Desjardins Weighs in on Metro’s Q3 Earnings (TSE:MRU)

Metro Inc. (TSE:MRU) – Analysts at Desjardins upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Metro in a report released on Wednesday, April 16th. Desjardins analyst C. Li now expects that the company will earn $1.55 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.54. Desjardins currently has a “Hold” rating and a $105.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Metro’s current full-year earnings is $4.82 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Metro’s FY2025 earnings at $4.83 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on MRU. CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of Metro from C$91.00 to C$106.00 in a research report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of Metro from C$96.00 to C$110.00 in a research note on Friday, April 4th. UBS Group boosted their price target on Metro from C$99.00 to C$105.00 in a report on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on Metro from C$90.00 to C$98.00 in a research report on Monday. Finally, National Bankshares upped their price objective on shares of Metro from C$102.00 to C$107.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$102.00.

Metro Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of MRU stock opened at C$102.08 on Friday. The company has a market cap of C$22.58 billion, a PE ratio of 23.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 0.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.29, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 0.41. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is C$95.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$91.14. Metro has a 1 year low of C$69.19 and a 1 year high of C$103.59.

Metro Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 11th were given a dividend of $0.37 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from Metro’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.45%. Metro’s payout ratio is currently 30.93%.

Metro Company Profile

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.