George Weston Limited

George Weston Limited

WN · TO · Consumer Defensive / Grocery Stores

112.57CAD+1.27 (+1.14%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close111.30
Open111.59
Day Range111.59 – 112.97
52-Week Range82.14 – 107.60
Volume195.16K
Market Cap37.33B
P/E (TTM)40.38
Forward P/E19.61
EPS2.47
Dividend Yield1.28%
Beta0.47
50-Day Avg100.57
200-Day Avg99.05

About

George Weston Limited provides food and drug retailing, and financial services in Canada. The company operates in two segments, Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Choice Properties). The Loblaw segment provides grocery, corporate and franchise-owned retail food, and associate-owned drug stores, including in-store pharmacies, health care services, health and beauty products, apparel, and other general merchandise. This segment offers credit card and banking services, guaranteed investment certificates, loyalty program, insurance brokerage services, and telecommunication services. The Choice Properties segment owns, develops, and manages commercial and residential properties, which are leased to necessity-based tenants and logistics providers. The company markets its products under the Shoppers Drug Mart, Joe Fresh, President's Choice Bank, PC Financial, no name, Farmer's Market, T&T, Life Brand, and PC Optimum brands. The company was founded in 1882 and is based in Toronto, Canada. George Weston Limited is a subsidiary of Wittington Investments, Limited.

Company Details

  • SectorConsumer Defensive
  • IndustryGrocery Stores
  • CEOMr. Galen G. Weston B.A., M.B.A.
  • Employees220.00K
  • Headquarters22 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON, Canada, M4T 2S5, Canada
  • Websitehttps://www.weston.ca

Leadership

  • Mr. Galen G. Weston B.A., M.B.A.Chairman & CEO · b. 1973
  • Mr. Richard DufresnePresident & CFO
  • Roy MacDonaldGroup Vice President of Investor Relations
  • Mr. Andrew BunstonChief Legal Officer & Secretary
  • Anemona TurcuSenior VP & Group Chief Risk Officer
  • Mr. Jeff GobeilSenior VP & Group Head of Tax
  • Mr. Barry Kieran ColumbExecutive VP of Loblaw & President of President's Choice Financial · b. 1965
  • Ms. Katie McCullamChief Strategy Officer
  • Ms. Anna FilipopoulosChief Talent Officer
  • Ms. Lina TaglieriSenior VP & Group Head Controller · b. 1969

