Metro Inc.

Metro Inc.

MRU · TO · Consumer Defensive / Grocery Stores

99.56CAD+0.97 (+0.98%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close98.59
Open98.59
Day Range98.58 – 99.88
52-Week Range86.24 – 99.94
Volume449.68K
Market Cap18.76B
P/E (TTM)21.29
Forward P/E16.56
EPS4.21
Dividend Yield1.83%
Beta0.32
50-Day Avg90.39
200-Day Avg93.02

About

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 stores, neighbourhood stores, specialized stores, and pharmacies that provide fresh and grocery products, baked goods, prepared food products, meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, frozen food products, bakery products, prepared meals, delicatessen items, fruits and vegetables, frozen products and pastries. It also manufactures ready-to-eat meals, salads, dips, pastries, pies, breads, and cakes; generic drugs under Pro Doc trademark; and provides online grocery shopping services. In addition, the company offers its private label food products under Irresistibles, Selection, Harvest Best, Lucky Koi, Life Smart, Adonis, Phoenicia, and Premiere Moisson brands; and private label drug products comprising beauty and cosmetic products, over-the-counter medications, health & beauty, cosmetics, and baby categories sold under the Personnelle brand name. It operates a network of food stores under various banners, including Metro, Metro Plus, Adonis, Super C, Marché Richelieu, Marché Ami, Première Moisson, Les 5 Saisons, and Food Basics, as well as pharmacies primarily under the PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Santé, PJC Santé Beauté, Brunet, Brunet Plus, Brunet Clinique, Clini Plus, Metro Pharmacy, and Food Basics Pharmacy banners. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Company Details

  • SectorConsumer Defensive
  • IndustryGrocery Stores
  • CEOMr. Eric Richer La Fleche
  • Employees99.00K
  • Headquarters11011 Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard, Montreal, QC, Canada, H1C 1V6, Canada
  • Websitehttps://www.metro.ca

Leadership

  • Mr. Eric Richer La FlechePresident, CEO & Non-Independent Director · b. 1962
  • Mr. Nicolas AmyotExecutive VP, CFO & Treasurer
  • Mr. Marc GirouxChief Operating Officer
  • Mr. Carmen FortinoExecutive Vice President of National Supply Chain & Procurement · b. 1959
  • Mr. Jean-Michel CoutuPresident of The Pharmacy Division
  • Mr. Frederic LegaultVP & Chief Information Officer
  • Mr. Simon RivetVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
  • Ms. Marie-Claude BaconVice President of Public Affairs & Communications
  • Mr. Alain TadrosVP, Chief Marketing & Digital Strategy Officer
  • Ms. Geneviève BichVice President of Human Resources · b. 1965

