Raymond James Issues Negative Outlook for TSE:CWB Earnings

Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) – Research analysts at Raymond James lowered their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Canadian Western Bank in a report released on Wednesday, December 18th. Raymond James analyst S. Boland now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.80 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.93. Raymond James currently has a “Market Perform” rating and a $59.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian Western Bank’s current full-year earnings is $3.66 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Canadian Western Bank’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.97 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.52 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on CWB. Cormark lifted their target price on Canadian Western Bank from C$46.00 to C$47.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Scotiabank lifted their price objective on Canadian Western Bank from C$52.00 to C$62.00 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on Canadian Western Bank from C$52.00 to C$57.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd. Desjardins lifted their price target on shares of Canadian Western Bank from C$53.00 to C$57.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of Canadian Western Bank from C$52.00 to C$58.00 in a report on Monday, November 18th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$54.83.

Canadian Western Bank Price Performance

Canadian Western Bank stock opened at C$58.53 on Friday. Canadian Western Bank has a 12-month low of C$24.66 and a 12-month high of C$61.81. The company has a market capitalization of C$5.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 1.39. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is C$57.71 and its 200 day moving average price is C$49.56.

About Canadian Western Bank

Canadian Western Bank is a diversified financial service organization providing banking, trust, and wealth management services. The group operates through a number of subsidiaries providing different areas of financial services. Canadian Western Bank offers business banking services including general commercial banking, equipment financing and leasing, real estate financing, and other services for small- and medium-sized companies, as well as personal banking services including chequing and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, and investment products.