Brokers Issue Forecasts for Metro’s Q2 Earnings (TSE:MRU)

Metro Inc. (TSE:MRU) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Metro in a report issued on Tuesday, November 5th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.04 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.03. The consensus estimate for Metro’s current full-year earnings is $4.82 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Metro’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.51 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.13 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.79 EPS.

Metro (TSE:MRU) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 14th. The company reported C$1.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of C$1.35. Metro had a return on equity of 13.74% and a net margin of 4.36%. The business had revenue of C$6.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$6.58 billion.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Desjardins upped their price objective on Metro from C$75.00 to C$80.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 13th. TD Securities upgraded Metro from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from C$80.00 to C$92.00 in a research report on Monday, July 22nd. Cfra upped their price objective on Metro from C$76.00 to C$85.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 15th. CIBC increased their target price on Metro from C$77.00 to C$86.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 15th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on Metro from C$82.00 to C$84.00 in a research report on Friday, July 12th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Metro has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$84.25.

Metro Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of MRU stock opened at C$85.09 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is C$84.34 and its 200 day moving average price is C$79.52. Metro has a 1-year low of C$65.43 and a 1-year high of C$87.22. The firm has a market capitalization of C$18.94 billion, a PE ratio of 20.80, a P/E/G ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 0.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 64.18, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 0.41.

Metro Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.335 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 24th. This represents a $1.34 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.57%. Metro’s dividend payout ratio is presently 32.76%.

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.