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George Weston Limited (WN.TO)

CAD101.62 -0.83 (-0.81%)
CA TSX Consumer Defensive Grocery Stores
Address 22 St. Clair Avenue East M4T 2S5
Toronto, ON, CA
CEO Galen G. Weston
Website weston.ca
IPO 1995-01-12
ISIN CA9611485090

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Also trades on Other OTC · WNGRF (USD) Toronto Stock Exchange · WN-PA.TO (CAD) Toronto Stock Exchange · WN.TO (CAD)
Description

George Weston Limited is a diversified Canadian and international enterprise, primarily engaged in food and drug retailing, alongside offering financial services. Its operations are structured into two main segments: Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Choice Properties). The Loblaw division encompasses a broad array of retail offerings, including groceries, pharmaceuticals, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise, and financial solutions. It notably operates drugstores under the Shoppers Drug Mart brand. Furthermore, Loblaw extends its services to include credit card facilities, insurance brokerage, guaranteed investment certificates (GICs), and mobile wireless offerings. Conversely, the Choice Properties segment is dedicated to the ownership, operation, and management of a diverse portfolio of real estate assets, spanning commercial, residential, tenant, industrial, and office properties. George Weston also markets various products under well-known labels such as President's Choice, Life Brand, and Farmer's Market. Established in 1882, the company maintains its headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and functions as a subsidiary of Wittington Investments, Limited.

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Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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Price
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CAD101.62 -0.83 (-0.81%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
355.8K
Beta
0.51
Float Shares
154.92M
Free Float %
41.0%
Price Performance
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-2.95% -0.70% -2.95% -8.41% +4.09% -0.92% +9.42% +65.99% +144.26% +153.02% +1,998.88%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
101.62
DCF (Unlevered) 176.00 +73.2%
DCF (Levered) 206.32 +103.0%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 63% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 2 0
Buy 3 0
Hold 2 0
Sell 1 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
2.28
Grey zone
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
6 / 10
Developing
Composite Rating
B
Overall Score
3 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
5 / 5
High
ROE Score
5 / 5
High
ROA Score
3 / 5
Medium
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
1 / 5
Low
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • ✗
    Revenue growth Grocery Stores: +6.0%
    +4.7% Q1'26: +0.6% (vs Q1'25)
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    EPS growth Grocery Stores: +8.6%
    -71.3% Q1'26: -56.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • ✓
    FCF margin FCF growth · Grocery Stores: +22.1%
    +6.0% ★ Q1'26: +5.2% (vs Q1'25)
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    EBIT margin Grocery Stores: +4.2%
    +9.2% ★ Q1'26: +9.2% (vs Q1'25)
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    ROIC Grocery Stores: +9.0%
    +12.5% ★ Q1'26: +17.9% (vs Q1'25)
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    Share dilution Grocery Stores: +0.1%
    +191.0% Q1'26: +191.6% (vs Q1'25)
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    Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Grocery Stores: 0.58×
    2.36× Q1'26: 1.31× (vs Q1'25)
Valuation Multiples From To
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
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Market assumptions
▶ WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.53) × ERP
WACC = 65% × Ke + 35% × Kd (4.5%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
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Intrinsic value (base): 174.29 Current price: 101.62
Enterprise Value: — Equity Value: — Terminal Value: — TV as % of EV: —

