Analysts Set Expectations for EQB’s Q1 Earnings (TSE:EQB)

EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of EQB in a research note issued to investors on Monday, February 17th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine expects that the company will post earnings of $2.84 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for EQB’s current full-year earnings is $12.60 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for EQB’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.72 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.12 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.21 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $11.91 EPS.

EQB has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Desjardins set a C$130.00 price target on EQB and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Cormark downgraded EQB from a “buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their price target for the company from C$131.00 to C$110.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Jefferies Financial Group set a C$129.00 price target on EQB and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James lifted their price target on EQB from C$112.00 to C$121.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Scotiabank cut their target price on EQB from C$135.00 to C$130.00 in a research note on Friday, December 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$118.30.

EQB Stock Performance

EQB stock opened at C$107.16 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.34 and a beta of 1.59. EQB has a 52-week low of C$78.24 and a 52-week high of C$114.22. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of C$104.73 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$103.46.

EQB Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.49 dividend. This is an increase from EQB’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.47. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.83%. EQB’s dividend payout ratio is presently 29.31%.

About EQB

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.