Stifel Canada Issues Negative Forecast for TSE:ATD Earnings

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSE:ATD) – Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard in a report issued on Thursday, May 15th. Stifel Canada analyst M. Landry now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $3.81 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $4.00. The consensus estimate for Alimentation Couche-Tard’s current full-year earnings is $4.04 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Alimentation Couche-Tard’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.66 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.41 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.83 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$88.00 to C$86.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$85.00 to C$82.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$89.00 to C$86.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Veritas upgraded shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, TD Securities decreased their price objective on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$89.00 to C$82.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 12th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$85.33.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of ATD opened at C$69.70 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of C$46.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 101.54, a current ratio of 0.99 and a quick ratio of 0.88. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a 1-year low of C$65.95 and a 1-year high of C$85.53. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of C$70.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$74.39.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 10th were issued a dividend of $0.195 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.12%. Alimentation Couche-Tard’s dividend payout ratio is currently 18.26%.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Company Profile

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc operates and licenses convenience stores in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its convenience stores sell tobacco products and alternative tobacco products, grocery items, candies and snacks, beer, wine, beverages, and fresh food offerings; road transportation fuels and electric vehicle charging solutions; and aviation fuels, as well as energy for stationary engines.