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2009
actual 		Dec 2010
actual 		Dec 2011
actual 		Dec 2012
actual 		Dec 2013
actual 		Dec 2014
actual 		Dec 2015
actual 		Dec 2016
actual 		Dec 2017
actual 		Dec 2018
actual 		Dec 2019
actual 		Dec 2020
actual 		Dec 2021
actual 		Dec 2022
actual 		Dec 2023
actual 		Dec 2024
actual 		Dec 2025
actual 		Dec 2026
6 Rev. Ana.
4 EPS Ana. 		Dec 2027
5 Rev. Ana.
3 EPS Ana. 		Dec 2028
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
31.82B
est: 32.30B (-1.5%)
32.01B
est: 32.66B (-2.0%)
32.38B
est: 32.95B (-1.7%)
32.74B
est: 33.23B (-1.5%)
33.58B
est: 33.10B (+1.4%)
43.92B
est: 44.74B (-1.8%)
46.89B
est: 46.82B (+0.2%)
48.00B
est: 48.00B (0.0%)
48.29B
est: 48.36B (-0.1%)
48.57B
est: 48.45B (+0.2%)
50.11B
est: 50.06B (+0.1%)
53.27B
est: 54.47B (-2.2%)
53.75B
est: 53.73B (+0.0%)
57.05B
est: 56.86B (+0.3%)
60.12B
est: 60.93B (-1.3%)
61.61B
est: 61.63B (0.0%)
64.51B
est: 65.55B (-1.6%)
66.17B
65.73B – 66.71B
+0.9% YoY
68.51B
66.93B – 69.45B
+3.5% YoY
70.90B
69.84B – 71.68B
+3.5% YoY
EBITDA
1.71B
est: 1.31B (+30.9%)
2.32B
est: 1.61B (+44.1%)
2.43B
est: 1.20B (+103.2%)
2.19B
est: 1.35B (+61.9%)
2.49B
est: 1.20B (+107.3%)
3.05B
est: 2.02B (+51.0%)
3.52B
est: 1.21B (+191.4%)
3.81B
est: 2.05B (+85.6%)
3.55B
est: 2.07B (+70.9%)
4.20B
est: 2.45B (+71.6%)
4.44B
est: 2.42B (+83.6%)
4.42B
est: 1.65B (+167.9%)
5.52B
est: 1.62B (+241.1%)
6.01B
est: 1.68B (+258.1%)
5.84B
est: 9.29B (-37.1%)
6.32B
est: 9.39B (-32.7%)
8.30B
est: 9.99B (-17.0%)
10.09B
10.02B – 10.17B
+0.9% YoY
10.44B
10.20B – 10.59B
+3.5% YoY
10.81B
10.65B – 10.93B
+3.5% YoY
EBIT
1.02B
est: 1.11B (-8.6%)
1.70B
est: 970.54M (+75.0%)
1.79B
est: 1.50B (+19.6%)
1.36B
est: 1.62B (-16.1%)
1.61B
est: 1.39B (+15.9%)
1.76B
est: 2.21B (-20.3%)
2.07B
est: 1.03B (+99.9%)
2.40B
est: 1.98B (+21.4%)
2.12B
est: 2.27B (-6.8%)
2.73B
est: 2.57B (+6.4%)
2.99B
est: 2.49B (+20.3%)
2.91B
est: 3.17B (-8.4%)
4.04B
est: 3.11B (+30.0%)
4.60B
est: 3.23B (+42.6%)
4.37B
est: 6.50B (-32.7%)
4.81B
est: 6.57B (-26.8%)
5.92B
est: 6.99B (-15.4%)
7.05B
7.01B – 7.11B
+0.9% YoY
7.30B
7.14B – 7.40B
+3.5% YoY
7.56B
7.45B – 7.64B
+3.5% YoY
Net Income
1.04B
est: 775.19M (+33.5%)
452.00M
est: 1.05B (-56.8%)
635.00M
est: 456.04M (+39.2%)
431.00M
est: 640.43M (-32.7%)
672.00M
est: 484.14M (+38.8%)
126.00M
est: 930.38M (-86.5%)
511.00M
est: 133.85M (+281.8%)
550.00M
est: 523.85M (+5.0%)
766.00M
est: 554.22M (+38.2%)
574.00M
est: 768.84M (-25.3%)
242.00M
est: 592.36M (-59.1%)
963.00M
est: 259.43M (+271.2%)
431.00M
est: 254.42M (+69.4%)
1.82B
est: 1.70B (+6.9%)
1.54B
est: 3.46B (-55.5%)
1.36B
est: 1.52B (-10.7%)
1.14B
est: 1.74B (-34.2%)
1.73B
1.71B – 1.97B
-0.2% YoY
2.12B
1.98B – 2.25B
+22.3% YoY
1.98B
1.95B – 2.02B
-6.4% YoY
SGA
6.13B
est: 8.09B (-24.2%)
6.08B
est: 6.20B (-1.8%)
6.35B
est: 6.14B (+3.4%)
6.68B
est: 6.40B (+4.4%)
6.68B
est: 6.60B (+1.3%)
10.23B
est: 9.11B (+12.2%)
11.16B
est: 10.76B (+3.7%)
11.50B
est: 11.75B (-2.1%)
12.34B
est: 11.72B (+5.2%)
12.49B
est: 11.90B (+5.0%)
12.95B
est: 13.03B (-0.6%)
13.64B
est: 13.92B (-2.0%)
13.27B
est: 13.65B (-2.8%)
13.92B
est: 14.17B (-1.8%)
15.24B
est: 14.92B (+2.2%)
15.50B
est: 15.09B (+2.7%)
14.73B
est: 16.05B (-8.3%)
16.20B
16.09B – 16.33B
+0.9% YoY
16.77B
16.39B – 17.00B
+3.5% YoY
17.36B
17.10B – 17.55B
+3.5% YoY
EPS
7.68
est: 3.37 (+128.0%)
3.16
est: 4.20 (-24.8%)
4.58
est: 4.85 (-5.5%)
