date:Apr 17, 2014
ore operator Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATDb.TO).
Analysts on average had expected a second-quarter profit of C$1.02 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Metro's sales rose 1.7 percent to C$2.55 billion in the second quarter. Analysts on average had expected C$2.52 billion.
Same-store sales rose 1 percent.
The company raised its quarterly dividend to 30 Canadian cents per share from 25 Canadian cents.
Metro's shares closed at C$64.28 on Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.