Loblaw is Canada's largest retailer, operating 2,500 food retail and pharmacy stores across the country. Its main grocery banners include Loblaw, No Frills, and Maxi, and its pharmacy stores are mostly under the Shoppers Drug Mart banner, which it acquired in 2014. In addition to brand-name offerings, Loblaw offers private-label products under the President's Choice and No Name brands. Beyond retail, Loblaw runs the PC Optimum loyalty program and also offers credit cards and insurance brokerage, which are collectively referred to as financial services. George Weston is Loblaw's controlling shareholder with a 53% stake.

Financial Strength

6/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry
Cash-To-Debt	0.11
Equity-to-Asset	0.29
Debt-to-Equity	1.59
Debt-to-EBITDA	2.74
Interest Coverage	4.49
Piotroski F-Score	8/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	3.09	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-2.88	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

8/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	8.1
	3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate	14.3
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	22.8
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	-0.2
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	5.5
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	3.19

Momentum Rank

9/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	7.81
	9-Day RSI	20.14
	14-Day RSI	33.41
	6-1 Month Momentum %	36.3
	12-1 Month Momentum %	18.44

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	1.25
	Quick Ratio	0.72
	Cash Ratio	0.18
	Days Inventory	51.99
	Days Sales Outstanding	31.88
	Days Payable	54.36

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Dividend Yield %	1.24
	Dividend Payout Ratio	0.27
	3-Year Dividend Growth Rate	10.8
	Forward Dividend Yield %	1.23
	5-Year Yield-on-Cost %	1.87
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	3.8
	Shareholder Yield %	3.46

Profitability Rank

8/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	31.98
	Operating Margin %	6.22
	Net Margin %	3.53
	FCF Margin %	6.02
	ROE %	18.43
	ROA %	5.49
	ROIC %	9.38
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	20.92
	ROCE %	13.26
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	10

GF Value Rank

5/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	22.16
	Forward PE Ratio	17.51
	PE Ratio without NRI	22.16
	Shiller PE Ratio	38.24
	Price-to-Owner-Earnings	10.84
	PEG Ratio	1.3
	PS Ratio	0.77
	PB Ratio	3.96
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	49.52
	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	12.84
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	8.12
	EV-to-EBIT	16.35
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	17.22
	EV-to-EBITDA	9.19
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	9.71
	EV-to-Revenue	1.02
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	1.01
	EV-to-FCF	17.25
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	0.84
	Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based)	0.64
	Price-to-DCF (FCF Based)	0.49
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	1.49
	Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value	1.07
	Price-to-Graham-Number	6.95
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	6.12
	FCF Yield %	7.95
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	26.45

GF Value: $97.24

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