L PEER ANALYSIS

Loblaw Companies Limited — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

LLoblaw Companies Limited

🇨🇦 Canada · TO · Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Grocery Stores

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

LIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	L	KR	AD	WOW	COL	CA	Ind. Median
P/E	26.35	35.21	13.93●	80.85	30.73	33.40	19.25
P/B	6.66	5.68	2.13	10.43	8.03	0.97●	2.39
EV/EBITDA	12.30	10.26	4.44	16.17	12.72	4.40●	8.10
P/S	1.13	0.25	0.34	0.69	0.69	0.13●	0.37

Financial Health
Metric	L	KR	AD	WOW	COL	CA	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.09●	0.79	0.77	0.56	0.63	0.87	0.90
Debt/Equity	153.4%	363.5%	36.5%●	582.3%	458.4%	142.1%	119.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.19	3.69	0.16●	5.61	4.52	2.03	1.93

Profitability
Metric	L	KR	AD	WOW	COL	CA	Ind. Median
Net Margin	4.3%●	0.7%	2.5%	0.9%	2.2%	0.4%	1.9%
ROE	25.2%	13.7%	14.9%	12.3%	26.5%●	2.9%	12.3%
ROA	6.8%●	2.0%	4.5%	1.7%	5.0%	0.6%	3.9%
EBITDA Margin	11.2%●	3.8%	8.1%	6.5%	8.4%	5.4%	6.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	L	KR	AD	WOW	COL	CA	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.4%●	1.1%	0.5%	1.5%	1.3%	-3.7%	3.3%
NI Growth	24.7%	-59.2%	25.0%●	-63.3%	-8.2%	-55.9%	-3.4%
Div. Yield	0.9%	1.9%	3.4%	2.3%	3.2%	6.0%●	1.9%
Payout	23.7%	84.4%	47.4%	171.6%	87.4%	254.5%	39.3%

Valuation
Metric	L	WN	MRU	EMP-A	Ind. Median
P/E	26.35	32.84	18.85●	56.49	19.25
P/B	6.66	7.69	2.75	2.24●	2.39
EV/EBITDA	12.30	8.03●	11.26	10.59	8.10
P/S	1.13	0.58	0.85	0.35●	0.37

Financial Health
Metric	L	WN	MRU	EMP-A	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.09	1.11	1.43●	0.82	0.90
Debt/Equity	153.4%	411.1%	69.3%●	157.0%	119.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.19●	2.68	2.22	4.27	1.93

Profitability
Metric	L	WN	MRU	EMP-A	Ind. Median
Net Margin	4.3%	1.8%	4.5%●	0.6%	1.9%
ROE	25.2%●	21.7%	14.4%	3.8%	12.3%
ROA	6.8%	2.3%	7.0%●	1.2%	3.9%
EBITDA Margin	11.2%●	10.8%	9.4%	5.5%	6.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	L	WN	MRU	EMP-A	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	4.4%●	3.9%	3.5%	1.9%	3.3%
NI Growth	24.7%●	-9.9%	1.8%	-71.7%	-3.4%
Div. Yield	0.9%	1.2%	1.6%	1.8%●	1.9%
Payout	23.7%	42.2%	32.3%	102.0%	39.3%

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