Metro (TSX:MRU) Debt-to-Equity : 0.63 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Metro Debt-to-Equity?

Metro's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$294 Mil. Metro's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$4,187 Mil. Metro's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$7,075 Mil. Metro's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.63.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Metro's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:MRU' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.41 Med: 0.63 Max: 0.82
Current: 0.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Metro was 0.82. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.63.

TSX:MRU's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
53.05% of 279 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.55 vs TSX:MRU: 0.63

Metro Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metro's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Metro Debt-to-Equity Chart

Metro Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.77

0.71

0.62

0.64

0.61

Metro Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.64	0.64	0.61	0.62	0.63

Competitive Comparison of Metro's Debt-to-Equity

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Metro's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Metro's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Metro's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Metro Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Metro's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(580.8	+	3729.7)	/	7021.7
	=	0.61

Metro's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(294.3	+	4187.3)	/	7074.7
	=	0.63

Metro (TSX:MRU) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Metro Business Description

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Address

11011 Maurice-Duplessis, Finances, Montreal, Montreal, QC, CAN, H1C 1V6

Website

https://www.metro.ca

Metro is the third-largest grocery retailer in Canada (behind Loblaws and Sobeys) and also owns the top pharmacy chain in Quebec, Jean Coutu, following the 2018 acquisition. Its grocery banners include supermarket chain Metro, discounters Super C and Food Basics, and ethnic food grocer Adonis, while its pharmacies primarily operate under the Jean Coutu and Brunet trademarks. Metro operates both as a food retailer and a franchisor, licensing its trademarks and supplying merchandise to registered pharmacists. The firm also acts as a wholesaler and distributor to serve smaller, neighborhood grocery stores. Unlike peers Loblaws and Sobeys that operate chain stores across Canada, Metro's operations are concentrated in Quebec and Ontario, with no presence in western Canada.

Executives

Carmine Fortino	Senior Officer
Marc Giroux	Senior Officer
Jean-michel Coutu	Senior Officer
Dan Gabbard	Senior Officer
Alain Tadros	Senior Officer
Richard Pruneau	Senior Officer
Lyne Jetté	Senior Officer
Paolo Bravi	Senior Officer
Simon Rivet	Senior Officer
Geneviève Bich	Senior Officer
Frédéric Legault	Senior Officer
Eric Richer La FlÈche	Director, Senior Officer
François Thibault	Senior Officer
Brian Mcmanus	Director
Yves Vézina	Senior Officer

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