National Bank Financial Weighs in on TSE:ATD FY2025 Earnings

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSE:ATD) – Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial raised their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Alimentation Couche-Tard in a report issued on Tuesday, January 7th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $4.29 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $4.27. National Bank Financial currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alimentation Couche-Tard’s current full-year earnings is $4.04 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Alimentation Couche-Tard’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.95 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.69 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Desjardins upped their target price on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$84.00 to C$85.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price objective on Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$83.00 to C$85.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. UBS Group set a C$97.00 target price on Alimentation Couche-Tard and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$85.00 to C$87.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Scotiabank set a C$91.00 price objective on Alimentation Couche-Tard and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$88.83.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Stock Performance

Shares of ATD stock opened at C$77.79 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of C$73.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.11, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.00. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a one year low of C$71.31 and a one year high of C$87.27. The company’s 50-day moving average is C$79.01 and its 200 day moving average is C$78.24.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a dividend of $0.195 per share. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.00%. This is a positive change from Alimentation Couche-Tard’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 4th. Alimentation Couche-Tard’s payout ratio is 18.09%.

About Alimentation Couche-Tard

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.