Premium Brands Q1 EPS Decreased by National Bank Financial

Premium Brands Holdings Co. (TSE:PBH - Free Report) - Equities researchers at National Bank Financial cut their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Premium Brands in a report released on Sunday, November 3rd. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.48 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.73. The consensus estimate for Premium Brands' current full-year earnings is $6.04 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Premium Brands' Q4 2025 earnings at $1.42 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.89 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. National Bankshares raised their price objective on shares of Premium Brands from C$101.00 to C$109.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on shares of Premium Brands from C$115.00 to C$111.00 in a research note on Friday, August 9th. TD Securities lifted their target price on Premium Brands from C$125.00 to C$129.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on Premium Brands from C$101.00 to C$100.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 12th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Premium Brands presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$113.10.

Premium Brands Stock Down 7.7 %

Shares of TSE:PBH traded down C$6.52 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching C$78.21. The stock had a trading volume of 341,382 shares, compared to its average volume of 50,919. Premium Brands has a 1 year low of C$77.38 and a 1 year high of C$97.28. The firm's 50 day moving average is C$91.17 and its 200-day moving average is C$90.54. The stock has a market capitalization of C$3.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 161.28, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.56.

Premium Brands (TSE:PBH - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported C$1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of C$1.32 by C($0.04). Premium Brands had a net margin of 1.78% and a return on equity of 6.43%. The company had revenue of C$1.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of C$1.70 billion.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Senior Officer William Dion Kalutycz sold 7,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$86.30, for a total value of C$604,100.00. 2.01% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Premium Brands Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th were issued a dividend of $0.85 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.35%. Premium Brands's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 133.86%.

Premium Brands Company Profile

Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes food products primarily in Canada and the United States. It operates in two segments, Specialty Foods and Premium Food Distribution. The company provides processed meat, deli products, meat snacks, beef jerky and halal, sandwiches, pastries, specialty and gourmet products, entrees, panini, wraps, subs, hamburgers, burgers, salads and kettle products, muffins, breads, pastas, pizza, and baking and sushi products.