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: CAD1995-09-301996-09-301997-09-301998-09-301999-09-302000-09-302001-09-302002-09-302003-09-302004-09-302005-09-302006-09-302007-09-302008-09-302009-09-302010-09-302011-09-302012-09-302013-09-302014-09-302015-09-302016-09-302017-09-302018-09-302019-09-302020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30
Total Revenue3.15B3.27B3.43B3.65B4.00B4.66B4.87B5.15B5.77B6.00B6.65B10.94B10.64B10.73B11.20B11.34B11.40B11.67B11.40B11.59B12.22B12.79B13.18B14.38B16.77B18.00B18.28B18.89B20.72B21.22B22.01B
Growth (%)-+3.83%+5.09%+6.43%+9.39%+16.57%+4.53%+5.71%+12.03%+4.03%+10.80%+64.66%-2.74%+0.76%+4.39%+1.31%+0.47%+2.44%-2.36%+1.67%+5.46%+4.61%+3.03%+9.17%+16.58%+7.34%+1.59%+3.31%+9.72%+2.39%+3.71%
Cost of Revenue3.01B3.12B3.28B3.48B3.81B4.44B4.62B4.87B5.45B5.68B6.28B10.31B10.01B10.10B10.49B10.60B9.33B9.49B9.20B9.38B9.81B10.27B10.58B11.56B13.44B14.42B14.63B15.11B16.64B17.04B17.64B
Gross Profit131.00M142.00M154.60M169.90M188.00M220.00M251.00M282.00M315.10M320.00M365.00M638.50M630.70M622.10M704.20M746.60M2.06B2.19B2.20B2.21B2.41B2.52B2.60B2.83B3.33B3.58B3.65B3.78B4.08B4.18B4.37B
Gross Margin4.16%4.35%4.50%4.65%4.70%4.72%5.16%5.48%5.46%5.33%5.49%5.83%5.93%5.80%6.29%6.58%18.10%18.75%19.29%19.11%19.72%19.68%19.70%19.65%19.85%19.90%19.99%20.03%19.70%19.70%19.86%
Operating Expense38.70M37.00M39.20M39.70M44.00M53.00M61.00M57.00M64.90M71.70M86.20M202.70M156.80M158.70M151.70M160.80M1.21B1.55B1.57B1.60B1.73B1.77B1.82B2.01B2.26B2.34B2.41B2.47B2.64B2.77B2.88B
Operating Income92.30M105.00M115.40M130.20M144.00M167.00M190.00M225.00M250.20M248.30M278.80M435.80M473.90M463.40M552.50M585.80M852.10M638.50M630.90M619.60M680.80M748.50M772.20M820.40M1.07B1.24B1.25B1.32B1.44B1.41B1.49B
Operating Margin2.93%3.21%3.36%3.56%3.60%3.59%3.90%4.37%4.34%4.14%4.19%3.98%4.45%4.32%4.93%5.16%7.48%5.47%5.53%5.35%5.57%5.85%5.86%5.70%6.35%6.87%6.82%6.97%6.95%6.64%6.76%
EBITDA131.00M142.00M154.60M169.90M188.00M220.00M251.00M283.00M315.10M320.00M366.00M616.50M641.60M641.80M743.40M788.90M769.20M897.10M1.13B832.10M917.00M1.02B1.06B2.42B1.36B1.69B1.74B1.79B2.00B1.99B2.08B
EBITDA Margin4.16%4.35%4.50%4.65%4.70%4.72%5.16%5.50%5.46%5.33%5.51%5.63%6.03%5.98%6.64%6.96%6.75%7.68%9.87%7.18%7.50%8.01%8.05%16.80%8.14%9.40%9.54%9.47%9.64%9.36%9.45%
Net Income61.10M61.00M66.20M65.40M76.00M97.00M123.00M144.00M166.80M168.80M190.40M253.00M276.60M292.70M354.40M391.80M392.70M481.80M695.20M447.10M506.10M571.50M591.70M1.72B711.60M795.20M823.00M846.10M1.01B928.80M1.02B
Net Income Margin1.94%1.87%1.93%1.79%1.90%2.08%2.53%2.80%2.89%2.81%2.86%2.31%2.60%2.73%3.17%3.45%3.45%4.13%6.10%3.86%4.14%4.47%4.49%11.93%4.24%4.42%4.50%4.48%4.90%4.38%4.62%
Interest Expense0000000003.50M7.40M70.60M61.60M61.30M49.80M46.60M44.80M48.30M43.40M46.80M56.20M61.10M61.30M105.50M109.30M143.80M143.20M134.20M151.40M167.90M164.10M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.06%0.11%0.65%0.58%0.57%0.44%0.41%0.39%0.41%0.38%0.40%0.46%0.48%0.47%0.73%0.65%0.80%0.78%0.71%0.73%0.79%0.75%