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: CAD1995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue12.97B12.71B13.92B14.73B20.85B22.34B24.66B27.45B29.20B29.80B31.36B32.17B32.81B32.09B31.82B32.01B32.38B32.74B33.58B43.92B46.89B48.00B48.29B48.57B50.11B53.27B53.75B57.05B60.12B61.61B64.51B
Growth (%)--1.98%+9.54%+5.78%+41.59%+7.16%+10.37%+11.29%+6.38%+2.05%+5.25%+2.56%+2.01%-2.22%-0.84%+0.59%+1.15%+1.13%+2.57%+30.78%+6.78%+2.36%+0.60%+0.58%+3.17%+6.31%+0.90%+6.14%+5.39%+2.47%+4.71%
Cost of Revenue12.19B11.95B13.04B13.81B19.52B20.78B22.79B25.26B26.78B27.26B28.89B30.04B30.79B30.25B24.01B23.77B24.42B24.70B25.29B31.93B33.67B34.10B33.84B33.34B34.17B36.72B36.44B38.53B40.51B41.30B43.87B
Gross Profit776.00M757.00M882.00M917.00M1.33B1.56B1.87B2.19B2.42B2.54B2.48B2.13B2.02B1.84B7.81B8.23B7.96B8.04B8.29B11.99B13.23B13.89B14.45B15.23B15.94B16.55B17.31B18.52B19.61B20.31B20.64B
Gross Margin5.98%5.96%6.34%6.23%6.37%6.98%7.59%7.96%8.28%8.52%7.89%6.63%6.17%5.73%24.56%25.72%24.57%24.56%24.69%27.30%28.21%28.95%29.93%31.35%31.82%31.06%32.21%32.46%32.62%32.97%31.99%
Operating Expense255.00M257.00M294.00M269.00M409.00M423.00M431.00M507.00M606.00M756.00M842.00M1.59B931.00M648.00M6.80B6.75B6.35B6.68B6.67B11.02B11.30B11.64B11.89B12.64B12.98B13.67B13.29B13.97B15.25B15.94B14.72B
Operating Income521.00M500.00M588.00M648.00M920.00M1.14B1.44B1.68B1.81B1.78B1.63B537.00M1.09B1.19B1.01B1.48B1.61B1.36B1.62B973.00M1.93B2.25B2.56B2.58B2.96B2.88B4.03B4.55B4.36B4.38B5.92B
Operating Margin4.02%3.93%4.22%4.40%4.41%5.09%5.84%6.11%6.21%5.98%5.21%1.67%3.33%3.71%3.17%4.63%4.97%4.16%4.81%2.22%4.11%4.70%5.30%5.32%5.90%5.40%7.49%7.98%7.26%7.10%9.17%
EBITDA776.00M757.00M882.00M917.00M1.33B1.56B1.93B2.19B2.44B2.44B2.51B1.38B2.02B2.21B1.71B2.32B2.43B2.19B2.49B3.05B3.52B3.81B3.55B4.20B4.44B4.42B5.52B6.01B5.84B6.32B6.87B
EBITDA Margin5.98%5.96%6.34%6.23%6.37%6.98%7.82%7.96%8.35%8.18%8.02%4.28%6.15%6.89%5.38%7.25%7.50%6.69%7.41%6.95%7.51%7.94%7.34%8.65%8.86%8.30%10.27%10.54%9.71%10.26%10.65%
Net Income190.00M239.00M244.00M680.30M351.00M481.00M582.00M690.00M792.00M428.00M698.00M121.00M563.00M832.00M1.03B452.00M635.00M431.00M672.00M126.00M511.00M550.00M766.00M574.00M242.00M963.00M431.00M1.82B1.54B1.36B1.14B
Net Income Margin1.47%1.88%1.75%4.62%1.68%2.15%2.36%2.51%2.71%1.44%2.23%0.38%1.72%2.59%3.25%1.41%1.96%1.32%2.00%0.29%1.09%1.15%1.59%1.18%0.48%1.81%0.80%3.18%2.56%2.21%1.77%
Interest Expense000000000473.00M383.00M387.00M385.00M400.00M420.00M539.00M424.00M444.00M455.00M414.00M589.00M527.00M568.00M698.00M938.00M905.00M822.00M834.00M945.00M977.00M886.00M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%1.59%1.22%1.20%1.17%1.25%1.32%1.68%1.31%1.36%1.35%0.94%1.26%1.10%1.18%1.44%1.87%1.70%1.53%1.46%1.57%1.59%1.37%

Balance Sheet

Currency: CAD1995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets5.19B5.44B5.88B9.04B10.05B11.42B16.28B16.66B17.34B17.90B18.50B18.53B18.30B19.66B20.14B21.70B21.32B21.80B24.62B37.15B38.22B37.95B38.54B43.81B47.81B48.08B47.08B48.96B49.77B51.44B52.17B
Total Liabilities3.25B3.41B3.65B5.69B6.36B7.36B11.27B10.69B11.06B11.46B11.13B11.23B11.23B11.49B10.82B14.17B13.42B13.73B15.70B22.90B23.33B23.16B23.75B29.61B34.64B34.66B33.95B35.78B36.31B38.30B39.56B
Total Equity1.55B1.61B1.76B2.39B2.62B2.90B3.63B4.38B4.46B4.38B5.12B5.21B4.94B5.93B6.94B6.13B5.46B5.69B6.33B7.29B7.70B7.76B7.89B8.04B7.61B7.81B6.96B6.84B6.67B6.24B5.28B
Cash726.00M768.00M651.00M792.00M699.00M852.00M743.00M1.16B965.00M1.01B1.54B1.22B110.00M104.00M294.00M1.45B1.37B1.59B967.00M1.33B1.28B1.56B2.03B1.52B1.83B2.56B2.96B2.31B2.45B2.05B1.45B
Total Debt1.51B1.57B1.67B3.09B2.81B4.10B6.97B5.53B6.21B7.29B7.02B7.06B6.87B6.77B6.24B8.20B8.13B8.47B10.23B14.21B13.51B13.14B13.46B16.95B21.17B20.87B19.50B20.65B21.30B22.21B19.58B
Net Debt785.00M804.00M1.02B2.29B2.12B3.25B6.23B4.38B5.24B6.28B5.48B5.84B6.76B6.67B5.95B6.75B6.75B6.89B9.26B12.88B12.23B11.58B11.43B15.43B19.33B18.31B16.53B18.34B18.85B20.16B18.13B

