Raymond James Financial Comments on TSE:BMO FY2025 Earnings

Bank of Montreal (TSE:BMO) (NYSE:BMO) – Equities research analysts at Raymond James Financial issued their FY2025 EPS estimates for Bank of Montreal in a research note issued to investors on Monday, November 24th. Raymond James Financial analyst S. Boland forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $12.02 per share for the year. Raymond James Financial has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Bank of Montreal’s current full-year earnings is $9.65 per share. Raymond James Financial also issued estimates for Bank of Montreal’s Q4 2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $3.33 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.28 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.44 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.45 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $13.49 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on Bank of Montreal from C$173.00 to C$181.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of Bank of Montreal from C$180.00 to C$192.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered shares of Bank of Montreal from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from C$168.00 to C$163.00 in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Desjardins lifted their price target on shares of Bank of Montreal from C$156.00 to C$165.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 27th. Finally, Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of Bank of Montreal from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Bank of Montreal has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$173.54.

Bank of Montreal Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of BMO opened at C$176.07 on Thursday. Bank of Montreal has a 12-month low of C$121.31 and a 12-month high of C$182.90. The firm has a market capitalization of C$126.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.43, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.38. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of C$176.45 and a 200 day moving average price of C$162.31.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Bank of Montreal news, insider Steven Lloyd Tennyson sold 9,072 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$163.89, for a total transaction of C$1,486,782.86. Following the transaction, the insider owned 21,866 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$3,583,553.14. This trade represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Also, insider Alan Tannenbaum sold 9,824 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$175.12, for a total value of C$1,720,408.35. Insiders sold a total of 35,883 shares of company stock worth $5,989,740 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Bank of Montreal Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 26th were given a $1.63 dividend. This represents a $6.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 30th. Bank of Montreal’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 55.74%.

Bank of Montreal Company Profile

Bank of Montreal is a diversified financial-services provider based in North America, operating four business segments: Canadian personal and commercial banking, U.S. P&C banking, wealth management, and capital markets.