National Bank Financial Forecasts TSE:L FY2025 Earnings

Loblaw Companies Limited (TSE:L) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial upped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Loblaw Companies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, April 9th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $9.46 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $9.44. The consensus estimate for Loblaw Companies’ current full-year earnings is $9.12 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Loblaw Companies’ Q4 2025 earnings at $2.58 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.98 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.62 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $11.00 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. UBS Group reduced their price objective on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$225.00 to C$210.00 in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Scotiabank raised shares of Loblaw Companies from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price target for the stock from C$190.00 to C$215.00 in a report on Friday. TD Securities reduced their target price on Loblaw Companies from C$202.00 to C$195.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 21st. National Bankshares raised their price target on Loblaw Companies from C$192.00 to C$207.00 in a report on Thursday. Finally, CIBC boosted their price objective on Loblaw Companies from C$206.00 to C$208.00 in a report on Friday, February 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Loblaw Companies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$202.75.

Loblaw Companies Trading Up 3.4 %

Shares of Loblaw Companies stock opened at C$205.25 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.11, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 1.29. The stock has a market capitalization of C$62.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.86, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.17. Loblaw Companies has a 52-week low of C$145.80 and a 52-week high of C$212.01. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is C$189.34 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$185.05.

Insider Transactions at Loblaw Companies

In related news, Senior Officer Kieran Barry Columb sold 11,309 shares of Loblaw Companies stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$186.55, for a total value of C$2,109,706.39. Also, Director Richard Dufresne sold 25,783 shares of Loblaw Companies stock in a transaction on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$186.55, for a total value of C$4,809,847.01. Insiders sold a total of 141,456 shares of company stock valued at $25,966,244 in the last quarter. 53.77% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Loblaw Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were issued a dividend of $0.513 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $2.05 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.00%. Loblaw Companies’s payout ratio is presently 27.83%.

Loblaw Companies Company Profile

Loblaw is one of Canada’s largest grocery, pharmacy, and general merchandise retailers, operating the most expansive store footprint in Ontario and maintaining sizable presences in provinces like Quebec and British Columbia. Key grocery banners include Loblaw, No Frills, and Maxi, while its pharmaceutical operations are the product of its 2014 acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart.