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Size A&W Food Services of Canada (AW.TO) is a Canada Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $625M, the 314th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$36.62 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 0.2%, against +2.7% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.0%); the operating margin is 29.6% (peer median 5.4%).
Valuation It trades at 14.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.5× (5th cheapest of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is +3 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.8 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | C$302M | C$294M | C$292M | C$299M | C$299M |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | -2% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | C$143M | C$144M | C$135M | C$135M | C$132M |
| EBITDA | C$96.3M | C$101M | C$48.6M | C$38.4M | C$36.7M |
| Net income | C$56.8M | C$55.2M | C$11.9M | C$24.1M | C$35.2M |
| Free cash flow | C$77.5M | C$55.9M | C$66.3M | C$27.1M | C$14.2M |
| Capital expenditure | C$2.74M | C$2.35M | C$2.91M | C$6.00M | C$4.63M |
| Total debt | C$900M | C$906M | C$915M | C$659M | C$633M |
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| Measure | AW.TO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +2.0% | +7.9% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +0.2% | +2.7% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -5.3% | -23.1% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.8% | +10.0% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 29.6% | 5.4% | highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.0× | 20.5× | 5th cheapest of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 2.6% | 3.5% | 8th least demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -0.6% | +16.1% | lowest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +3.2 pp | -19.4 pp | 3rd most demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.8 pp | -0.9 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.5× | 8.5× | 3rd most expensive of 19 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.3× | 2.5× | most indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A&W Food Services of Canada AW.TO | Canada | $625M | 0% | +3% | 30% | 14.0× | 2.6% | -0.6% |
| Super Hi International 9658.HK | Hong Kong | $619M | -23% | +11% | 6% | 18.1× | -1.7% | +30.7% |
| Papa John's International PZZA | United States | $650M | -37% | -6% | 5% | 19.7× | 4.8% | +2.5% |
| MTY Food MTY.TO | Canada | $600M | -6% | -4% | 16% | 8.2× | -3.8% | +18.4% |
| Restaurant Brands Asia RBA.NS | India | $668M | +31% | +16% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C FSTA.L | United Kingdom | $576M | +29% | +6% | 12% | 15.9× | 8.0% | +40.3% |
| Cannae CNNE | United States | $700M | +25% | -7% | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bronco Billy 3091.T | Japan | $551M | +41% | +14% | 12% | 32.1× | 1.5% | +11.8% |
| Wowprime 2727.TW | Taiwan | $550M | -1% | +10% | 8% | 12.2× | -11.9% | +9.0% |
| Maruchiyo Yamaokaya 3399.T | Japan | $710M | +82% | +19% | 11% | 28.4× | 3.5% | +24.7% |
| DPC Dash 1405.HK | Hong Kong | $548M | -34% | +26% | 4% | 21.2× | 6.6% | +36.3% |
| Sapphire Foods India SAPPHIRE.NS | India | $715M | +12% | +13% | 4% | 409.8× | 46.7% | +25.1% |
| Elior ELIOR.PA | France | $544M | -35% | 0% | 2% | 12.4× | 6.3% | +9.2% |
| Black Rock Coffee Bar BRCB | United States | $538M | -6% | +24% | 3% | 50.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Matsuya Foods 9887.T | Japan | $733M | +7% | +18% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Koshidaka 2157.T | Japan | $530M | -6% | +16% | 13% | 10.8× | -9.8% | +31.1% |
| AmRest EAT.WA | Poland | $529M | -5% | -3% | 4% | 22.9× | 5.1% | +9.9% |
| Xi'an Catering 000721.SZ | China | $523M | -20% | -14% | -23% | n/a | 50.5% | +6.5% |
| Hiday Hidaka 7611.T | Japan | $760M | +11% | +10% | 11% | 23.5× | -3.3% | +16.1% |
| Collins Foods CKF.AX | Australia | $762M | +15% | +5% | 8% | 16.3× | 1.4% | +8.4% |
| Portillo's PTLO | United States | $504M | +54% | +3% | 6% | 31.0× | n/a | n/a |