Q2 EPS Estimates for Metro Raised by National Bank Financial

Metro Inc. (TSE:MRU) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Metro in a report released on Tuesday, November 5th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now expects that the company will post earnings of $1.04 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast 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.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on MRU. Cfra raised their target price on Metro from C$76.00 to C$85.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 15th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on Metro from C$82.00 to C$85.00 in a report on Thursday, August 15th. TD Securities raised shares of Metro from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from C$80.00 to C$92.00 in a report on Monday, July 22nd. CIBC lifted their price target on shares of Metro from C$77.00 to C$86.00 in a report on Thursday, August 15th. Finally, National Bankshares boosted their price target on shares of Metro from C$85.00 to C$88.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 15th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$84.25.

Metro Price Performance

Shares of Metro stock opened at C$85.83 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of C$19.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 0.08. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is C$84.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$79.57. Metro has a twelve month low of C$65.43 and a twelve month high of C$87.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 64.18, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 1.10.

Metro (TSE:MRU) last released its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of C$6.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$6.58 billion. Metro had a return on equity of 13.74% and a net margin of 4.36%.

Metro Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be paid a $0.335 dividend. This represents a $1.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 24th. Metro’s dividend payout ratio is presently 32.76%.

About Metro

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.