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Canadian beverage company producing and marketing fruit juices and drinks under brands including Oasis and Rougemont.
Canadian beverage company producing and marketing fruit juices and drinks under brands including Oasis and Rougemont.
Sells juice in Canada under its own brands and supplies US retailers' store-brand products through a sizeable US business, so branded sales and private-label contracts both matter. Fruit and packaging prices are the main cost swings. The Lassonde family keeps control through a multiple-voting share class.
In one line: A juice/beverage maker like a smaller Ocean Spray.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Established Canadian juice brands and retailer relationships give distribution scale over smaller regional players.
Headquarters: Rougemont, Canada · Founded: 1918 · Employees: 2,900
Size Lassonde Industries (LAS-A.TO) is a Canada Consumer Staples company (Beverages: Non-Alcoholic) with a market value of $1.14B, the 235th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$233.46 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.1%, against -2.0% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.7%); the operating margin is 8.7% (peer median 6.2%).
Valuation It trades at 8.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.2× (cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is -21 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.4 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 19 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | C$2.89B | C$2.93B | C$2.60B | C$2.31B | C$2.15B |
| Revenue growth | — | +13% | +12% | +8% | — |
| Gross profit | C$838M | C$745M | C$656M | C$556M | C$492M |
| EBITDA | C$363M | C$338M | C$265M | C$198M | C$141M |
| Net income | C$155M | C$150M | C$114M | C$87.5M | C$53.9M |
| Free cash flow | C$231M | -C$4.26M | C$128M | C$129M | -C$17.2M |
| Capital expenditure | C$161M | C$187M | C$116M | C$106M | C$48.1M |
| Total debt | C$458M | C$498M | C$479M | C$215M | C$254M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lassonde Industries LAS-A.TO | $1.14B | +4% | +2% | 9% | 8.9× | -13.2% |
| Coca-Cola Company (The) KO | $412B | +23% | +8% | 32% | 27.6× | 2.8% |
| PepsiCo PEP | $193B | -8% | +6% | 16% | 16.6× | -5.5% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | LAS-A.TO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +1.1% | -0.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +4.1% | -2.0% | 7th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -14.5% | -25.5% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.6% | +2.7% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 6.2% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 8.9× | 16.2× | cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -13.2% | 3.4% | 2nd least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.2% | +4.3% | 3rd highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -21.3 pp | +1.5 pp | 2nd least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.4 pp | +0.5 pp | 5th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9× | 9.6× | 5th cheapest of 16 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.2× | -0.0× | 6th most indebted of 16 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lassonde Industries LAS-A.TO | Canada | $1.14B | +4% | +2% | 9% | 8.9× | -13.2% | +8.2% |
| Princes PRN.L | United Kingdom | $1.21B | -3% | +30% | 4% | 12.6× | -7.1% | +9.3% |
| Shenzhen Cereals 000019.SZ | China | $1.04B | -20% | +1% | 6% | n/a | 4.6% | -14.3% |
| NATURECELL 007390.KS | South Korea | $1.04B | +14% | -15% | -18% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fevertree Drinks FEVR.L | United Kingdom | $1.36B | +18% | +2% | 9% | 33.0× | 27.9% | +5.2% |
| China Foods 0506.HK | Hong Kong | $1.43B | +8% | +4% | 8% | 10.1× | -17.0% | +4.3% |
| A.G. BARR p.l.c BAG.L | United Kingdom | $887M | -2% | +7% | 15% | 12.4× | n/a | n/a |
| LotteChilsung 005300.KS | South Korea | $791M | -9% | +1% | 5% | 11.2× | -2.0% | +12.0% |
| DyDo 2590.T | Japan | $624M | +21% | +3% | 4% | 17.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Nanfang Black Sesame 000716.SZ | China | $590M | +2% | +5% | 2% | n/a | 28.5% | -10.1% |
| China Resources Beverage (Holdings) 2460.HK | Hong Kong | $2.27B | -14% | -19% | 6% | 18.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Nichols NICL.L | United Kingdom | $539M | +18% | +3% | 18% | 15.1× | 0.2% | +8.1% |
| Zhe Jiang Li Zi Yuan Food 605337.SS | China | $526M | -17% | -4% | 12% | 22.1× | n/a | n/a |
| SDIC Zhonglu Fruit Juice 600962.SS | China | $2.62B | -1% | +100% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Premium Water 2588.T | Japan | $483M | +4% | +4% | 16% | n/a | -11.0% | +7.4% |
| Lifedrink 2585.T | Japan | $410M | -12% | +21% | 10% | 14.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Hey-Song 1234.TW | Taiwan | $389M | -9% | -8% | 5% | n/a | 10.4% | +0.7% |
| Suja Life SUJA | United States | $382M | n/a | n/a | -6% | 57.6× | n/a | n/a |
| National Beverage FIZZ | United States | $3.48B | +6% | -2% | 18% | 19.2× | 3.4% | +1.9% |
| 5100 Xizang Glacier 1115.HK | Hong Kong | $349M | -10% | +67% | 21% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling 2573.T | Japan | $339M | -6% | +4% | 4% | n/a | 7.6% | +2.8% |