Q2 EPS Forecast for National Bank of Canada Cut by Analyst

National Bank of Canada (OTCMKTS:NTIOF) – Equities researchers at Desjardins reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for National Bank of Canada in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.67 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.87. The consensus estimate for National Bank of Canada’s current full-year earnings is $7.63 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for National Bank of Canada’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.82 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.98 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.53 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.12 EPS.

National Bank of Canada (OTCMKTS:NTIOF) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.84 by $0.05. National Bank of Canada had a net margin of 24.65% and a return on equity of 17.21%.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Cibc World Mkts cut shares of National Bank of Canada from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Barclays cut shares of National Bank of Canada from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Cormark cut shares of National Bank of Canada from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st.

National Bank of Canada Stock Up 0.3 %

NTIOF stock opened at $83.17 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.59 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $89.68 and a 200-day simple moving average of $92.37. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. National Bank of Canada has a 52 week low of $76.77 and a 52 week high of $100.08.

National Bank of Canada Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Saturday, February 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a dividend of $0.8104 per share. This represents a yield of 3.53%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 30th. This is a boost from National Bank of Canada’s previous dividend of $0.81. National Bank of Canada’s dividend payout ratio is currently 41.02%.

About National Bank of Canada

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.