Maple Leaf Foods (MFI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Maple Leaf Foods Inc is a consumer-packaged meats company. It produces prepared meats and meals, fresh pork, and poultry and turkey products. The company also has agribusiness operations. These operations supply livestock to the meat products business operations. Its main markets are Canada, the United States, Japan, and China. The key brands are Maple Leaf and Schneiders, Maple Leaf Prime Naturally, Shopsy, Mitchell's Gourmet Food, Larse, Parm, and Hygrade.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$25.93 to C$26.30
• 50-Day Range: C$25.93 to C$29.33
• 52-Week Range: C$23.35 to C$36.31
• Volume: 828,475 shs
• Average Volume: 277,025 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$3.23 billion
• P/E Ratio: 6.37
• Dividend Yield: 3.28%
• Price Target: C$36.33
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Maple Leaf Foods Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Maple Leaf Foods scored higher than 88% 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: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Maple Leaf Foods has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.08, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 11 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Maple Leaf Foods has a consensus price target of C$36.33, representing about 40.1% upside from its current price of C$25.93.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Maple Leaf Foods has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Maple Leaf Foods is 6.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.22.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Maple Leaf Foods is 6.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.47.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Maple Leaf Foods has a PEG Ratio of 18.07. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Maple Leaf Foods has a P/B Ratio of 2.37. 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 MFI.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Maple Leaf Foods pays a meaningful dividend of 3.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Maple Leaf Foods does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Maple Leaf Foods is 20.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Maple Leaf Foods has a news sentiment score of 0.39. 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 0.70 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Maple Leaf Foods this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for MFI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Maple Leaf Foods to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net C$267,800.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0083% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Maple Leaf Foods insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$267,800.00 in company stock and sold C$0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

39.87% of the stock of Maple Leaf Foods is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

32.05% of the stock of Maple Leaf Foods is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/08/2026
• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/29 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Today: 9/18/2026
• Record date for 9/29 Dividend: 9/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/29/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: TSE:MFI
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.mapleleaffoods.com
• Phone: +1-905-2855000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 13,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Maple Leaf Foods: C$36.33
• High Price Target: C$42.00
• Low Price Target: C$33.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +40.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.08
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$4.07
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.37
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.09
• P/E Growth: 18.07
• Net Income: C$34.28 million
• Net Margins: 13.08%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 36.83%
• Return on Assets: 2.85%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 97.47
• Current Ratio: 1.56
• Quick Ratio: 0.54

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$3.98 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.81
• Cash Flow: C$0.95 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 27.20
• Book Value: C$10.93 per share
• Price / Book: 2.37

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 124,430,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$3.23 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.34