Q2 EPS Estimates for EQB Cut by National Bank Financial

EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB) – National Bank Financial lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of EQB in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $2.71 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast 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 research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Raymond James boosted their price target on EQB from C$112.00 to C$121.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on EQB from C$153.00 to C$147.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Cormark downgraded EQB from a “buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from C$131.00 to C$110.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Jefferies Financial Group set a C$129.00 price objective on EQB and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on EQB from C$106.00 to C$119.00 in a research note on Monday, November 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$122.80.

EQB Trading Down 0.2 %

EQB stock opened at C$101.10 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of C$105.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$103.91. EQB has a 12-month low of C$78.24 and a 12-month high of C$114.22. The company has a market cap of C$3.91 billion, a PE ratio of 15.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.34 and a beta of 1.59.

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 paid a dividend of $0.49 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. This is a positive change from EQB’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.47. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. EQB’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.