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Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus price target of $155 based on the ratings of 5 analysts. The high is $193 issued by BMO Capital on December 5, 2024. The low is $126 issued by Barclays on August 25, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Argus Research, BMO Capital, and BMO Capital on August 29, 2025, December 5, 2024, and August 29, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $173.33 between Argus Research, BMO Capital, and BMO Capital, there's an implied 1.36% upside for Royal Bank of Canada from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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| Aug 29, 2025 | -5.26% | 140162 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 12.87% | 193195 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Aug 29, 2024 | -3.51% | 151165 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Jun 6, 2024 | -29.82% | 115120 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Apr 5, 2024 | -12.28% | 140150 | Previous Market Perform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Dec 18, 2023 | — | — | — | Previous Neutral Current Buy | Get Alert |
| Aug 25, 2023 | -18.71% | 138139 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Aug 25, 2023 | -26.32% | 124126 | Previous Underweight Current Underweight | Get Alert | |
| Aug 21, 2023 | -27.49% | 122124 | Previous Underweight Current Underweight | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) was reported by Argus Research on August 29, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $162.00 expecting RY to fall to within 12 months (a possible -5.26% downside). 1 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) was provided by Argus Research, and Royal Bank of Canada maintained their buy rating.
The last upgrade for Royal Bank of Canada happened on April 5, 2024 when BMO Capital raised their price target to $150. BMO Capital previously had a market perform for Royal Bank of Canada.
There is no last downgrade for Royal Bank of Canada.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Royal Bank of Canada, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Royal Bank of Canada was filed on August 29, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around August 29, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Royal Bank of Canada (RY) rating was a maintained with a price target of $140.00 to $162.00. The current price Royal Bank of Canada (RY) is trading at is $171.00, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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