FY2025 EPS Estimates for George Weston Lifted by Desjardins

George Weston Limited (TSE:WN) – Investment analysts at Desjardins increased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for George Weston in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 26th. Desjardins analyst C. Li now anticipates that the company will earn $13.55 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $13.48. Desjardins has a “Buy” rating and a $251.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for George Weston’s current full-year earnings is $13.02 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for George Weston’s FY2025 earnings at $13.55 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $14.70 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $14.70 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on WN. TD Securities upped their price objective on shares of George Weston from C$242.00 to C$263.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Scotiabank lowered shares of George Weston from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and raised their price target for the company from C$240.00 to C$241.00 in a research note on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on George Weston from C$220.00 to C$221.50 in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. CIBC decreased their target price on George Weston from C$269.00 to C$268.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on George Weston from C$266.00 to C$264.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$251.42.

George Weston Trading Down 2.8 %

Shares of TSE:WN opened at C$227.85 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is C$223.36 and its 200-day moving average price is C$223.33. George Weston has a 1 year low of C$174.30 and a 1 year high of C$239.79. The firm has a market capitalization of C$29.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.03 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 372.50, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 0.73.

Insider Activity at George Weston

In other George Weston news, Senior Officer Richard Dufresne sold 10,000 shares of George Weston stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$224.95, for a total value of C$2,249,513.00. Also, Senior Officer Rashid Wasti sold 150 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$235.45, for a total value of C$35,317.50. Insiders own 59.41% of the company’s stock.

About George Weston

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%.