Royal Bank of Canada (RY) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Bank of Canada in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" RY shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in RY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Royal Bank of Canada's stock. Their RY share price forecasts range from $136.00 to $147.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $143.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 51.2% from the stock's current price.
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Royal Bank of Canada's stock was trading at $94.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, RY shares have increased by 0.9% and is now trading at $94.84.
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Royal Bank of Canada saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 29,460,000 shares, an increase of 90.6% from the July 15th total of 15,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 850,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 34.7 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 24th 2023.
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Royal Bank of Canada will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 24th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 905-694-9451 with passcode "8061913#".

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.07 by $0.12. The financial services provider earned $9.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.53 billion. Royal Bank of Canada had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.36% and a net margin of 15.27%.

Royal Bank of Canada declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 25th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.996 per share on Thursday, August 24th. This represents a $3.98 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 25th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.99.
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Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.30%. RY has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 53.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RY will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.42% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Royal Bank of Canada trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RY."

Royal Bank of Canada's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include TD Asset Management Inc (1.92%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.90%), Bank of Nova Scotia (1.69%), National Bank of Canada FI (1.35%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.69%) and Scotia Capital Inc. (0.60%).

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One share of RY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $94.84.

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) has a market capitalization of $132.41 billion and generates $52.08 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $12.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.61 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 91,427 workers across the globe.

Royal Bank of Canada's mailing address is 200 BAY STREET, TORONTO A6, M5J2J5. The official website for the company is www.rbc.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (888) 212-5533, via email at invesrel@rbc.com, or via fax at 416-955-7800.