3.36
est: 4.24 (-20.7%)
4.93
est: 4.46 (+10.5%)
0.64
est: 5.38 (-88.1%)
3.66
est: 5.63 (-35.0%)
3.96
est: 2.19 (+80.8%)
5.65
est: 2.30 (+145.2%)
4.36
est: 2.27 (+92.0%)
5.36
est: 2.47 (+116.6%)
10.31
est: 2.23 (+361.6%)
11.65
est: 2.60 (+348.1%)
19.47
est: 3.25 (+500.0%)
10.79
est: 8.97 (+20.2%)
9.95
est: 3.94 (+152.3%)
2.85
est: 4.51 (-36.8%)
4.85
4.42 – 5.09
+7.5% YoY
5.46
5.13 – 5.82
+12.6% YoY
5.14
5.04 – 5.21
-5.9% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-11 B 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-08 B 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-07 B 3/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-06 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-05 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-04 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-01 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-30 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-29 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-28 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-27 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-24 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-23 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-22 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-21 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-20 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-17 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-16 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-15 B 3/5 4/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 2/5 1/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
4.32B
OE per share TTM
25.13
Owner's Yield
12.11%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
171.03%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
28.6%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown
At a glance
Institutional holders
1
Total invested
4.61M
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend From To
13F snapshot — 2025 Q4
Investors holding
1
+0 vs prev Q
New positions
0
Closed positions
0
Increased
1
Reduced
0
Put/Call ratio
0.00
Calls held
—
Puts held
—
Top institutional holders
# Investor ⇅ Shares / Δ ⇅ Mkt value / Δ ⇅ Own% / Δ ⇅ Weight% / Δ ⇅ Avg px / Perf. ⇅ Hold / Status ⇅
1 MN SERVICES VERMOGENSBEHEER B.V. 66.7K +1.1K (+1.7%) 4.61M +606.0K (+15.1%) 0.05% +0.001 pp 0.03% +0.003 pp CAD96.98 -2.4% 19 qtrs —
Ownership breakdown by holder

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
26.9K
Shares Outstanding
377.51M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Barry Kieran Columb Executive Vice President of Loblaw & President of President's Choice Financial 4M male
Galen G. Weston Chairman & Chief Executive Officer 3M male
Richard Dufresne President & Chief Financial Officer 3M male
Jeff Gobeil Senior Vice President & Group Head of Tax — male
Katie McCullam Chief Strategy Officer — female
Lina Taglieri Senior VP & Group Head Controller — female
Andrew Bunston Chief Legal Officer & Secretary — male
Roy MacDonald Group Vice President of Investor Relations — —
Anemona Turcu Senior Vice President & Group Chief Risk Officer — —
Anna Filipopoulos Chief Talent Officer — female
ESG Score History

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House Trading Activity

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