Employees: 3,700
Size Canada Packers (CPKR.TO) is a Canada Consumer Staples company (Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy) with a market value of $300M, the 417th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$14.12 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.2%, against -3.2% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 6.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.7%); the operating margin is 2.6% (peer median 3.3%).
Valuation It trades at 18.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.1× (6th cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is -4 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.6 points below its cost of capital (5.4% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | C$1.71B | C$1.84B | C$1.66B | C$1.65B | C$1.64B |
| Revenue growth | — | +11% | +1% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | C$145M | C$253M | C$231M | C$33.6M | C$24.5M |
| EBITDA | C$98.6M | C$208M | C$203M | C$15.8M | C$8.27M |
| Net income | C$10.5M | C$106M | C$108M | -C$27.1M | -C$31.3M |
| Free cash flow | C$126M | C$209M | C$117M | C$27.2M | -C$134,000 |
| Capital expenditure | C$36.6M | C$38.9M | C$30.6M | C$35.3M | C$45.3M |
| Total debt | C$465M | C$485M | C$88.2M | C$68.8M | C$61.3M |
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| Measure | CPKR.TO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -1.3% | -3.1% | 10th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -23.2% | -3.2% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.9% | -22.0% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -6.6% | +9.7% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.9× | 27.1× | 6th cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -0.2% | 17.6% | 2nd least demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +3.9% | +9.4% | 3rd lowest of 8 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -4.1 pp | +5.9 pp | 3rd least demanding of 8 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.6 pp | -1.1 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.6× | 16.9× | 2nd cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.3× | 0.7× | 4th most indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Packers CPKR.TO | Canada | $300M | -23% | -7% | 3% | 18.9× | -0.2% | +3.9% |
| Joyvio Food 300268.SZ | China | $308M | -31% | -60% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Yantang Dairy 002732.SZ | China | $310M | -20% | -5% | 3% | 8.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Marudai Food 2288.T | Japan | $325M | -10% | +1% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lifeway Foods LWAY | United States | $327M | -15% | +26% | 6% | 27.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Kyokuyo 1301.T | Japan | $331M | -3% | +11% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Talimu Agriculture Development 600359.SS | China | $348M | -20% | -20% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Panda Dairy 300898.SZ | China | $356M | -20% | +15% | 10% | 18.8× | 17.4% | +3.4% |
| Heritage Foods HERITGFOOD.NS | India | $366M | +2% | +14% | 3% | 27.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Xiangjia Animal Husbandry 002982.SZ | China | $425M | -4% | +8% | 2% | 69.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Parag Milk Foods PARAGMILK.NS | India | $435M | +42% | +13% | 5% | 27.6× | n/a | n/a |
| HaiXin Foods 002702.SZ | China | $444M | -10% | +11% | -1% | n/a | 22.8% | -1.0% |
| Xinjiang Terun Dairy 600419.SS | China | $465M | +2% | +5% | 5% | 26.8× | -4.3% | +9.4% |
| Binggrae 005180.KS | South Korea | $472M | +9% | +4% | 9% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Masoval AS MAS.OL | Norway | $508M | +16% | -1% | 4% | 45.6× | 28.2% | +22.3% |
| High Liner Foods HLF.TO | Canada | $536M | +91% | +14% | 5% | 8.7× | 3.5% | +5.3% |
| Australian Agricultural AAC.AX | Australia | $553M | +2% | +9% | -47% | 94.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Henan Huaying Agricultural Development 002321.SZ | China | $569M | -16% | +24% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Starzen 8043.T | Japan | $574M | +36% | +4% | 2% | 9.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Dodla Dairy DODLA.NS | India | $625M | -14% | +17% | 4% | 28.6× | 33.7% | +16.2% |
| Mama's Creations MAMA | United States | $632M | +2% | +54% | 5% | 46.4× | 17.6% | +33.3% |