TSE:L Q3 EPS Estimate Decreased by National Bank Financial

Loblaw Companies Limited (TSE:L) – Stock analysts at National Bank Financial reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Loblaw Companies in a report issued on Wednesday, November 13th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $2.65 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.66. The consensus estimate for Loblaw Companies’ current full-year earnings is $9.12 per share.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on L. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$183.00 to C$205.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. TD Securities dropped their price objective on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$203.00 to C$202.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. National Bankshares upped their target price on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$188.00 to C$195.00 in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Desjardins raised their price target on Loblaw Companies from C$172.00 to C$190.00 in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, CIBC boosted their price target on Loblaw Companies from C$189.00 to C$206.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Loblaw Companies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$191.29.

Loblaw Companies Trading Down 1.6 %

TSE:L opened at C$175.20 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of C$53.50 billion, a PE ratio of 26.55, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.17. Loblaw Companies has a 52-week low of C$116.81 and a 52-week high of C$188.77. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is C$177.72 and its 200 day moving average price is C$168.56. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 163.32.

Loblaw Companies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 30th. Stockholders of record on Sunday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.513 per share. 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 31.06%.

Loblaw Companies Company Profile

Loblaw Companies Limited, a food and pharmacy company, provides grocery, pharmacy and healthcare services, health and beauty products, apparels, general merchandise, financial services, and wireless mobile products and services in Canada. It operates in two segments, Retail and Financial Services. The Retail segment operates corporate and franchise-owned retail food, and associate-owned drug stores.