Q2 EPS Estimates for EQB Lowered by National Bank Financial

EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB) – Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for EQB in a report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now anticipates that the company will earn $2.71 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.72. The consensus estimate for EQB’s current full-year earnings is $12.60 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for EQB’s Q3 2025 earnings at $3.13 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.20 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $13.75 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the company. National Bankshares lifted their target price on EQB from C$109.00 to C$117.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Cormark downgraded EQB from a “buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from C$131.00 to C$110.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Raymond James boosted their price objective on EQB from C$112.00 to C$121.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Desjardins decreased their target price on shares of EQB from C$130.00 to C$126.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group set a C$129.00 price target on shares of EQB and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$122.80.

EQB Price Performance

Shares of EQB stock opened at C$101.27 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of C$3.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.79, a PEG ratio of 0.34 and a beta of 1.59. EQB has a 1 year low of C$78.24 and a 1 year high of C$114.22. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$105.27 and a 200-day moving average price of C$103.91.

EQB Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a dividend of $0.49 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. This is a boost from EQB’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.47. EQB’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 29.31%.

EQB Company Profile

EQB Inc formerly Equitable Group Inc trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange TSX: EQB and EQB.PR.C and serves over 360000 Canadians through its wholly owned subsidiary Equitable Bank Canadas Challenger Bank. Equitable Bank has grown to become the countrys eighth largest independent Schedule I bank with a clear mandate to drive real change in Canadian banking to enrich peoples lives.