National Bank Financial Boosts Earnings Estimates for Metro

Metro Inc. (TSE:MRU) – Stock analysts at National Bank Financial increased their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Metro in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 1st. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.17 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.16. The consensus estimate for Metro’s current full-year earnings is $4.82 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Metro’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS.

MRU has been the subject of several other research reports. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Metro from C$98.00 to C$99.00 in a report on Thursday, January 30th. BMO Capital Markets upgraded Metro from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from C$92.00 to C$96.00 in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Scotiabank raised their target price on Metro from C$98.00 to C$100.00 in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, National Bankshares boosted their price target on shares of Metro from C$94.00 to C$102.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Metro currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$94.44.

Metro Price Performance

Metro stock opened at C$101.61 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is C$94.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$89.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.29, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 1.35. Metro has a 1 year low of C$69.19 and a 1 year high of C$101.95. The company has a market capitalization of C$22.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 0.08.

Metro Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 11th were given a dividend of $0.37 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from Metro’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.46%. Metro’s payout ratio is currently 30.93%.

Metro Company Profile

Metro Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer, franchisor, distributor, and manufacturer in the food and pharmaceutical sectors in Canada. The company operates supermarkets, discount, neighborhood, and specialty stores that provide fresh and grocery products, baked goods, prepared food products, meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, frozen food products, bakery products, delicatessen items, and pastries.