Stifel Canada Has Optimistic Outlook of TSE:ATD Q2 Earnings

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSE:ATD) – Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada upped their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for Alimentation Couche-Tard in a research note issued on Wednesday, September 3rd. Stifel Canada analyst M. Landry now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.95 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.94. 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 Q3 2026 earnings at $1.19 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.80 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$81.00 to C$85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$75.00 to C$78.00 in a research note on Thursday. TD Securities lifted their price objective on Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$85.00 to C$89.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Scotiabank lifted their price objective on Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$78.00 to C$84.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Desjardins dropped their price objective on Alimentation Couche-Tard from C$82.00 to C$80.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, June 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$85.31.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Price Performance

TSE ATD opened at C$76.24 on Friday. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a fifty-two week low of C$65.95 and a fifty-two week high of C$83.73. The stock’s 50-day moving average is C$70.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$70.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 101.54, a current ratio of 0.99 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market cap of C$71.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.34.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.195 per share. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 11th. Alimentation Couche-Tard’s payout ratio is currently 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.