National Bank of Canada (NA) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for National Bank of Canada (TSE: NA):

• 2/21/2025 – National Bank of Canada was downgraded by analysts at Cormark from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 2/20/2025 – National Bank of Canada had its price target lowered by analysts at Scotiabank from C$154.00 to C$125.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 2/18/2025 – National Bank of Canada was downgraded by analysts at Cibc World Mkts from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 2/18/2025 – National Bank of Canada had its price target lowered by analysts at CIBC from C$141.00 to C$135.00.
• 2/18/2025 – National Bank of Canada had its price target lowered by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from C$153.00 to C$149.00.
• 2/14/2025 – National Bank of Canada had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from C$150.00 to C$145.00.
• 1/15/2025 – National Bank of Canada was upgraded by analysts at Cormark from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating.
• 1/9/2025 – National Bank of Canada was upgraded by analysts at Cibc World Mkts from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/8/2025 – National Bank of Canada had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from C$134.00 to C$145.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.

National Bank of Canada Stock Performance

NA stock opened at C$124.43 on Monday. National Bank of Canada has a one year low of C$102.90 and a one year high of C$141.15. The company’s fifty day moving average price is C$129.74 and its 200-day moving average price is C$128.71. The company has a market capitalization of C$48.51 billion, a PE ratio of 11.04, 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 Saturday, February 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 30th were issued a $1.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 30th. This is a boost from National Bank of Canada’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.10. This represents a $4.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.66%. National Bank of Canada’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.03%.

Insider Transactions at National Bank of Canada

In other National Bank of Canada news, Senior Officer Brigitte Hébert sold 400 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$132.46, for a total transaction of C$52,984.00. Also, Director Yvon Charest purchased 334 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of C$125.90 per share, with a total value of C$42,050.60. Company insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

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.