George Weston (WN) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes

George Weston (TSE: WN) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 2/27/2025 – George Weston was downgraded by analysts at Scotiabank from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating. They now have a C$241.00 price target on the stock, up previously from C$240.00.
• 2/27/2025 – George Weston had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from C$266.00 to C$264.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/27/2025 – George Weston had its price target lowered by analysts at CIBC from C$269.00 to C$268.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/27/2025 – George Weston had its price target lowered by analysts at Desjardins from C$255.00 to C$251.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

George Weston Stock Down 0.4 %

TSE:WN traded down C$0.97 during trading hours on Monday, hitting C$231.16. 37,633 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 131,581. George Weston Limited has a twelve month low of C$174.30 and a twelve month high of C$240.43. The firm has a market cap of C$30.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 46.27, a P/E/G ratio of 5.03 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 372.50, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 1.32. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is C$224.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$224.84.

Insider Transactions at George Weston

In other George Weston news, Director Willard Galen Garfield Weston sold 57,463 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$231.03, for a total value of C$13,275,441.29. Also, Senior Officer Rashid Wasti acquired 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 14th. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$21.25 per share, for a total transaction of C$31,875.00. Over the last ninety days, insiders have purchased 4,000 shares of company stock valued at $90,780 and have sold 75,961 shares valued at $17,596,041. 59.41% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

George Weston is a holding company that operates through two subsidiaries encompassing retail and real estate. The first is Loblaw, the largest grocer in Canada, in which it has a 53% controlling stake. The second is Choice Properties, an open-ended real estate investment trust, where George Weston’s ownership sits close to 62%.