National Bank Financial Comments on Saputo FY2025 Earnings

Saputo Inc. (TSE:SAP) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial decreased their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Saputo in a research report issued to clients and investors on Sunday, April 6th. National Bank Financial analyst V. Shreedhar now anticipates that the company will earn $1.48 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $1.56. The consensus estimate for Saputo’s current full-year earnings is $1.77 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Saputo’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.83 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.06 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on SAP. CIBC dropped their target price on Saputo from C$32.00 to C$29.00 in a research report on Monday, February 10th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on Saputo from C$30.00 to C$27.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 10th. National Bankshares set a C$28.00 target price on shares of Saputo and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday. Scotiabank upgraded shares of Saputo to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 1st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Saputo from C$38.00 to C$35.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$31.00.

Saputo Trading Up 3.4 %

Shares of Saputo stock opened at C$25.00 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 51.68. The firm has a market cap of C$10.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -66.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.32. Saputo has a 52-week low of C$22.59 and a 52-week high of C$32.15. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is C$24.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$25.78.

Saputo Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th were paid a $0.19 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 4th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.04%. Saputo’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -203.48%.

About Saputo

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.