TSE:L FY2026 EPS Forecast Boosted by National Bank Financial

Loblaw Companies Limited (TSE:L) – Analysts at National Bank Financial lifted their FY2026 EPS estimates for Loblaw Companies in a note issued to investors on Sunday, January 26th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now anticipates that the company will earn $10.16 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $10.11. The consensus estimate for Loblaw Companies’ current full-year earnings is $9.12 per share.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. TD Securities dropped their price objective on Loblaw Companies from C$203.00 to C$202.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. UBS Group set a C$225.00 target price on Loblaw Companies and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Desjardins increased their price target on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$172.00 to C$190.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. CIBC upped their target price on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$189.00 to C$206.00 in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Scotiabank lowered shares of Loblaw Companies from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a C$200.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$201.88.

Loblaw Companies Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of TSE:L opened at C$184.49 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of C$186.28 and a 200 day moving average price of C$178.43. Loblaw Companies has a 12-month low of C$132.55 and a 12-month high of C$196.49. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 163.32. The company has a market capitalization of C$56.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.95, a PEG ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.17.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Loblaw Companies news, Director Christie James Beckett Clark sold 2,105 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$189.69, for a total value of C$399,297.45. Corporate insiders own 53.77% of the company’s stock.

Loblaw Companies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 30th were paid a dividend of $0.513 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $2.05 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.11%. Loblaw Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.06%.

About Loblaw Companies

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.