The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

L.TO

Concerning the House

Loblaw Companies Limited, a food and pharmacy company, provides grocery, pharmacy and healthcare services, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise, financial services, and wireless mobile products and services in Canada and the United States. It operates through two segments, Retail and Financial Services. The Retail segment operates corporate and franchise-owned retail food, and associate-owned drug stores. This segment also includes in-store pharmacies, health care services, other health and beauty product stores, apparel stores, and other general merchandise stores. Its Financial Services segment provides credit card and banking services, the PC Optimum loyalty program, insurance brokerage services, and telecommunication services. The company offers PC Health app, which provides healthcare resources and support services; and outpatient physiotherapy, massage and occupational therapy, chiropractic, mental health, and other rehabilitation services. It sells its products and services under the President's Choice, PC, Life Brand, no name, Farmer's Market, and Joe Fresh brands through its hard discount format stores under the No Frills and Maxi brands; supermarket format stores under the Loblaws, Zehrs, Your Independent Grocer, Real Canadian Superstore, Real Atlantic Superstore, Provigo, City Market, brands; and stand-alone drug stores under the Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix brands. The company also operates T&T Supermarket stores serving Asian grocery markets; provides online grocery ordering and pickup services through PC Express; and offers banking and financial services through PC Financial. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Brampton, Canada. Loblaw Companies Limited is a subsidiary of George Weston Limited.

Canada · www.loblaw.ca

The Ledger
LineJun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue$14.67B$19.39B$15.70B$14.48B
Gross profit$4.85B$6.20B$4.37B$4.55B
Operating income$1.24B$1.38B$903.00M$1.01B
Net income$714.00M$794.00M$656.00M$594.00M
Diluted EPS0.590.660.50
Free cash flow$954.00M$1.07B$1.48B$996.00M
CapEx-$409.00M-$685.00M-$722.00M-$312.00M
Quotation

$62.63

+0.77 (+1.2%)

52w hi$68.94
52w lo$53.09
Vol1.56M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.20

Short+0.30
Medium+0.06
Long+0.28

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Loblaw Companies Limited

Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores

Market cap$72.89B
Enterprise value$37.81B
Trailing P/E27.71x
Forward P/E21.67x
EV / EBITDA6.54x
P / S (ttm)1.12x
Profit margin4.3%
Return on equity24.5%
Revenue growth+4.1%
Earnings growth+8.4%
Debt / equity148.92
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX-0.07
Corr SPX-0.06
Annual vol20.3%
Annual ret+23.4%
Sharpe1.16
Max DD-14.7%

Window: 504 trading days (493 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.39
Sector+0.02
Technical+0.09
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.28

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$62.19$62.94$62.04$62.631.56M
Aug 12$61.72$62.48$61.45$61.861.13M
Aug 11$62.02$62.23$61.71$62.091.01M
Aug 10$62.89$62.89$61.78$61.972.94M
Aug 7$62.80$63.66$62.43$62.891.31M