Cormark Issues Pessimistic Estimate for TSE:PBL Earnings

Pollard Banknote Limited (TSE:PBL) – Stock analysts at Cormark dropped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Pollard Banknote in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, March 27th. Cormark analyst D. Mcfadgen now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.98 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $2.38. The consensus estimate for Pollard Banknote’s current full-year earnings is $2.03 per share. Cormark also issued estimates for Pollard Banknote’s FY2026 earnings at $2.17 EPS.

Separately, Raymond James dropped their target price on shares of Pollard Banknote from C$46.00 to C$39.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th.

Pollard Banknote Stock Down 2.9 %

Shares of TSE:PBL opened at C$19.80 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average of C$25.19 and a 200-day moving average of C$24.99. Pollard Banknote has a one year low of C$17.95 and a one year high of C$37.50. The stock has a market cap of C$546.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.36 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.70, a current ratio of 1.87 and a quick ratio of 1.01.

Pollard Banknote Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 31st. Pollard Banknote’s payout ratio is presently 11.47%.

Pollard Banknote Company Profile

Pollard Banknote Ltd is principally engaged in the manufacturing, development, and sale of lottery and charitable gaming products throughout the world. Its operating segments are Lotteries and charitable gaming and eGaming systems. It provides instant tickets and lottery services including licensed products, distribution, SureTrack lottery management system, retail telephone selling, marketing, iLottery, digital products, Social InstantsTM, retail management services, and instant ticket vending machines.