Stifel Canada Forecasts Lower Earnings for Premium Brands

Key Points

• The Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Premium Brands has been reduced from $1.51 to $1.36 by Stifel Canada.
• Despite the earnings downgrade, several analysts have raised their target prices on the stock, with TD Securities increasing theirs from C$120.00 to C$140.00 and Royal Bank of Canada from C$100.00 to C$108.00.
• Shares of Premium Brands opened at C$90.48 and have seen a slight decline of 1.5% recently, while maintaining an average rating of "Buy" among analysts.

Premium Brands Holdings Co. (TSE:PBH - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Stifel Canada cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Premium Brands in a research report issued on Wednesday, August 6th. Stifel Canada analyst M. Landry now expects that the company will post earnings of $1.36 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.51. The consensus estimate for Premium Brands' current full-year earnings is $6.04 per share.

PBH has been the subject of several other research reports. TD Securities boosted their target price on Premium Brands from C$120.00 to C$140.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on Premium Brands from C$94.00 to C$109.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Scotiabank upped their price objective on Premium Brands from C$91.00 to C$100.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Desjardins upped their price objective on Premium Brands from C$98.00 to C$103.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, CIBC upped their price objective on Premium Brands from C$98.00 to C$108.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$111.18.

Premium Brands Price Performance

TSE PBH traded up C$1.94 during trading on Friday, hitting C$92.42. 96,693 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 98,027. The company has a current ratio of 1.51, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 163.00. The company has a market cap of C$4.12 billion, a PE ratio of 41.14, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.98. Premium Brands has a fifty-two week low of C$72.57 and a fifty-two week high of C$97.10. The stock's 50 day moving average price is C$83.99 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$80.23.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Senior Officer William Dion Kalutycz sold 8,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$81.57, for a total value of C$652,575.20. 2.01% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.