Cash Flow

Currency: CAD1995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow492.00M459.00M580.00M646.00M812.00M1.04B979.00M1.32B1.28B1.58B1.85B1.45B1.67B985.00M1.99B2.28B1.49B1.40B1.27B2.25B2.78B3.19B2.87B1.73B3.46B4.64B4.26B4.07B4.95B5.11B5.29B
Investing Cash Flow-224.00M-392.00M-673.00M-1.39B-1.04B-1.43B-4.03B-334.00M-1.38B-1.37B-1.09B-1.70B-833.00M-37.00M967.00M-1.49B-15.00M-916.00M-1.63B-5.58B-1.41B-1.32B-1.07B-2.26B-1.50B-1.74B-289.00M-2.55B-1.68B-2.31B-2.15B
Financing Cash Flow-179.00M-71.00M50.00M1.06B72.00M584.00M2.94B-575.00M137.00M-87.00M-176.00M-70.00M-511.00M-792.00M-867.00M-806.00M-1.56B-255.00M1.61B1.78B-1.33B-1.71B-1.31B5.00M-1.65B-2.15B-3.57B-2.19B-3.13B-3.22B-3.34B
Capital Expenditure593.00M629.00M738.00M1.95B955.00M1.05B1.33B1.40B1.51B1.43B1.36B1.12B722.00M807.00M1.01B1.21B1.03B1.11B976.00M984.00M1.27B1.13B1.18B1.25B1.16B1.24B1.06B1.47B1.94B2.02B2.06B
Free Cash Flow-101.00M-170.00M-158.00M-1.30B-143.00M-2.00M-351.00M-74.00M-226.00M151.00M496.00M331.00M951.00M178.00M976.00M1.06B458.00M286.00M296.00M1.26B1.51B2.06B1.69B477.00M2.30B3.41B3.21B2.60B3.01B3.10B3.23B
Dividends Paid43.00M50.00M54.00M67.00M77.00M107.00M157.00M192.00M241.00M205.00M220.00M238.00M243.00M287.00M175.00M230.00M1.23B229.00M247.00M319.00M198.00M265.00M273.00M285.00M363.00M372.00M386.00M411.00M425.00M443.00M486.00M
FCF to OCF-20.53%-37.04%-27.24%-201.55%-17.61%-0.19%-35.85%-5.59%-17.61%9.58%26.75%22.80%56.84%18.07%49.12%46.73%30.84%20.49%23.27%56.21%54.42%64.61%58.98%27.62%66.60%73.40%75.23%63.79%60.88%60.54%61.02%
Dividend Paid to FCF-42.57%-29.41%-34.18%-5.15%-53.85%-5350.00%-44.73%-259.46%-106.64%135.76%44.35%71.90%25.55%161.24%17.93%21.60%268.56%80.07%83.45%25.26%13.09%12.86%16.13%59.75%15.76%10.92%12.03%15.83%14.11%14.31%15.06%

