Metro (MRU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

With annual sales of more than $22 billion, METRO Inc. is a food and pharmacy leader in Québec and Ontario, providing employment to more than 97,000 people. Its purpose is to Nourish the health and well-being of our communities. As a retailer, franchisor, distributor, manufacturer, and provider of eCommerce services, the company operates or services a network of some 1,000 food stores under several banners including Metro, Metro Plus, Super C, Food Basics, Adonis and Première Moisson, and some 640 pharmacies primarily under the Jean Coutu, Brunet, Metro Pharmacy and Food Basics Pharmacy banners.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$88.00 to C$90.45
• 50-Day Range: C$87.61 to C$95.36
• 52-Week Range: C$86.63 to C$101.30
• Volume: 410,062 shs
• Average Volume: 540,594 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$18.47 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.97
• Dividend Yield: 1.76%
• Price Target: C$102.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Metro Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Metro scored higher than 56% 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: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Metro has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Metro has a consensus price target of C$102.33, representing about 15.7% upside from its current price of C$88.46.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Metro 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 Metro is 21.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.07.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Metro is 21.01, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.97.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Metro has a PEG Ratio of 4.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Metro has a P/B Ratio of 2.68. 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 MRU.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Metro pays a meaningful dividend of 1.81%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Metro does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Metro is 36.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.46

News Sentiment

Metro has a news sentiment score of 0.46. 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 8 news articles for Metro this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Metro to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Metro 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$323,437.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.14% of the stock of Metro is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

46.02% of the stock of Metro is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/22 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Today: 9/10/2026
• Record date for 9/22 Dividend: 9/22/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/22/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Food Retail
• Current Symbol: TSE:MRU
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.metro.ca
• Phone: +1-514-6431000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 99,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Metro: C$102.33
• High Price Target: C$113.00
• Low Price Target: C$95.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$4.21
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.96
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.32
• P/E Growth: 4.06
• Net Income: C$957.36 million
• Net Margins: 4.00%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.87%
• Return on Assets: 6.40%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 71.09
• Current Ratio: 1.43
• Quick Ratio: 0.41

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$22.48 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.82
• Cash Flow: C$0.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1,364.56
• Book Value: C$33.04 per share
• Price / Book: 2.67

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 209,267,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$18.47 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.11