National Bank Financial Expects Reduced Earnings for Metro

Metro Inc. (TSE:MRU) – National Bank Financial decreased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Metro in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 20th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.99 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.04. The consensus estimate for Metro’s current full-year earnings is $4.82 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Metro’s FY2025 earnings at $4.75 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the company. Cfra boosted their target price on Metro from C$76.00 to C$85.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 15th. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on shares of Metro from C$82.00 to C$85.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 15th. Royal Bank of Canada downgraded shares of Metro from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. National Bankshares increased their price target on Metro from C$85.00 to C$88.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 15th. Finally, Desjardins boosted their price objective on Metro from C$85.00 to C$95.00 in a research report on Friday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Metro currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$87.50.

Metro Price Performance

Metro stock opened at C$89.73 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$84.71 and a 200-day moving average of C$80.91. The stock has a market capitalization of C$19.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 0.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 64.18, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 1.10. Metro has a 52 week low of C$65.43 and a 52 week high of C$90.72.

Metro Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th were issued a dividend of $0.335 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 24th. This represents a $1.34 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.49%. Metro’s payout ratio is 32.76%.

About Metro

Metro Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer, franchisor, distributor, and manufacturer in the food and pharmaceutical sectors in Canada. The company operates supermarkets, discount, neighborhood, and specialty stores that provide fresh and grocery products, baked goods, prepared food products, meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, frozen food products, bakery products, delicatessen items, and pastries.