Equities Analysts Set Expectations for TSE:NA Q3 Earnings

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) – Desjardins lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for National Bank of Canada in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, August 12th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $2.76 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.45. Desjardins has a “Hold” rating and a $150.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for National Bank of Canada’s current full-year earnings is $10.84 per share.

NA has been the topic of several other reports. CIBC boosted their price target on National Bank of Canada from C$125.00 to C$127.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 5th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on National Bank of Canada from C$139.00 to C$157.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Scotiabank raised National Bank of Canada to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$148.00 to C$152.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, June 9th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$141.00 to C$147.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, National Bank of Canada has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$140.08.

National Bank of Canada Stock Performance

Shares of NA opened at C$150.51 on Friday. National Bank of Canada has a 52-week low of C$106.67 and a 52-week high of C$151.40. The business’s 50 day moving average price is C$141.40 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$128.79. The firm has a market cap of C$58.68 billion, a PE ratio of 13.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.14 and a beta of 1.12.

National Bank of Canada Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 1st. Investors of record on Friday, August 1st were issued a dividend of $1.18 per share. This represents a $4.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.1%. This is an increase from National Bank of Canada’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.14. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 30th. National Bank of Canada’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.03%.

Insider Transactions at National Bank of Canada

In related news, Director Yvon Charest purchased 362 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 20th. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$127.93 per share, for a total transaction of C$46,310.66. 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.