Loblaw Companies (L) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Loblaw is Canada's food and pharmacy leader, and the nation's largest retailer. Loblaw provides Canadians with grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise, financial services and wireless mobile products and services. With more than 2,800 corporate franchised and Associate-owned locations, Loblaw, its franchisees and Associate-owners employ more than 220,000 full- and part-time employees, making it one of Canada's largest private sector employers. Loblaw's purpose - Live Life Well® - puts first the needs and well-being of Canadians who make one billion transactions annually in the company's stores.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$68.88 to C$70.09
• 50-Day Range: C$60.42 to C$70.06
• 52-Week Range: C$54.44 to C$70.09
• Volume: 2.38 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.34 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$80.96 billion
• P/E Ratio: 29.69
• Dividend Yield: 0.83%
• Price Target: C$71.44
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Loblaw Companies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Loblaw Companies scored higher than 41% 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: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Loblaw Companies has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Loblaw Companies is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Loblaw Companies is 29.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.70.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Loblaw Companies is 29.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.88.

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 7.30. 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 0.97%, 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: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.35

News Sentiment

Loblaw Companies has a news sentiment score of 0.35. 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 0.61 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Loblaw Companies this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

20 people have searched for L on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Loblaw Companies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% 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$20,118,530.00 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

20.01% of the stock of Loblaw Companies is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026

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$71.44
• High Price Target: C$75.00
• Low Price Target: C$67.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +2.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$2.36
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.69
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.68
• 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: 1.24
• Cash Flow: C$3.02 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 23.18
• Book Value: C$9.60 per share
• Price / Book: 7.30

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,155,601,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$80.96 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.02