Desjardins Issues Negative Forecast for Saputo Earnings

Saputo Inc. (TSE:SAP) – Investment analysts at Desjardins cut their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Saputo in a report issued on Monday, November 11th. Desjardins analyst C. Li now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.40 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.49. The consensus estimate for Saputo’s current full-year earnings is $1.77 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Saputo’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.62 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.01 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on SAP. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price objective on shares of Saputo from C$39.00 to C$38.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. National Bankshares cut their price objective on shares of Saputo from C$36.00 to C$35.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 12th. TD Securities cut their price objective on shares of Saputo from C$38.00 to C$37.00 in a research report on Monday. CIBC cut their price target on shares of Saputo from C$37.00 to C$35.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets cut shares of Saputo from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their price target for the stock from C$35.00 to C$30.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$34.50.

Saputo Trading Up 0.1 %

SAP opened at C$26.19 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$11.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.54, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.32. Saputo has a 12 month low of C$25.28 and a 12 month high of C$32.15. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$28.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$29.04. The company has a current ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.17.

Saputo Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be issued a $0.19 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.90%. Saputo’s payout ratio is 120.63%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Senior Officer Martin Gagnon bought 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 20th. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$29.73 per share, with a total value of C$59,450.00. 40.45% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Saputo Company Profile

Saputo Inc produces, markets, and distributes dairy products in Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The company offers cheeses, including mozzarella and cheddar; specialty cheeses, such as ricotta, provolone, blue, parmesan, goat cheese, feta, romano, and havarti; fine cheeses comprising brie and camembert; and other cheeses that include brick, colby, farmer, munster, monterey jack, fresh curd, and processed cheeses.