BMO · Bank of Montreal
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $167.1B |
| P/E | 18.26 |
| Float | 694.8M |
| Beta | 0.74 |
| Volatility 30D | 20.5% |
| Exchange | TSX |
| Sector | Banking |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 84.5 |
| Price | 172.99 |
| Change | −2.52% |
| Prev Close | 177.47 |
| Open | 175.53 |
| Day Low | 173.24 |
| Day High | 177.91 |
| Avg Vol | 3 |
| Avg $ Vol | $524.3M |
| 52W High | 259.20 |
| 52W Low | 119.92 |
| 52W Pos | 38.1% |
| From High | −33.26% |
| From Low | +44.25% |
| Max DD 1Y | −13.51% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +2.41% |
| SMA 50 | +1.50% |
| SMA 200 | +7.71% |
| RSI (14) | 62.6 |
| Vol 90D | 20.3% |
| Vol 1Y | 20.8% |
| 1Y Range | 120–259 |
| Daily bars | 900 |
| Perf Week | +2.09% |
| Perf Month | +6.85% |
| Perf Quarter | −1.85% |
| Perf Half Y | +14.48% |
| Perf Year | +42.17% |
| Perf YTD | +30.85% |
| Prev Day | −2.52% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 2.88 |
| Curr Ratio | n/a bank |
| Int Cover | n/a bank |
| FCF Margin | n/a bank |
| Rev Growth | +110.4% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | High |
| Sector rank | 10 / 29 |
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayBMO grades A-, 84.5 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (70), most exposed on Sector Resilience (63, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Banking median. Ranks 10 of 29 in Banking by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| BMO | Banking median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.74 | 0.93 |
| 30-day realized volatilityannualized, from daily closes | 20.5% | 20.0% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −13.5% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.85% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 7 (3%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| BMO | Banking median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.74 | 0.93 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 93% of 29 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Banking names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| BMO | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +2.1% |
| 1 month | +6.9% |
| Year to date | +30.9% |
| 1 year | +42.2% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| BMO | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 5 Aug |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 62 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 22 · 4 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 22 ↑ 4 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 29 Banking names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Current ratio, FCF margin and interest coverage are not shown for BMO: a deposit bank has no split of current assets and liabilities, and its operating cash flow swings with deposits and trading books rather than with the business.
Growth
| BMO | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +110.4% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Banking median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openBMO closed the sale of its Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses to Stonepeak. At closing, BMO transferred about 75% of the estimated C$14.5 billion combined loan and lease portfolio, representing C$11 billion, with the remaining balances expected to transfer in the first quarter of fiscal 2027.
First Citizens executives said the company's recent acquisition of 138 BMO branches was successful. They also said the bank is open to similar acquisitions in the future.
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency named Bank of Montreal and TD Bank alongside seven other major banks in a report accusing them of closing accounts or refusing service to customers based on conservative political or religious beliefs. The findings cover debanking complaints from 2020 to 2025, based on a review of 100,000 complaints triggered by a presidential directive from August 2024.
BMO and Mastercard launched a new embedded commercial payments capability that can be integrated into enterprise software platforms in Canada and the United States. BMO is the first Canadian issuer to deploy this Mastercard offering.
BMO's U.S. operations faced difficulties after a large acquisition on the West Coast, but a top executive says the bank is now making good progress and the bank has regained confidence in its U.S. strategy.
Nearest peers by size
Banking| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNS | Bank of Nova Scotia | A | $161.5B | 16.14 | 0.62 | Compare |
| CM | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | A- | $148.3B | 14.65 | 0.65 | Compare |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | B+ | $209.2B | 10.79 | 1.19 | Compare |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | B+ | $250.4B | 11.39 | 0.95 | Compare |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | A | $295.2B | 18.24 | 0.66 | Compare |
| PNC | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | A- | $92.68B | 11.53 | 0.92 | Compare |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | A- | $92.62B | 11.27 | 1.05 | Compare |
| BAC | Bank of America Corporation | A- | $356.3B | 11.02 | 1.23 | Compare |
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