EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB – Free Report) – Research analysts at Raymond James dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of EQB in a research report issued on Thursday, May 29th. Raymond James analyst S. Boland now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $2.62 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.97. The consensus estimate for EQB’s current full-year earnings is $12.60 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for EQB’s Q1 2026 earnings at $2.84 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $3.04 EPS.
Several other research firms have also weighed in on EQB. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on shares of EQB from C$126.00 to C$107.00 in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of EQB from C$153.00 to C$147.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Desjardins lowered their price objective on shares of EQB from C$130.00 to C$126.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Scotiabank decreased their price target on shares of EQB from C$130.00 to C$119.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, National Bankshares decreased their price target on shares of EQB from C$117.00 to C$111.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with 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 an average price target of C$119.60.
EQB Stock Performance
Shares of TSE EQB opened at C$91.36 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is C$94.13 and its 200-day moving average price is C$100.34. The company has a market capitalization of C$3.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.34 and a beta of 1.59. EQB has a 52-week low of C$85.14 and a 52-week high of C$114.22.
EQB Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.53 per share. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.32%. This is an increase from EQB’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 13th. EQB’s payout ratio is currently 29.31%.
EQB Company Profile
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.
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