exchange transactions, payroll, cash management, insurance, electronic transactions, and complimentary services.