Desjardins Has Negative Estimate for TSE:NA Q2 Earnings

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) – Stock analysts at Desjardins dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of National Bank of Canada in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 26th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.39 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.64. Desjardins has a “Hold” rating and a $136.00 price target 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $2.60 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.60 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.83 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.83 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $11.60 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $11.60 EPS.

NA has been the topic of several other research reports. Scotiabank reduced their price objective on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$154.00 to C$125.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$135.00 to C$142.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. UBS Group reduced their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$150.00 to C$145.00 in a research report on Friday, February 14th. CIBC lowered their price target on National Bank of Canada from C$141.00 to C$135.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$149.00 to C$147.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$137.70.

National Bank of Canada Trading Down 0.4 %

NA stock opened at C$120.01 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of C$129.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$128.78. The company has a market capitalization of C$46.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.65, a PEG ratio of 7.14 and a beta of 1.12. National Bank of Canada has a twelve month low of C$104.84 and a twelve month high of C$141.15.

National Bank of Canada Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.14 per share. This represents a $4.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.80%. National Bank of Canada’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.03%.

Insider Transactions at National Bank of Canada

In other news, Director Robert Paré bought 4,200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 27th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of C$120.34 per share, for a total transaction of C$505,428.00. Also, Senior Officer Brigitte Hébert sold 400 shares of National Bank of Canada stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$132.46, for a total transaction of C$52,984.00. 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.