Brokers Issue Forecasts for Metro’s Q3 Earnings (TSE:MRU)

Metro Inc. (TSE:MRU) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial boosted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Metro in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 28th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.55 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.52. The consensus estimate for Metro’s current full-year earnings is $4.82 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Metro’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.20 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.28 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on MRU. Scotiabank upped their price objective on Metro from C$98.00 to C$100.00 in a research report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets raised Metro from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the company from C$92.00 to C$96.00 in a report on Thursday. National Bankshares increased their target price on Metro from C$89.00 to C$94.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered shares of Metro from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, CIBC increased their price objective on shares of Metro from C$86.00 to C$91.00 in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Metro has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$93.56.

Metro Stock Performance

TSE MRU opened at C$90.81 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$20.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.20, a PEG ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 0.08. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of C$91.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$86.33. 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 has a fifty-two week low of C$68.12 and a fifty-two week high of C$94.86.

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.