Loblaw Companies Valuation

Is L8G undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of L8G when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: L8G (€127) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€90.42)

Significantly Below Fair Value: L8G is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for L8G?

Key metric: As L8G is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for L8G. This is calculated by dividing L8G's market cap by their current earnings.
What is L8G's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.7x
EarningsCA$2.23b
Market CapCA$57.13b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does L8G's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for L8G vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.3x
HAW Hawesko Holding
22.7x20.8%€236.3m
KR Kroger
16.3x4.9%US$44.2b
3382 Seven & i Holdings
32.8x11.9%JP¥6.5t
TSCO Tesco
13.2x1.5%UK£25.0b
L8G Loblaw Companies
25.7x-0.5%€57.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: L8G is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.7x) compared to the peer average (21.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does L8G's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Retailing Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
L8G 25.7xIndustry Avg. 15.1xNo. of Companies8PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: L8G is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.7x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (15.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is L8G's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

L8G PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate L8G's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst L8G forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€127.00
€130.51
+2.8%
11.4%€150.59€90.36n/a11
Dec ’25€122.00
€130.31
+6.8%
10.5%€140.69€92.20n/a10
Nov ’25€116.00
€120.01
+3.5%
9.2%€132.90€89.71n/a10
Oct ’25€119.00
€117.28
-1.4%
9.0%€125.89€89.45n/a9
Sep ’25€116.00
€116.68
+0.6%
9.7%€125.85€85.90n/a9
Aug ’25€114.00
€116.68
+2.3%
9.7%€125.85€85.90n/a9
Jul ’25€108.00
€109.28
+1.2%
8.7%€124.04€87.44n/a9
Jun ’25€105.00
€108.42
+3.3%
9.5%€123.49€83.68n/a9
May ’25€104.00
€107.54
+3.4%
8.8%€124.40€84.29n/a10
Apr ’25€101.00
€103.75
+2.7%
8.4%€116.94€84.31n/a10
Mar ’25€98.50
€103.10
+4.7%
9.0%€117.36€79.83n/a10
Feb ’25€92.00
€96.93
+5.4%
9.9%€117.74€80.09n/a10
Jan ’25€86.50
€92.91
+7.4%
9.8%€113.87€78.37€126.0010
Dec ’24€79.00
€92.91
+17.6%
9.8%€113.87€78.37€122.0010
Nov ’24€77.50
€96.35
+24.3%
9.8%€117.73€81.51€116.0010
Oct ’24€80.00
€93.72
+17.2%
10.4%€114.95€76.18€119.0010
Sep ’24€80.00
€93.72
+17.2%
10.4%€114.95€76.18€116.0010
Aug ’24€79.00
€95.07
+20.3%
10.8%€116.42€75.09€114.0010
Jul ’24€83.00
€94.80
+14.2%
10.4%€115.79€75.13€108.0010
Jun ’24€81.00
€94.80
+17.0%
10.4%€115.79€75.13€105.0010
May ’24€84.50
€92.29
+9.2%
10.9%€112.96€71.27€104.0010
Apr ’24€82.50
€94.10
+14.1%
10.5%€115.36€72.79€101.0011
Mar ’24€80.50
€94.36
+17.2%
11.9%€116.37€67.19€98.5011
Feb ’24€81.50
€91.63
+12.4%
11.8%€113.72€66.85€92.0011
Jan ’24€82.50
€91.28
+10.6%
11.2%€110.23€66.83€86.5011

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 08:10
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/10/05
Annual Earnings2023/12/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Loblaw Companies Limited is covered by 26 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jim MarroneAccountability Research Corporation
James DurranBarclays
Tamy ChenBMO Capital Markets Equity Research