NAB Half-year Results Review: Grab rewards by guessing the closing price!

Ahead of the release of its results, let's now take a look at what the market is expecting from the bank.

According to a note out of Goldman Sachs, its analysts are expecting the bank to report a reasonably sharp decline in cash earnings for half.

The broker has pencilled in first-half cash earnings (before one-offs) of $3,513 million, which represents a 13% reduction on the prior corresponding period. This is a touch lower than the consensus estimate of $3,553 million.

As for dividends, Goldman expects NAB to declare an 81 cents per share fully franked interim dividend. This is down 2.4% on last year's interim dividend. Whereas the consensus estimate is for NAB to keep its interim dividend flat year on year at 83 cents per share.

NAB is releasing its half-year results on May 2, before the Australian stock market opens. How will the market react to the company's results on the day?

An equal share of 2,000 points: For mooers who correctly guess the price range of NAB's closing price at 4 PM AEST May 2.