Loblaw Companies (L) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Loblaw is one of Canada's largest grocery, pharmacy, and general merchandise retailers, operating the most expansive store footprint in Ontario and maintaining sizable presences in provinces like Quebec and British Columbia. Key grocery banners include Loblaw, No Frills, and Maxi, while its pharmaceutical operations are the product of its 2014 acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart. The firm carries a robust private-label assortment, with top sellers like President's Choice and No Name. In addition to its retail operations, Loblaw oversees a financial-services business, which provides credit card services and guaranteed investment certificates, and also operates its PC Optimum loyalty program. The firm's controlling shareholder is George Weston Limited, which owns 52.6% of the equity.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$61.88 to C$62.90
• 50-Day Range: C$61.69 to C$66.68
• 52-Week Range: C$52.92 to C$69.59
• Volume: 952,056 shs
• Average Volume: 1.35 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$72.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.23
• Dividend Yield: 0.93%
• Price Target: C$71.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Loblaw Companies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Loblaw Companies scored higher than 49% 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: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Loblaw Companies has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Loblaw Companies has a consensus price target of C$71.00, representing about 14.7% upside from its current price of C$61.91.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Loblaw Companies has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Loblaw Companies is 26.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Loblaw Companies is 26.23, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.32.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Loblaw Companies has a PEG Ratio of 3.23. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Loblaw Companies has a P/B Ratio of 6.45. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued 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 L.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Loblaw Companies has a dividend yield of 0.99%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Loblaw Companies does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Loblaw Companies is 24.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.82

News Sentiment

Loblaw Companies has a news sentiment score of -0.82. 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 0.63 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Loblaw Companies this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

18 people have searched for L on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Loblaw Companies insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$991,590.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

53.77% of the stock of Loblaw Companies is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

19.86% of the stock of Loblaw Companies is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 7/1 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Record date for 7/1 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 8/16/2026
• Investor Day 2026: 9/09/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Food Retail
• Current Symbol: TSE:L
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.loblaw.ca
• Phone: +1-905-4592500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 12,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Loblaw Companies: C$71.00
• High Price Target: C$75.00
• Low Price Target: C$67.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$2.36
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.23
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.79
• P/E Growth: 3.23
• Net Income: C$2.23 billion
• Net Margins: 4.32%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 25.25%
• Return on Assets: 5.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 151.15
• Current Ratio: 1.06
• Quick Ratio: 0.68

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$65.07 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.11
• Cash Flow: C$2.67 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 23.18
• Book Value: C$9.60 per share
• Price / Book: 6.45

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,163,888,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$72.06 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.14