Brokerages Set Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSE:MFI) Price Target at C$35.00

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSE:MFI) has been given a consensus rating of “Buy” by the ten brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$36.09.

MFI has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Ventum Financial set a C$37.00 price objective on shares of Maple Leaf Foods and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Maple Leaf Foods from C$35.00 to C$36.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Maple Leaf Foods from C$33.00 to C$34.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Ventum Capital lifted their price target on shares of Maple Leaf Foods from C$37.00 to C$39.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Scotia lifted their price target on shares of Maple Leaf Foods from C$32.00 to C$36.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Friday.

Maple Leaf Foods News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Maple Leaf Foods this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Stifel Nicolaus raised its target on Maple Leaf Foods and reiterated a buy rating, signaling confidence in further upside. Tickerreport.com
• Positive Sentiment: Canaccord Genuity also lifted its price target and kept a buy rating, adding to the bullish analyst momentum. Tickerreport.com
• Positive Sentiment: Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank Financial both raised targets and maintained outperform calls, while Ventum Capital and Scotia also increased their targets, suggesting broad analyst confidence in Maple Leaf Foods’ outlook. BayStreet.CA
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s Q1 results showed revenue of C$962.85 million and EPS of C$0.34, with a reported net margin of 11.76% and return on equity of 35.43%, which may be helping support the stock. Earnings Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Maple Leaf Foods also announced the voting results from its 2026 annual general meeting, but no major market-moving details were highlighted. AGM Voting Results

Maple Leaf Foods Price Performance

Shares of MFI opened at C$29.30 on Friday. Maple Leaf Foods has a twelve month low of C$23.35 and a twelve month high of C$36.35. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$29.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$27.05. The firm has a market capitalization of C$3.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.96, a PEG ratio of 18.07 and a beta of 0.54. The company has a current ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 91.78.

Maple Leaf Foods (TSE:MFI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported C$0.34 earnings per share for the quarter. Maple Leaf Foods had a net margin of 12.44% and a return on equity of 36.56%. The business had revenue of C$962.85 million for the quarter. Equities analysts forecast that Maple Leaf Foods will post 1.4334187 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Maple Leaf Foods Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 31st were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 9th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. This is an increase from Maple Leaf Foods’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. Maple Leaf Foods’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.90%.

About Maple Leaf Foods

Maple Leaf Foods Inc is a consumer-packaged meats company. It produces prepared meats and meals, fresh pork, and poultry and turkey products. The company also has agribusiness operations. These operations supply livestock to the meat products business operations. Its main markets are Canada, the United States, Japan, and China. The key brands are Maple Leaf and Schneiders, Maple Leaf Prime Naturally, Shopsy, Mitchell’s Gourmet Food, Larse, Parm, and Hygrade.