Eating Like There’s No Tomorrow 3 Reasons to Buy Couche-Tard Stock

There are several reasons to consider a promising project retail stock like Nutrition Couch-Tard (TSX:ATD). Each reason has its own unique and comparative weight, and they come into play depending on how you value that stock.

If you are considering it as a standalone investment and considering whether you should buy it, the emphasis may be on a different set of features when you consider it versus another investment.

The three most compelling reasons in both scenarios are:

Alimentation Couche-Tard is a retail giant with approximately 16,800 locations in 29 countries. More than 13,000 of these locations also provide fuel. This classic combination of fuel and retail has been around for decades and may remain so for several more.

This size has been achieved through strategic acquisitions, the most recent of which was the acquisition of 2,175 retail assets in Germany and the Benelux countries. The entire network serves approximately 8.7 million customers daily.

This impressive international presence also opens the door to more opportunities for the company. If it already has a presence in a country and is developing/maintaining its existing consumer base at a healthy level, it is well positioned to expand that chain or make other acquisitions in that region.

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The underlying company is solid and the stock is at least generally impressive. It’s coming out of someone right now bear market phase and its performance in 2024 has been relatively poor. However, when we look back further, we see that the performance was quite impressive.

The stock is up nearly 85% in the last five years and 286% in the last 10 years. The company also pays dividends, but its yield generally needs to be higher for it to be a significant deciding factor in this investment.

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