Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for TSE:L Q2 Earnings

Loblaw Companies Limited (TSE:L) – Analysts at National Bank Financial cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Loblaw Companies in a note issued to investors on Thursday, February 20th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now expects that the company will post earnings of $2.33 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.41. The consensus estimate for Loblaw Companies’ current full-year earnings is $9.12 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Loblaw Companies’ Q3 2025 earnings at $2.69 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.57 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.05 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.57 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.99 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.61 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $10.23 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $11.03 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently issued reports on L. CIBC upped their price target on Loblaw Companies from C$206.00 to C$208.00 in a report on Friday. Scotiabank cut shares of Loblaw Companies from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a C$200.00 target price for the company. in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$225.00 to C$210.00 in a research report on Friday. Desjardins boosted their price target on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$172.00 to C$190.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, TD Securities dropped their price objective on Loblaw Companies from C$202.00 to C$195.00 in a report on Friday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$199.38.

Loblaw Companies Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of TSE:L opened at C$175.89 on Monday. The company has a market cap of C$53.18 billion, a PE ratio of 23.87, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.17. The company’s 50 day moving average is C$184.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$180.03. Loblaw Companies has a 52 week low of C$138.13 and a 52 week high of C$196.49. The company has a current ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.11.

Loblaw Companies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 30th. Investors of record on Monday, December 30th were paid a $0.513 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $2.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.17%. Loblaw Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.83%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Christie James Beckett Clark sold 2,105 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$189.69, for a total transaction of C$399,297.45. 53.77% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.