National Bank Financial Forecasts Higher Earnings for Metro

Metro Inc. (TSE:MRU) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial lifted their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for Metro in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 1st. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.17 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.16. The consensus estimate for Metro’s current full-year earnings is $4.82 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Metro’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on MRU. Scotiabank lifted their target price on shares of Metro from C$98.00 to C$100.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Metro from C$98.00 to C$99.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. National Bankshares upped their price objective on shares of Metro from C$94.00 to C$102.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised shares of Metro from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from C$92.00 to C$96.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$94.44.

Metro Price Performance

Shares of Metro stock opened at C$101.61 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$22.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.46, a PEG ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 0.08. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of C$94.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$89.94. Metro has a 12 month low of C$69.19 and a 12 month high of C$101.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.29, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 0.41.

Metro Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 11th were issued a $0.37 dividend. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.46%. This is a positive change from Metro’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 13th. Metro’s payout ratio is presently 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.