Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) Price Target Raised to C$66.00

Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) had its price objective upped by research analysts at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from C$61.00 to C$66.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday,BayStreet.CA reports. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s price target indicates a potential upside of 14.17% from the company’s previous close.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on QBR.B. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Quebecor from C$51.25 to C$54.50 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Canaccord Genuity Group upgraded shares of Quebecor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from C$51.25 to C$60.00 in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. ATB Cormark Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Quebecor from C$57.00 to C$63.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Quebecor from C$52.00 to C$57.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, TD Securities lowered shares of Quebecor from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their price target for the company from C$58.00 to C$60.00 in a report on Friday, February 27th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$59.45.

Quebecor Price Performance

Shares of TSE:QBR.B traded down C$0.20 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting C$57.81. The stock had a trading volume of 405,281 shares, compared to its average volume of 923,807. The company’s 50-day moving average price is C$55.61 and its 200-day moving average price is C$50.91. The company has a market capitalization of C$13.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a quick ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 363.97. Quebecor has a fifty-two week low of C$34.36 and a fifty-two week high of C$60.73.

Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported C$0.99 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of C$1.55 billion during the quarter. Quebecor had a net margin of 12.99% and a return on equity of 37.44%.

About Quebecor

Quebecor primarily provides mobile and fixed-line telecom services in Quebec where it is the leading telecom provider. With more than 1.8 million internet subscribers Quebecor provides internet service to more than 60% of the homes its network passes. It also has about 1.6 million mobile subscribers representing more than 20% wireless market share in Quebec. In addition to the quadruple-play services Quebecor offers a French-language subscription video on demand service and has a media segment that owns and operates television stations publishes newspapers and magazines and produces and distributes films and television shows.