Balance Sheet

Currency: CAD1995-09-301996-09-301997-09-301998-09-301999-09-302000-09-302001-09-302002-09-302003-09-302004-09-302005-09-302006-09-302007-09-302008-09-302009-09-302010-09-302011-09-302012-09-302013-09-302014-09-302015-09-302016-09-302017-09-302018-09-302019-09-302020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30
Total Assets629.50M663.10M725.50M787.50M996.20M1.06B1.19B1.33B1.50B1.56B3.93B4.16B4.27B4.41B4.67B4.70B4.83B5.15B5.06B5.28B5.39B5.61B6.05B10.92B11.07B13.42B13.59B13.40B13.87B14.14B14.54B
Total Liabilities325.70M422.60M429.30M444.90M604.00M598.00M629.00M685.00M761.80M711.30M2.41B2.43B2.34B2.35B2.39B2.38B2.43B2.62B2.26B2.60B2.73B2.91B3.13B5.27B5.11B7.27B7.18B6.78B7.05B7.10B7.49B
Total Equity302.70M240.50M296.20M342.60M392.30M462.00M558.00M644.00M740.10M852.10M1.51B1.72B1.93B2.06B2.26B2.32B2.40B2.53B2.80B2.67B2.64B2.68B2.91B5.64B5.96B6.14B6.40B6.60B6.80B7.02B7.03B
Cash14.20M3.10M------22.50M43.00M93.80M165.70M100.50M151.70M241.40M214.70M255.50M73.30M80.80M36.00M21.50M27.50M148.90M226.90M273.40M441.50M445.80M13.40M29.50M29.40M67.30M
Total Debt41.70M118.60M116.40M85.70M161.70M95.00M60.00M82.00M93.10M13.90M1.21B1.12B1.04B1.01B1.01B1.02B1.05B998.40M675.60M1.07B1.17B1.26B1.47B2.65B2.67B4.70B4.56B4.12B4.32B4.31B4.60B
Net Debt27.50M115.50M116.40M85.70M161.70M95.00M60.00M82.00M70.60M-29.10M1.12B958.50M943.60M860.50M770.10M809.80M792.20M925.10M594.80M1.03B1.15B1.23B1.32B2.43B2.39B4.26B4.12B4.11B4.29B4.28B4.53B

Cash Flow

Currency: CAD1995-09-301996-09-301997-09-301998-09-301999-09-302000-09-302001-09-302002-09-302003-09-302004-09-302005-09-302006-09-302007-09-302008-09-302009-09-302010-09-302011-09-302012-09-302013-09-302014-09-302015-09-302016-09-302017-09-302018-09-302019-09-302020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30
Operating Cash Flow102.40M94.10M89.00M121.20M193.90M156.00M146.00M226.00M197.00M309.40M281.90M392.00M363.30M450.20M520.10M547.80M542.40M552.30M570.10M437.20M684.70M716.80M707.80M750.40M687.70M1.38B1.49B1.37B1.56B1.56B1.61B
Investing Cash Flow-21.00M-58.90M-79.40M-71.50M-237.00M-64.00M-109.00M-155.00M-147.00M-135.60M-1.32B-181.90M-258.90M-188.60M-258.80M-339.80M-226.70M-363.20M260.20M-304.70M-259.50M-337.70M-344.60M-1.68B-308.50M-460.00M-487.30M-492.70M-572.50M-471.50M-424.00M
Financing Cash Flow-57.30M-42.30M-25.90M-64.20M43.10M-92.00M-37.00M-71.00M-51.00M-153.30M1.09B-138.20M-169.60M-210.40M-171.60M-234.70M-274.90M-371.30M-822.80M-177.30M-439.70M-373.10M-241.80M1.01B-332.70M-754.80M-998.30M-1.31B-974.90M-1.09B-1.15B
Capital Expenditure38.00M57.10M79.10M80.50M238.50M63.00M107.00M114.00M117.00M67.10M125.80M170.70M229.70M171.50M235.10M165.40M148.10M210.50M208.40M190.60M220.00M278.00M328.30M281.80M356.80M463.30M520.00M522.90M679.90M499.00M452.50M
Free Cash Flow64.40M37.00M9.90M40.70M-44.60M93.00M39.00M112.00M80.00M242.30M156.10M221.30M133.60M278.70M285.00M382.40M394.30M341.80M361.70M246.60M464.70M438.80M379.50M468.60M330.90M919.60M969.90M847.80M883.60M1.06B1.16B
Dividends Paid3.60M6.70M7.70M10.40M12.60M15.00M17.00M21.00M26.00M31.80M38.90M47.50M51.80M55.30M59.30M69.20M77.10M82.90M91.50M100.60M111.90M127.10M143.50M164.80M198.90M220.70M240.10M257.90M275.00M294.60M316.80M
FCF to OCF62.89%39.32%11.12%33.58%-23.00%59.62%26.71%49.56%40.61%78.31%55.37%56.45%36.77%61.91%54.80%69.81%72.70%61.89%63.45%56.40%67.87%61.22%53.62%62.45%48.12%66.50%65.10%61.85%56.51%68.08%71.96%
Dividend Paid to FCF5.59%18.11%77.78%25.55%-28.25%16.13%43.59%18.75%32.50%13.12%24.92%21.46%38.77%19.84%20.81%18.10%19.55%24.25%25.30%40.79%24.08%28.97%37.81%35.17%60.11%24.00%24.76%30.42%31.12%27.69%27.28%

