The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday, Jan. 29, edition that Desjardins Securities analyst Gary Ho has reaffirmed his "buy" recommendation for goeasy. The Globe's David Leeder writes in the Eye On Equities column that Mr. Ho gave his share target a $10 boost to $220. Analysts on average target the shares at $236.67. Mr. Ho predicts Goeasy will "remain prudent and maintain a credit-tightening stance, leading to more conservative loan book growth" given the uncertain macroeconomic backdrop, particularly the volatility linked to the potential U.S. tariffs. Ahead of the Feb. 11 release of its quarterly results, Mr. Ho does not expect any surprises from the Mississauga-based lender's outlook for 2025 and 2026 as well as new 2027 financial expectations. The Desjardins stockpicker says in a note: "We trimmed our [fourth quarter] adjusted EPS to $4.38 [from $4.54] (vs consensus of $4.55). Management continues to tighten credit (maintaining the softlanding outlook) -- we expect loan book growth at the low end of guidance of $205 million to $230-million, revenue yield of 33.3 per cent (vs guidance of 33 to 34 per cent) and NCO [net charge-offs] of 9.2 per cent (vs guidance of 8.75 to 9.75 per cent)."