Earnings

Report DateFeb 20, 1993Mar 16, 1994Nov 16, 1995Feb 21, 1996May 8, 1996Nov 19, 1998Mar 11, 1999May 10, 1999Aug 5, 1999Nov 22, 1999Feb 24, 2000May 10, 2000Aug 2, 2000Nov 20, 2000Feb 22, 2001May 9, 2001Aug 1, 2001Nov 20, 2001Feb 21, 2002May 8, 2002Jul 30, 2002Nov 19, 2002Feb 11, 2003May 7, 2003Jul 24, 2003Nov 12, 2003Feb 24, 2004May 11, 2004Jul 30, 2004Nov 23, 2004Feb 14, 2005May 10, 2005Jul 29, 2005Nov 22, 2005Feb 14, 2006May 9, 2006Jul 28, 2006Nov 21, 2006Feb 14, 2007May 8, 2007Jul 31, 2007Nov 20, 2007Feb 14, 2008May 6, 2008Jul 29, 2008Nov 18, 2008Feb 24, 2009May 12, 2009Jul 31, 2009Nov 24, 2009Feb 23, 2010May 11, 2010Jul 30, 2010Nov 23, 2010Mar 3, 2011May 10, 2011Jul 29, 2011Nov 22, 2011Mar 1, 2012May 8, 2012Jul 31, 2012Nov 20, 2012Feb 28, 2013May 7, 2013Jul 30, 2013Nov 19, 2013Feb 27, 2014May 6, 2014Jul 29, 2014Nov 18, 2014Mar 5, 2015May 12, 2015Jul 31, 2015Nov 24, 2015Mar 3, 2016May 10, 2016Jul 29, 2016Nov 22, 2016Mar 2, 2017May 9, 2017Jul 28, 2017Nov 21, 2017Mar 2, 2018May 8, 2018Jul 31, 2018Nov 20, 2018Feb 26, 2019May 7, 2019Jul 26, 2019Nov 19, 2019Feb 25, 2020May 5, 2020Jul 28, 2020Nov 17, 2020Mar 2, 2021May 11, 2021Jul 30, 2021Nov 23, 2021Mar 2, 2022May 10, 2022Jul 29, 2022Nov 22, 2022Mar 1, 2023May 9, 2023Aug 1, 2023Nov 21, 2023Feb 28, 2024May 7, 2024Jul 30, 2024Nov 19, 2024Feb 26, 2025May 6, 2025Jul 29, 2025Nov 14, 2025Mar 4, 2026May 4, 2026Jul 31, 2026Nov 17, 2026
EPS Estimate0.140.120.370.380.330.620.710.380.550.690.880.440.720.901.160.560.961.111.420.190.390.370.570.310.450.540.630.350.440.450.630.340.420.550.500.310.400.520.470.250.340.410.330.240.320.450.370.230.310.340.270.240.320.400.960.260.370.480.980.280.320.471.000.310.370.480.320.760.390.510.541.150.450.551.450.430.520.691.660.480.560.721.670.480.560.731.570.480.530.710.621.540.470.731.890.520.620.740.661.970.760.932.530.770.931.132.850.841.011.193.060.911.121.321.250.981.221.42
EPS Actual0.150.040.370.410.170.550.710.380.600.830.980.430.780.901.210.570.941.091.400.210.390.050.570.321.420.510.620.300.370.530.600.370.450.540.520.330.400.540.380.230.390.400.300.260.360.500.410.240.290.340.290.240.320.420.800.360.450.441.010.300.350.471.020.290.360.460.370.830.300.530.421.190.440.551.430.440.520.691.590.470.560.711.780.460.540.751.590.430.570.850.561.550.310.782.030.530.590.810.771.900.741.042.590.660.891.122.510.770.981.193.150.861.021.371.210.271.08-
Surprise7.14%-66.67%0.00%7.89%-48.48%-11.29%0.00%0.00%9.09%20.29%11.36%-2.27%8.33%0.00%4.31%1.79%-2.08%-1.80%-1.41%10.53%0.00%-86.49%0.00%3.23%215.56%-5.56%-1.59%-14.29%-15.91%17.78%-4.76%8.82%7.14%-1.82%4.00%6.45%0.00%3.85%-19.15%-8.00%14.71%-2.44%-9.09%8.33%12.50%11.11%10.81%4.35%-6.45%0.00%7.41%0.00%0.00%5.00%-16.67%38.46%21.62%-8.33%3.06%7.14%9.38%0.00%2.00%-6.45%-2.70%-4.17%15.63%9.21%-23.08%3.92%-22.22%3.48%-2.22%0.00%-1.38%2.33%0.00%0.00%-4.22%-2.08%0.00%-1.39%6.59%-4.17%-3.57%2.74%1.27%-10.42%7.55%19.72%-9.68%0.65%-34.04%6.85%7.41%1.92%-4.84%9.46%16.67%-3.55%-2.63%11.83%2.37%-14.29%-4.30%-0.89%-11.93%-8.33%-2.97%0.00%3.04%-5.49%-8.93%3.79%-3.20%-72.29%-11.48%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap37.33B
Enterprise Value57.03B
Trailing P/E40.38
Forward P/E19.61
PEG Ratio1.24
Price / Sales0.57
Price / Book10.15
EPS2.47
Book Value9.91
Revenue (TTM)65.69B
Gross Profit (TTM)21.03B
EBITDA6.86B
Profit Margin1.58%
Operating Margin8.98%
Return on Equity18.60%
Return on Assets6.90%
Shares Outstanding374.30M
Shares Float152.39M
Beta0.47
Dividend Yield1.28%
Dividend Rate1.29
Payout Ratio31.54%

Dividends

20263×
0.32Sep 15, 20260.32Jun 15, 20260.30Mar 13, 2026
20254×
0.30Dec 15, 20250.30Sep 15, 20250.30Jun 13, 20250.27Mar 14, 2025
20244×
0.27Dec 13, 20240.27Sep 13, 20240.27Jun 14, 20240.24Mar 14, 2024
20234×
0.24Dec 14, 20230.24Sep 14, 20230.24Jun 14, 20230.22Mar 14, 2023
20224×
0.22Dec 14, 20220.22Sep 14, 20220.22Jun 14, 20220.20Mar 14, 2022
20214×
0.20Dec 14, 20210.20Sep 14, 20210.18Jun 14, 20210.18Mar 12, 2021
20201×
0.18Dec 14, 2020

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