Section1: Company Overview

Metro Inc. (TSX: MRU) is one of the largest grocery retailers in Canada. With its 2018 acquisition of Jean Coutu, it also boasts a meaningful drugstore footprint. Noteworthy grocery banners include Metro, Metro Plus, Super C, and Food Basics, while its pharmacies primarily operate under the Jean Coutu and Brunet trademarks. It utilizes an array of business models, but it most frequently acts as either a retailer, operating individual stores, or a franchiser, licensing its trademarks and supplying merchandise to franchisees. The firm also acts as a distributor, leveraging its supply chain capabilities to service smaller neighborhood grocery stores. The preponderance of its operations is in Quebec, which houses over 70% of its owned and franchised food and drug outlets.

This Report covers the Key Recommendation Rationale, Valuation, Target Price, and Recommendation on the stock. 

Section 2:  Stock Recommendation Summary

Valuation Methodology (Illustrative): EV to Sales Multiple based Relative Valuation approach:

The stock has witnessed an upside of ~2.19% and ~0.41% over the 1 week and 3 months respectively. It is trading above the average of 52-week high price of CAD 109.20 and 52-week low price of CAD 87.50, providing an opportunity to exit, as the stock might make some correction.

One-Year Technical Price Chart (as of November 21, 2025). Source: REFINITIV, Analysis: Kalkine Group 

Note 1: Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Note 2: The reference date for all price data, currency, technical indicators, support, and resistance levels as on November 21, 2025. The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.

Note 3: Investment decisions should be made depending on an individual's appetite for upside potential, risks, holding duration, and any previous holdings. An 'Exit' from the stock can be considered if the Target Price mentioned as per the Valuation and or the technical levels provided has been achieved and is subject to the factors discussed above.

Note 4: Dividend Yield may vary as per the stock price movement. 

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