Desjardins Reduces Earnings Estimates for Bank of Montreal

Bank of Montreal (TSE:BMO) (NYSE:BMO) – Stock analysts at Desjardins decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Bank of Montreal in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now expects that the bank will earn $2.45 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.52. Desjardins has a “Hold” rating and a $155.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Bank of Montreal’s current full-year earnings is $9.65 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Bank of Montreal’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.94 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.07 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $11.50 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $13.30 EPS.

BMO has been the topic of several other research reports. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of Bank of Montreal from C$140.00 to C$155.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. Cibc World Mkts upgraded Bank of Montreal from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. CIBC raised their price target on Bank of Montreal from C$154.00 to C$156.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. TD Securities upped their price objective on Bank of Montreal from C$145.00 to C$152.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on Bank of Montreal from C$150.00 to C$146.00 in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$148.23.

Bank of Montreal Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of TSE BMO opened at C$148.76 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is C$142.20 and its 200 day moving average price is C$131.03. Bank of Montreal has a 52 week low of C$109.02 and a 52 week high of C$151.08. The stock has a market cap of C$107.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.68, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.16.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director William Darryl White sold 11,376 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$140.79, for a total value of C$1,601,592.91. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Bank of Montreal Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 29th will be given a $1.59 dividend. This represents a $6.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.28%. Bank of Montreal’s payout ratio is currently 61.20%.

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.