Q2 EPS Estimates for EQB Lowered by National Bank Financial

EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB) – Analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of EQB in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $2.71 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on EQB from C$106.00 to C$119.00 in a research note on Monday, November 18th. TD Securities downgraded shares of EQB from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the company from C$126.00 to C$110.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. National Bankshares increased their target price on shares of EQB from C$109.00 to C$117.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Cormark downgraded shares of EQB from a “buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and dropped their price target for the company from C$131.00 to C$110.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Desjardins set a C$130.00 price target on EQB and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$119.40.

EQB Stock Performance

Shares of EQB opened at C$103.28 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of C$4.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.10, 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 firm’s 50-day simple moving average is C$105.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$103.93.

EQB Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.49 dividend. This is a positive change from EQB’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.47. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.90%. EQB’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.