Raymond James Issues Negative Estimate for TSE:CWB Earnings

Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) – Research analysts at Raymond James reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Canadian Western Bank in a report released on Wednesday, December 18th. Raymond James analyst S. Boland now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.80 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.93. Raymond James currently has a “Market Perform” rating and a $59.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian Western Bank’s current full-year earnings is $3.66 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Canadian Western Bank’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.97 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.52 EPS.

CWB has been the subject of a number of other reports. CIBC increased their price objective on shares of Canadian Western Bank from C$60.30 to C$63.50 in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on Canadian Western Bank from C$52.00 to C$58.00 in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on Canadian Western Bank from C$52.00 to C$57.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd. Cibc World Mkts raised Canadian Western Bank to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Finally, Scotiabank increased their price objective on shares of Canadian Western Bank from C$52.00 to C$62.00 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$54.83.

Canadian Western Bank Stock Performance

Shares of Canadian Western Bank stock opened at C$58.53 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of C$5.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 1.39. The stock’s fifty day moving average is C$57.79 and its 200 day moving average is C$49.78. Canadian Western Bank has a one year low of C$24.66 and a one year high of C$61.81.

Canadian Western Bank Company Profile

Canadian Western Bank is a diversified financial service organization providing banking, trust, and wealth management services. The group operates through a number of subsidiaries providing different areas of financial services. Canadian Western Bank offers business banking services including general commercial banking, equipment financing and leasing, real estate financing, and other services for small- and medium-sized companies, as well as personal banking services including chequing and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, and investment products.