National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) Director Yvon Charest Purchases 191 Shares

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) Director Yvon Charest acquired 191 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$233.21 per share, with a total value of C$44,543.11. Following the transaction, the director owned 21,193 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$4,942,419.53. The trade was a 0.91% increase in their position.

National Bank of Canada Stock Performance

National Bank of Canada stock traded down C$4.83 on Wednesday, reaching C$221.24. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 717,659 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,408,783. The business’s fifty day moving average price is C$224.84 and its 200 day moving average price is C$202.66. The company has a market cap of C$85.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.58, a PEG ratio of 7.14 and a beta of 1.35. National Bank of Canada has a twelve month low of C$141.46 and a twelve month high of C$237.13.

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The financial services provider reported C$3.23 earnings per share for the quarter. National Bank of Canada had a return on equity of 13.77% and a net margin of 16.87%.The company had revenue of C$3.91 billion during the quarter. As a group, equities analysts forecast that National Bank of Canada will post 10.8360791 earnings per share for the current year.

National Bank of Canada Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Saturday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Saturday, August 1st were paid a $1.32 dividend. This is a boost from National Bank of Canada’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.24. This represents a $5.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 29th. National Bank of Canada’s payout ratio is presently 42.83%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently commented on NA shares. Desjardins cut shares of National Bank of Canada from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price target for the company from C$217.00 to C$238.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. TD boosted their price objective on shares of National Bank of Canada from C$202.00 to C$227.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upped their price objective on National Bank of Canada from C$209.00 to C$221.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$196.00 to C$208.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on National Bank of Canada from C$205.00 to C$224.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$208.54.

National Bank of Canada Company Profile

With $618 billion in assets as at April 30, 2026, National Bank of Canada (the ‘Bank’) is one of Canada’s six systemically important banks. The Bank has more than 35,000 employees in knowledge-intensive positions and operates through three business segments in Canada: Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management and Financial Markets. A fourth segment, U.S. Specialty Finance and International, complements the growth of its domestic operations. Its securities are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: NA).