Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for TSE:ATD Q3 Earnings

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSE:ATD) – Equities researchers at Stifel Canada reduced their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard in a research report issued on Tuesday, November 25th. Stifel Canada analyst M. Landry now forecasts that the company will earn $1.12 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.18. The consensus estimate for Alimentation Couche-Tard’s current full-year earnings is $4.04 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Alimentation Couche-Tard’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS.

Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 24th. The company reported C$0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of C$0.74 by C$0.05. Alimentation Couche-Tard had a return on equity of 18.96% and a net margin of 3.53%.During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.74 earnings per share.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on ATD. National Bankshares lifted their target price on Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$83.00 to C$86.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Desjardins lifted their price target on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$80.00 to C$85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. CIBC upped their price objective on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$84.00 to C$87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 4th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$85.00 to C$88.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$86.00 to C$88.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$86.75.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of ATD opened at C$76.33 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 101.54, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.99. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a 52-week low of C$65.95 and a 52-week high of C$83.73. The firm has a market cap of C$71.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.27, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.31. The business’s fifty day moving average is C$72.47 and its 200-day moving average is C$71.62.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 17th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 17th will be issued a dividend of $0.215 per share. This represents a $0.86 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 3rd. This is a boost from Alimentation Couche-Tard’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. Alimentation Couche-Tard’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.27%.

About Alimentation Couche-Tard

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc operates a network of convenience stores across North America, Ireland, Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltics, and Russia. The company primarily generates income through the sale of tobacco products, groceries, beverages, fresh food, quick service restaurants, car wash services, other retail products and services, road transportation fuel, stationary energy, marine fuel, and chemicals.