Loblaw Companies Ltd (L.TO) Buy, Sell or Hold

Loblaw Companies Ltd (L.TO)

61.80

+0.01 (0.02%)

as of Oct 6, 2026, 2:21:14 pm Market Open.

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SELL

Expect it will take 5 to 7 years to turn it around. Wait to see more evidence of a turnaround in a quarterly number. Be willing to pay a little higher in order to see that happen.

HOLD

(Market Call Minute.) Too early to Buy.

SHORT

Been short on this stock for a long time. Has also sold a put option, which will allow him to cover if needed. Margins have eroded for years now. What hasn't been factored in yet is that input prices for food are going up parabolic and this will put a further squeeze on their margins.

TOP PICK

Top Short A lot of the consumer names have recently rallied. He still sees the numbers going down in almost all the financials and all the consumer stocks. The numbers just keep getting worse for this company. Also, when input prices start going up, they are going to skyrocket and that will squeeze the margins. (The average investor should not use shorts.)

DON'T BUY

One of the reasons you may want to own it is because there is $30 a share in real estate value, but that is not the operating business and that would only come to light if they were in distress. It is actually valued quite expensively compared to other stores. Margins of all the grocers are going to get squeezed.

BUY

A major large cap stock that has had total capitulation. Making money and has a large underpinning of asset value. Good for long-term investors. Beginning to show signs of straightening around. Most of his exposure is through George Weston (WN-T). Selling at reasonable valuation level.

TOP PICK

Top Short Pairs trade. Long on George Weston preferreds (WN.PR.A-T) and Short Loblaws (L-T). Cannot get their Information Technology behind them. Out of stock signs are all over the place. Wal-Mart is coming in. Prices are declining. No improvement in Canada for grocery stores.

DON'T BUY

Q: Kroger (KR-N) versus Loblaws (L-T). A: The real challenge for Loblaws is not just the entry of Wal-Mart (WMT-N); they have not spent properly on their IT system. Shelves are not stocked properly and he does not see this changing soon. Departure of 3 top executives indicates the coming quarter is probably going to be quite bad. One of his funds is actually short this stock.

DON'T BUY

They had an incredible franchise years ago with very high margins. Now have a lot of competition and will never get the margins that they did historically. Not cheap.

SELL

Seems to have fired anybody over 40, basically anybody that knows how to run a grocery store. Still have continued stock outs. Warehousing and distribution still seems to be in complete disarray. Head office massacre that occurred is not indicative of a company that has turned itself around.

DON'T BUY

Retail has been under pressure for over a year. Food retailers have been under even more pressure. Food prices are rising very rapidly. Grocery business is a micro margin one. With increasing costs, it is very difficult to pass this on to the consumer.

DON'T BUY

Too early. Has lots of real estate value but doesn't have enough earning power. There are still stock problems that don't seem to be getting fixed. Distribution side is still incredibly messed up.

DON'T BUY

Has been a disappointment. Has fallen on hard times as foreign competition has come into the market place. A classic value stock, it will recover soon. Not jumping in right now, not an entry point.

TRADE

Food costs are increasing, resulting in margin squeezes.

DON'T BUY

It’s too late to sell, but certainly not the time to buy. It will take a lot of time for this stock to do its base building (bottom out)

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