High Liner Foods (HLF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

High Liner Foods is the leading North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen seafood. Their retail branded products are sold throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico under the High Liner, Fisher Boy, Sea Cuisine and C. Wirthy & Co. labels, and are available in most grocery and club stores. They also sell branded products under the High Liner, Icelandic Seafood, and FPI labels to restaurants and institutions, and are a major supplier of private-label, value-added frozen seafood products to North American food retailers and foodservice distributors.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$26.86 to C$27.05
• 50-Day Range: C$13.88 to C$26.95
• 52-Week Range: C$13.13 to C$27.12
• Volume: 65,027 shs
• Average Volume: 42,837 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$752.77 million
• P/E Ratio: 30.55
• Dividend Yield: 1.87%
• Price Target: C$22.29
• Consensus Rating: Hold

High Liner Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

High Liner Foods scored higher than 24% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

High Liner Foods has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

High Liner Foods has a consensus price target of C$22.29, representing about 17.1% downside from its current price of C$26.88.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

High Liner Foods has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of High Liner Foods is 30.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.49.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of High Liner Foods is 30.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.49.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

High Liner Foods has a P/B Ratio of 1.90. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HLF.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

High Liner Foods pays a meaningful dividend of 2.61%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

High Liner Foods does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of High Liner Foods is 57.23%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

High Liner Foods has a news sentiment score of 0.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for High Liner Foods this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for HLF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, High Liner Foods insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

44.28% of the stock of High Liner Foods is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

5.35% of the stock of High Liner Foods is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/11/2026
• Today: 11/12/2026
• EGM 2026: 12/15/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: TSE:HLF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.highlinerfoods.com
• Phone: +1-902-6348811
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,206
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for High Liner Foods: C$22.29
• High Price Target: C$27.00
• Low Price Target: C$15.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: -17.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.88
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 30.55
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: C$41.70 million
• Net Margins: 2.30%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.30%
• Return on Assets: 5.30%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 80.12
• Current Ratio: 2.29
• Quick Ratio: 0.38

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$1.12 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.67
• Cash Flow: C$0.19 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 138.61
• Book Value: C$14.18 per share
• Price / Book: 1.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 28,005,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$752.77 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.84