George Weston Limited
George Weston Limited engages in the food processing and distribution business in Canada and Internationally. The company operates through three segments: Weston Foods, Loblaw, and Choice Properties. The Weston Foods segment offers foodservice and retail, making bread, rolls, cupcakes, donuts, biscuits, cakes, pies, cones and wafers, artisan baked goods, and more. The Loblaw segment provides grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise, and financial services. It operates retail drug stores under the Shoppers Drug Mart, and President's Choice Bank. This segment also provides merchandisers, warehouse clubs, online retailers, mail order prescription drug distributors, limited assortment stores, discount stores, convenience stores, and specialty stores. The Choice Properties segment owns, develops, and manages retail and commercial real estate consisting of 700 properties portfolio is comprising of retail properties, leased, tenants, industrial, office, residential assets. The company was founded in 1882 and is based in Toronto, Canada. George Weston Limited is a subsidiary of Wittington Investments, Limited. Show More...
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Website http://www.weston.ca
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Sector Consumer Defensive
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Industry Grocery Stores
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Last Quote 182.18 CAD
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Last Updated 24-04-2024
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2010-12 2011-12 2012-12 2013-12 2014-12 2015-12 2016-12 2017-12 2018-12 2019-12 TTM Earnings Per Share CAD 2.92 4.55 3.29 4.89 0.64 3.62 3.9 5.58 3.99 1.26 8.22 Dividends CAD 1.44 1.44 1.46 1.63 1.68 1.7 1.75 1.8 1.95 2.09 2.1 Payout Ratio % * 45.8 31.4 43.2 45.0 214.1 43.8 39.8 30.2 85.1 483.7 25.6 Shares Mil 155.0 129.0 129.0 127.0 128.0 128.0 128.0 128.0 132.0 153.0 154.0 Book Value Per Share * CAD 47.51 43.01 38.02 41.59 49.45 53.07 54.11 55.86 45.26 42.24 47.79 Free Cash Flow Per Share * CAD 3.04 1.46 5.42 4.37 11.47 18.3 15.95 13.41 15.05 13.89 Return on Assets % 2.21 3.01 2.05 2.46 0.27 1.29 1.34 1.87 1.29 0.43 2.69 Financial Leverage (Average) 3.4 3.91 4.47 4.47 5.73 5.49 5.46 5.44 6.07 7.04 6.49 Return on Equity % 6.91 10.96 8.55 11.02 1.37 7.23 7.32 10.2 7.41 2.83 18.3 Return on Invested Capital % 5.6 6.99 5.64 6.52 4.24 4.48 4.55 5.74 4.52 3.57 7.71 Interest Coverage 3.77 3.26 2.78 3.01 1.19 2.89 3.48 4.29 2.96 2.08 3.05 Current Ratio 1.37 1.62 1.47 1.56 1.57 1.39 1.48 1.3 1.23 1.18 1.28 Quick Ratio 0.96 1.19 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.81 0.87 0.79 0.67 0.65 0.76 Debt/Equity 0.84 1.24 1.28 1.4 1.9 1.59 1.64 1.48 1.93 2.5 2.4