Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company operates its convenience stores chain under the Circle K, Couche-Tard, Holiday, Ingo, and Mac's brands. It is also involved in the sale of lottery tickets, calling and gift cards, postage stamps, and bus tickets; and provision of automatic teller machines and car wash services. In addition, it operates and licenses stores operated under the Circle K banner in Cambodia, Egypt, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Macau, Mexico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. The company was formerly known as Actidev Inc. and changed its name to Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in December 1994. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$79.55 to C$81.56
• 50-Day Range: C$71.43 to C$83.03
• 52-Week Range: C$71.31 to C$87.27
• Volume: 4.99 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.48 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$76.59 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.88
• Dividend Yield: 0.87%
• Price Target: C$88.83
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Alimentation Couche-Tard Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Alimentation Couche-Tard scored higher than 14% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Alimentation Couche-Tard has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.90, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Alimentation Couche-Tard has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Alimentation Couche-Tard is 20.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Alimentation Couche-Tard is 20.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 346.13.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Alimentation Couche-Tard has a PEG Ratio of 1.35. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Alimentation Couche-Tard has a P/B Ratio of 5.56. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ATD.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Alimentation Couche-Tard has a dividend yield of 0.94%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Alimentation Couche-Tard does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Alimentation Couche-Tard is 18.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ATD.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.12

News Sentiment

Alimentation Couche-Tard has a news sentiment score of 0.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Alimentation Couche-Tard this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for ATD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 5 people have added Alimentation Couche-Tard to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -69% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Alimentation Couche-Tard insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

18.67% of the stock of Alimentation Couche-Tard is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 33.75% of the stock of Alimentation Couche-Tard is held by institutions.

ATD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ATD shares performed this year?

Alimentation Couche-Tard's stock was trading at C$78.03 at the start of the year. Since then, ATD shares have increased by 3.5% and is now trading at C$80.79.
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How do I buy shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Alimentation Couche-Tard own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Alimentation Couche-Tard investors own include TELUS (T), Enbridge (ENB), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and Suncor Energy (SU).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/27 Dividend: 9/13/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/27/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 12/18 Dividend: 12/04/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/18/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: TSE:ATD
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: corpo.couche-tard.com
• Phone: N/A
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 150,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: C$88.83
• High Stock Price Target: C$97.00
• Low Stock Price Target: C$85.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.90
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): C$3.87
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.99
• P/E Growth: 1.35
• Net Income: C$2.69 billion
• Net Margins: 3.73%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 19.72%
• Return on Assets: 7.00%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 102.11
• Current Ratio: 1.00
• Quick Ratio: 0.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$71.92 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.06
• Cash Flow: C$3.19 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.31
• Book Value: C$14.53 per share
• Price / Book: 5.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 947,990,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$76.59 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.89