National Bank Financial Comments on Fiera Capital Co.’s Q4 2024 Earnings (TSE:FSZ)

Fiera Capital Co. (TSE:FSZ) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q4 2024 EPS estimates for shares of Fiera Capital in a report released on Monday, April 29th. National Bank Financial analyst J. Gloyn expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.36 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Fiera Capital’s current full-year earnings is $0.97 per share.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on FSZ. TD Securities lifted their price objective on shares of Fiera Capital from C$7.50 to C$8.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 1st. Scotiabank upped their price objective on Fiera Capital from C$7.00 to C$8.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 29th. BMO Capital Markets downgraded Fiera Capital from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lifted their target price for the company from C$8.00 to C$8.50 in a research note on Thursday, February 29th. CIBC dropped their target price on Fiera Capital from C$8.25 to C$7.25 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 26th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on Fiera Capital from C$6.00 to C$7.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 29th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, Fiera Capital presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$7.64.

Fiera Capital Stock Down 1.6 %

FSZ stock opened at C$6.75 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of C$9.11 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.87 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a fifty day moving average price of C$7.93 and a 200 day moving average price of C$6.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 228.52, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 1.05. Fiera Capital has a 12 month low of C$4.32 and a 12 month high of C$8.75.

Fiera Capital (TSE:FSZ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 28th. The company reported C$0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.30 by C$0.07. The company had revenue of C$210.97 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$203.10 million. Fiera Capital had a return on equity of 19.66% and a net margin of 8.51%.

Fiera Capital Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 14th were paid a $0.215 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 13th. This represents a $0.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 12.74%. Fiera Capital’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 172.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Senior Officer John Valentini sold 61,600 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$7.88, for a total value of C$485,432.64. 3.22% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Fiera Capital Company Profile

Fiera Capital Corporation is an employee owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional investors, mutual funds, charitable organizations, and private clients. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm also launches and manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds and income trusts for its clients.