RYRoyal Bank of Canada

$201.14+39% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and a token position.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +7% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest0.4% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

A token position, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 141% since the previous count, down from 0.6% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How RY is trading

Royal Bank of Canada is +39% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 23 points ahead of the market.

+39%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+7.5%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
63

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
7.7%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$101.10 – $217.84 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$201.14
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+0.85%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+39%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+130%
vs 50-day average$202.52
−0.68%
52-week high
$217.84
52-week low
$144.42
Annualised volatility
17%
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+19%
2025+45%
2024+24%
2023+12%
2022−8.0%
2021+34%
2020+8.4%
2019+20%
2018−13%
2017+24%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan107 of 10+4.1%
Feb104 of 10−1.2%
Mar103 of 10−2.4%
Apr106 of 10+2.0%
May107 of 10+2.6%
Jun106 of 10+2.2%
Jul1110 of 11+2.8%
Aug116 of 11+1.2%
Sep115 of 11−0.25%
Oct117 of 11−0.27%
Nov109 of 10+4.8%
Dec106 of 10+1.9%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.