TSE:MFI Q2 EPS Estimate Boosted by National Bank Financial

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSE:MFI) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Maple Leaf Foods in a research note issued on Monday, July 14th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.46 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.44. The consensus estimate for Maple Leaf Foods’ current full-year earnings is $1.43 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Maple Leaf Foods’ FY2025 earnings at $1.77 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.98 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.23 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on MFI. CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of Maple Leaf Foods from C$32.00 to C$38.00 in a research note on Wednesday. TD Securities lifted their target price on shares of Maple Leaf Foods from C$38.00 to C$41.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Scotiabank raised shares of Maple Leaf Foods to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. Finally, Stifel Canada raised Maple Leaf Foods to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$33.60.

Maple Leaf Foods Trading Up 1.7%

TSE MFI opened at C$30.22 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$3.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 111.53, a PEG ratio of 18.07 and a beta of 0.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.19, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a current ratio of 1.26. Maple Leaf Foods has a one year low of C$19.61 and a one year high of C$30.50. The company’s 50 day moving average price is C$27.88 and its 200 day moving average price is C$24.81.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Maple Leaf Foods news, Senior Officer Olajumoke Fagbemi sold 3,600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$26.33, for a total value of C$94,788.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 28 shares in the company, valued at C$737.24. The trade was a 99.23% decrease in their position. Insiders own 39.87% of the company’s stock.

Maple Leaf Foods Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 30th were paid a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 6th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.18%. Maple Leaf Foods’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 324.76%.

About Maple Leaf Foods

Maple Leaf Foods Inc is a consumer-packaged meats company. It produces prepared meats and meals, fresh pork, and poultry and turkey products. The company also has agribusiness operations. These operations supply livestock to the meat products business operations. Its main markets are Canada, the United States, Japan, and China.