Shares of EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB – Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the ten analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$122.80.
Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Desjardins decreased their price target on shares of EQB from C$130.00 to C$126.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Cormark lowered shares of EQB from a “buy” rating to a “market perform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from C$131.00 to C$110.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. TD Securities lowered EQB from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price target for the company from C$126.00 to C$110.00 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Raymond James upped their target price on EQB from C$112.00 to C$121.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, National Bankshares lifted their price target on EQB from C$109.00 to C$117.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th.
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EQB Stock Performance
EQB Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This is a boost from EQB’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.16%. EQB’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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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