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WN.TO George Weston Limited
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- Market cap
- 37B
- P/E ratio
- 41.53
- Analyst target
- 111.4286
- Dividend yield
- 1.3%
- Beta
- 0.51
Profile
Company facts
- Exchange
- TO
- Currency
- CAD
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- ISIN
- CA9611485090
- Market cap
- 37B
- P/E ratio
- 41.53
- Analyst target
- 111.4286
- Dividend yield
- 1.3%
- Beta
- 0.51
About
About George Weston Limited
George Weston Limited provides food and drug retailing, and financial services in Canada. The company operates in two segments, Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Choice Properties). The Loblaw segment provides grocery, corporate and franchise-owned retail food, and associate-owned drug stores, including in-store pharmacies, health care services, health and beauty products, apparel, and other general merchandise. This segment offers credit card and banking services, guaranteed investment certificates, loyalty program, insurance brokerage services, and telecommunication services. The Choice Properties segment owns, develops, and manages commercial and residential properties, which are leased to necessity-based tenants and logistics providers. The company markets its products under the Shoppers Drug Mart, Joe Fresh, President's Choice Bank, PC Financial, no name, Farmer's Market, T&T, Life Brand, and PC Optimum brands. The company was founded in 1882 and is based in Toronto, Canada. George Weston Limited is a subsidiary of Wittington Investments, Limited.
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5 years, 4 months ago
George Weston Limited is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 14.6% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 100.0% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Defensive sector with a price to sales ratio of 0.3.
George Weston Limited's total revenue rose by 14.0% to $14B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 32.5% to $299M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 28.8% to $939M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, George Weston Limited gets an overall score of 4/5.