National Bank Financial Predicts TSE:L Q2 Earnings

Loblaw Companies Limited (TSE:L) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Loblaw Companies in a research report issued on Thursday, February 20th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $2.33 per share for the quarter, down from their prior 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 research analysts have also commented on the company. UBS Group dropped their target price on Loblaw Companies from C$225.00 to C$210.00 in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Loblaw Companies from C$205.00 to C$217.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Scotiabank lowered shares of Loblaw Companies from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a C$200.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. National Bankshares increased their price target on Loblaw Companies from C$188.00 to C$195.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, CIBC boosted their price objective on Loblaw Companies from C$206.00 to C$208.00 in a report on Friday, February 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Loblaw Companies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$199.38.

Loblaw Companies Stock Up 3.2 %

Loblaw Companies stock opened at C$186.25 on Monday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is C$183.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$180.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.11, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 1.29. The company has a market cap of C$56.31 billion, a PE ratio of 25.28, a PEG ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.17. Loblaw Companies has a fifty-two week low of C$141.59 and a fifty-two week high of C$196.49.

Insider Activity at Loblaw Companies

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

Loblaw Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 30th. Investors of record on Monday, December 30th were given a dividend of $0.513 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $2.05 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.10%. Loblaw Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.83%.

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.