Brokers Issue Forecasts for Premium Brands Q1 Earnings

Premium Brands Holdings Co. (TSE:PBH) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Premium Brands in a research note issued to investors on Sunday, November 3rd. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.48 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.73. The consensus estimate for Premium Brands’ current full-year earnings is $6.04 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Premium Brands’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.42 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.89 EPS.

PBH has been the topic of several other reports. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on Premium Brands from C$101.00 to C$100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 12th. National Bankshares upped their target price on Premium Brands from C$101.00 to C$109.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. TD Securities raised their price target on shares of Premium Brands from C$125.00 to C$129.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of Premium Brands from C$115.00 to C$111.00 in a research note on Friday, August 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$113.10.

Premium Brands Price Performance

PBH opened at C$84.73 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$3.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.36, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.98. The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$91.37 and a 200-day moving average of C$90.63. The company has a quick ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 161.28. Premium Brands has a 12-month low of C$84.60 and a 12-month high of C$97.28.

Premium Brands (TSE:PBH) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported C$1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$1.32 by C($0.04). Premium Brands had a return on equity of 6.43% and a net margin of 1.78%. The company had revenue of C$1.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$1.70 billion.

Insider Activity

In related news, Senior Officer William Dion Kalutycz sold 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$86.30, for a total value of C$604,100.00. 2.01% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Premium Brands Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th were paid a dividend of $0.85 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.01%. Premium Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 133.86%.

About Premium Brands

Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes food products primarily in Canada and the United States. It operates in two segments, Specialty Foods and Premium Food Distribution. The company provides processed meat, deli products, meat snacks, beef jerky and halal, sandwiches, pastries, specialty and gourmet products, entrees, panini, wraps, subs, hamburgers, burgers, salads and kettle products, muffins, breads, pastas, pizza, and baking and sushi products.