Stifel Canada Has Positive Estimate for TSE:MFI Q3 Earnings

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSE:MFI) – Analysts at Stifel Canada increased their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Maple Leaf Foods in a research report issued on Thursday, August 7th. Stifel Canada analyst M. Landry now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.47 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.41. Stifel Canada currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Maple Leaf Foods’ current full-year earnings is $1.43 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Maple Leaf Foods’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.48 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on MFI. TD Securities lifted their price objective on Maple Leaf Foods from C$41.00 to C$42.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Maple Leaf Foods from C$35.00 to C$38.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. CIBC lifted their price objective on Maple Leaf Foods from C$32.00 to C$38.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Scotiabank lifted their price objective on Maple Leaf Foods from C$30.00 to C$35.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, National Bankshares lifted their price objective on Maple Leaf Foods from C$31.00 to C$36.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Maple Leaf Foods has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$37.36.

Maple Leaf Foods Price Performance

Shares of MFI stock opened at C$33.42 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of C$4.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 123.33, a P/E/G ratio of 18.07 and a beta of 0.47. Maple Leaf Foods has a fifty-two week low of C$19.61 and a fifty-two week high of C$33.48. The business’s 50 day moving average price is C$28.96 and its 200-day moving average price is C$25.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.19, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a current ratio of 1.26.

Insider Buying and Selling at Maple Leaf Foods

In other Maple Leaf Foods news, Senior Officer Olajumoke Fagbemi sold 3,600 shares of Maple Leaf Foods stock in a transaction on Friday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$26.33, for a total transaction of C$94,788.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 28 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$737.24. The trade was a 99.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 39.87% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Maple Leaf Foods Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 30th were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 6th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. Maple Leaf Foods’s payout ratio is currently 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.