Earnings

Report DateApr 16, 1996Aug 6, 1996Nov 19, 1996Jan 28, 1997Apr 15, 1997Aug 5, 1997Nov 18, 1997Jan 27, 1998Apr 14, 1998Aug 4, 1998Nov 17, 1998Jan 26, 1999Apr 15, 1999Aug 10, 1999Nov 16, 1999Jan 25, 2000Apr 7, 2000Aug 8, 2000Nov 22, 2000Jan 30, 2001Apr 10, 2001Aug 14, 2001Nov 20, 2001Jan 29, 2002Apr 9, 2002Aug 6, 2002Nov 25, 2002Jan 28, 2003Apr 15, 2003Aug 5, 2003Nov 18, 2003Jan 27, 2004Apr 7, 2004Aug 3, 2004Nov 16, 2004Jan 25, 2005Apr 13, 2005Aug 9, 2005Nov 15, 2005Jan 24, 2006Apr 11, 2006Aug 10, 2006Nov 15, 2006Jan 23, 2007Apr 18, 2007Aug 9, 2007Nov 21, 2007Jan 29, 2008Apr 15, 2008Aug 7, 2008Nov 19, 2008Jan 27, 2009Apr 24, 2009Aug 6, 2009Nov 18, 2009Jan 26, 2010Apr 21, 2010Aug 11, 2010Nov 17, 2010Jan 25, 2011Apr 20, 2011Aug 10, 2011Nov 16, 2011Jan 31, 2012Apr 18, 2012Aug 9, 2012Nov 14, 2012Jan 29, 2013Apr 24, 2013Aug 14, 2013Nov 13, 2013Jan 28, 2014Apr 16, 2014Aug 13, 2014Nov 19, 2014Jan 27, 2015Apr 22, 2015Aug 12, 2015Nov 18, 2015Jan 26, 2016Apr 20, 2016Aug 12, 2016Nov 16, 2016Jan 24, 2017Apr 25, 2017Aug 15, 2017Nov 22, 2017Jan 30, 2018Apr 24, 2018Aug 15, 2018Nov 21, 2018Jan 29, 2019Apr 17, 2019Aug 14, 2019Nov 20, 2019Jan 28, 2020Apr 22, 2020Aug 12, 2020Nov 18, 2020Jan 26, 2021Apr 21, 2021Aug 11, 2021Nov 17, 2021Jan 25, 2022Apr 21, 2022Aug 10, 2022Nov 16, 2022Jan 24, 2023Apr 19, 2023Aug 9, 2023Nov 15, 2023Jan 30, 2024Apr 24, 2024Aug 14, 2024Nov 13, 2024Jan 28, 2025Apr 16, 2025Aug 13, 2025Nov 19, 2025Jan 27, 2026Apr 22, 2026Aug 12, 2026Nov 18, 2026
EPS Estimate0.030.040.040.050.040.070.050.060.050.080.060.060.060.070.080.060.080.090.070.040.120.190.140.140.100.140.110.110.120.170.130.130.130.180.150.130.150.190.160.140.170.220.190.170.190.260.200.200.170.250.200.210.220.310.240.250.240.370.280.290.270.410.310.320.310.460.390.380.340.510.410.380.340.550.420.440.420.620.510.530.500.730.560.570.530.790.660.580.470.780.630.680.630.920.690.740.741.050.790.830.761.130.800.870.841.190.900.970.941.291.070.990.891.340.991.091.021.530.981.201.111.240.98
