Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Royal Bank Of Canada (NYSE: RY) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 12/17/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at BMO Capital Markets.
• 12/4/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at National Bankshares, Inc..
• 12/4/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Scotiabank.
• 12/4/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada was upgraded by analysts at Cowen Inc from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 12/4/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada was upgraded by analysts at TD Securities from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 12/1/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada was upgraded by analysts at Natl Bk Canada from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 11/25/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG.
• 11/25/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada was downgraded by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 11/24/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada is now covered by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc.. They set a “moderate buy” rating on the stock.
• 11/24/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC.
• 11/1/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 10/27/2025 – Royal Bank Of Canada was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating.

Royal Bank Of Canada Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 26th will be paid a dividend of $1.64 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 26th. This is a positive change from Royal Bank Of Canada’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.54. This represents a $6.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. Royal Bank Of Canada’s payout ratio is presently 44.07%.

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) is a diversified financial services company and one of Canada’s largest banks. Founded in 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the firm is now headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It provides a broad range of banking and financial services to individuals, businesses, and institutional clients through a network of branches, digital platforms and international offices.

RBC operates across several principal business segments including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor and treasury services, capital markets, and global asset management.