Bmo stock closed at C$216.82 yesterday even after Canaccord Genuity analyst Matthew Lee maintained a Buy rating. The gap between that price and the $153.09 consensus target leaves the stock trading above the average outlook by a wide margin.
Matthew Lee And BMO
Matthew Lee is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 21.7% and a 67.65% success rate, according to TipRanks. He covers the Financial sector and focuses on Bank Of Montreal, Bank Of Nova Scotia, and Toronto Dominion Bank, giving his call on BMO a specific peer-group context rather than a broad market view.
Bank Of Montreal’s analyst consensus is Moderate Buy, which keeps the stock in a favorable camp even as the price target consensus points to -29.39% downside. That split is the sharpest signal in the setup: the rating side of the Street stays constructive, while the target math says the current share price already sits well above the average analyst valuation.
May 12 Price Target
Raymond James maintained a Buy rating on the stock on May 12 and set a C$227.00 price target. That earlier call sits above yesterday’s close of C$216.82, leaving only limited room versus that single target even before considering the broader consensus estimate.
C$153.1B is BMO’s market cap, and its P/E ratio stands at 13.18. Those figures place the latest analyst call against a large-cap lender that is already priced on earnings rather than pure growth, which is why the target gap matters more than the rating label alone for traders watching rerating risk.
20 Insiders Buying BMO
20 insiders have recently shown positive sentiment, and over the past quarter they increased buying their shares relative to earlier this year. That insider pattern runs in the same direction as the Buy ratings, but it does not erase the fact that the consensus target still implies a steep decline from yesterday’s close.
For readers tracking Bmo stock, the practical takeaway is straightforward: the latest analyst endorsement adds support, but the price target consensus and the share price are still far apart. If that gap narrows, it will likely come from either lower target revisions or a weaker stock price rather than from the current consensus alone.