EPS Actual0.030.050.040.050.050.070.050.050.050.080.060.060.060.090.060.070.070.100.080.080.080.120.090.100.100.150.120.120.120.180.140.130.120.170.160.130.150.190.160.140.170.250.200.210.190.260.190.170.170.270.210.240.230.340.260.270.250.370.290.290.270.400.330.340.310.490.410.390.340.520.400.370.360.540.440.450.430.640.510.560.510.720.600.580.560.780.660.670.470.750.630.670.600.900.680.710.721.080.770.790.781.060.810.880.841.180.921.000.961.350.991.020.911.351.021.101.021.521.001.161.111.24-
Surprise0.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%-16.67%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%28.57%-25.00%16.67%-12.50%11.11%14.29%100.00%-33.33%-36.84%-35.71%-28.57%0.00%7.14%9.09%9.09%0.00%5.88%7.69%0.00%-7.69%-5.56%6.67%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%13.64%5.26%23.53%0.00%0.00%-5.00%-15.00%0.00%8.00%5.00%14.29%4.55%9.68%8.33%8.00%4.17%0.00%3.57%0.00%0.00%-2.44%6.45%6.25%0.00%6.52%5.13%2.63%0.00%1.96%-2.44%-2.63%5.88%-1.82%4.76%2.27%2.38%3.23%0.00%5.66%2.00%-1.37%7.14%1.75%5.66%-1.27%0.00%15.52%0.00%-3.85%0.00%-1.47%-4.76%-2.17%-1.45%-4.05%-2.70%2.86%-2.53%-4.82%2.63%-6.19%1.25%1.15%0.00%-0.84%2.22%3.09%2.13%4.65%-7.48%3.03%2.25%0.75%3.33%0.92%0.00%-0.65%2.04%-3.33%0.00%0.00%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap18.76B
Enterprise Value23.77B
Trailing P/E21.29
Forward P/E16.56
PEG Ratio1.97
Price / Sales0.83
Price / Book2.71
EPS4.21
Book Value33.26
Revenue (TTM)22.48B
Gross Profit (TTM)4.37B
EBITDA1.82B
Profit Margin4.00%
Operating Margin5.59%
Return on Equity12.76%
Return on Assets6.05%
Shares Outstanding209.27M
Shares Float208.75M
Beta0.32
Dividend Yield1.83%
Dividend Rate1.63
Payout Ratio36.16%

Dividends

20264×
0.41Oct 22, 20260.41Sep 4, 20260.41May 13, 20260.41Feb 12, 2026
20254×
0.37Oct 23, 20250.37Sep 4, 20250.37May 7, 20250.37Feb 13, 2025
20244×
0.34Oct 24, 20240.34Sep 5, 20240.34May 14, 20240.34Feb 14, 2024
20234×
0.30Oct 26, 20230.30Aug 29, 20230.30May 9, 20230.30Feb 8, 2023
20224×
0.28Oct 20, 20220.28Aug 30, 20220.28May 11, 20220.28Feb 9, 2022
20214×
0.25Oct 21, 20210.25Aug 31, 20210.25May 19, 20210.25Feb 10, 2021

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