The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

MRU.TO

Concerning the House

Metro Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer, franchisor, distributor, and manufacturer in the food and pharmaceutical sectors in Canada. The company operates supermarkets, discount stores, neighbourhood stores, specialized stores, and pharmacies that provide fresh and grocery products, baked goods, prepared food products, meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, frozen food products, bakery products, prepared meals, delicatessen items, fruits and vegetables, frozen products and pastries. It also manufactures ready-to-eat meals, salads, dips, pastries, pies, breads, and cakes; generic drugs under Pro Doc trademark; and provides online grocery shopping services. In addition, the company offers its private label food products under Irresistibles, Selection, Harvest Best, Lucky Koi, Life Smart, Adonis, Phoenicia, and Premiere Moisson brands; and private label drug products comprising beauty and cosmetic products, over-the-counter medications, health & beauty, cosmetics, and baby categories sold under the Personnelle brand name. It operates a network of food stores under various banners, including Metro, Metro Plus, Adonis, Super C, Marché Richelieu, Marché Ami, Première Moisson, Les 5 Saisons, and Food Basics, as well as pharmacies primarily under the PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Santé, PJC Santé Beauté, Brunet, Brunet Plus, Brunet Clinique, Clini Plus, Metro Pharmacy, and Food Basics Pharmacy banners. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Canada · www.metro.ca

The Ledger
LineJun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue$6.87B$5.11B$5.29B$5.11B
Gross profit$1.36B$1.02B$1.04B$1.03B
Operating income$470.40M$346.80M$340.20M$343.90M
Net income$322.80M$216.00M$225.50M$246.50M
Diluted EPS1.481.001.051.16
Free cash flow$534.70M$309.10M$55.90M$474.60M
CapEx-$145.50M-$190.00M-$61.90M-$85.30M
Quotation

$89.49

-0.49 (-0.5%)

52w hi$100.42
52w lo$87.44
Vol631.92K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.25

Short-0.21
Medium-0.30
Long-0.23

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Metro Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores

Market cap$18.88B
Enterprise value$27.20B
Trailing P/E21.26x
Forward P/E16.29x
EV / EBITDA14.58x
P / S (ttm)0.84x
Profit margin4.4%
Return on equity13.9%
Revenue growth
Earnings growth
Debt / equity80.69
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX-0.03
Corr SPX-0.03
Annual vol18.3%
Annual ret+7.7%
Sharpe0.42
Max DD-19.8%

Window: 504 trading days (493 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.19
Sector+0.02
Technical+0.01
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.23

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$90.43$91.24$89.19$89.49631.92K
Aug 12$89.00$91.27$87.85$89.98848.40K
Aug 11$89.87$90.37$89.57$89.78601.60K
Aug 10$90.33$90.35$89.65$89.811.14M
Aug 7$89.94$90.90$89.40$90.35861.00K