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Ticker
EMP-A.TO

Price
46.40
Stock movement up
+0.49 (1.07%)
Company name
Empire Company Limited
Exchange
(TO
,
Currency
CAD
)
Sector
Consumer Defensive >
Grocery Stores
Market cap
6.42B
Ent value
17.50B
Price/Sales
0.21
Price/Book
1.16
Div yield
1.72%
Div growth
-5.16%
Growth years
-
FCF payout
15.96%
Trailing P/E
9.55
Forward P/E
15.47
PEG
-
EPS growth
16.03%
1 year return
45.45%
3 year return
0.83%
5 year return
10.95%
10 year return
4.44%
Last updated: 2025-04-12

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share0.80
Dividend yield1.72%
Payout frequency-
Maximum yield2.52%
Average yield1.72%
Minimum yield1.28%
Discount to avg yield0.40%
Upside potential0.40%
Yield as % of max yield68.34%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield1.72%
Current yield distribution50.87%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.28%
Yield at 90%1.44%
Yield at 80%1.49%
Yield at 50% (Median)1.73%
Yield at 20%1.90%
Yield at 10%1.99%
Yield at 0% (Max)2.52%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth-
CCC status-
Dividend per share0.80
Payout frequency-
Ex-div date15 Apr 2025
EPS (TTM)2.77
EPS (1y forward)3.00
EPS growth (5y)16.03%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
EMP-A.TOS&P500
DGR MR21.21%-13.74%
DGR TTM13.01%6.60%
DGR 3 years-12.93%5.24%
DGR 5 years-5.16%5.40%
DGR 10 years-0.10%7.07%
DGR 15 years2.53%6.12%
Time since last change announced299 days
EPS growth (5y)16.03%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM27.46%15.96%
Average28.74%-
Forward26.67%-

VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E9.55
Price to OCF3.21
Price to FCF5.55
Price to EBITDA9.86
EV to EBITDA26.89

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales0.21
Price to Book1.16
EV to Sales0.57

FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count138.36M
EPS (TTM)2.77
FCF per share (TTM)4.77

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)30.81B
Gross profit (TTM)8.14B
Operating income (TTM)1.22B
Net income (TTM)672.00M
EPS (TTM)2.77
EPS (1y forward)3.00

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)26.42%
Operating margin (TTM)3.97%
Profit margin (TTM)2.18%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash312.90M
Net receivables793.70M
Total current assets3.10B
Goodwill2.07B
Intangible assets1.34B
Property, plant and equipment8.56B
Total assets16.92B
Accounts payable3.00B
Short/Current long term debt7.50B
Total current liabilities3.94B
Total liabilities11.39B
Shareholder's equity5.53B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)2.00B
Capital expenditures (TTM)846.80M
Free cash flow (TTM)1.16B
Dividends paid (TTM)184.50M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity12.15%
Return on Assets3.97%
Return on Invested Capital9.27%
Cash Return on Invested Capital15.95%

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open45.87
Daily high46.90
Daily low45.27
Daily Volume444K
All-time high48.99
1y analyst estimate48.75
Beta0.48
EPS (TTM)2.77
Dividend per share0.80
Ex-div date15 Apr 2025
Next earnings date-

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
EMP-A.TOS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-5.29%-12.89%
Highest price drop-52.53%-56.47%
Date of highest drop16 Dec 20169 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-14.45%-11.07%
Avg time to new high29 days12 days
Max time to new high1066 days1805 days
COMPANY DETAILS
EMP-A.TO (Empire Company Limited) company logo
Marketcap
6.42B
Marketcap category
Mid-cap
Description
Empire Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food retail and related real estate businesses in Canada. It operates through two segments, Food Retailing, and Investments and Other Operations. The company owns, affiliates, and franchises retail stores under Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's, and Lawtons Drugs brands; and operates grocery e-commerce stores under the Voilà, Grocery Gateway, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com brand names. It also owns interests in the real estate investment trust; and develops residential real estate properties. Empire Company Limited was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.
Employees
128000
Investor relations
-
CEO
Country
Canada
City
Stock type
-
CCC status
-
Dividend Frequency
-
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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COMPANY NEWS
All newsPress releases
Empire ( TSE:EMP.A ) Third Quarter 2025 Results Key Financial Results Revenue: CA$7.74b (up 3.0% from 3Q 2024). Net...
March 14, 2025
Empire Company Limited ("Empire" or the "Company") (TSX: EMP.A) today announced that Matt Reindel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer has decided to retire from the company. He will ...
March 13, 2025
Empire Company Limited ("Empire" or the "Company") (TSX: EMP.A) today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended February 1, 2025. For the quarter, the Company recorded net earnings o...
March 13, 2025
The Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies proudly announces that eight students will be recognized for their exceptional achievements. These outstanding students will be honoured wi...
March 12, 2025
If you buy and hold a stock for many years, you'd hope to be making a profit. But more than that, you probably want to...
March 10, 2025
Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) will release its third quarter fiscal 2025 results on March 13, 2025 at 6:30 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). The release will be followed by a conference call beginni...
February 27, 2025
Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Empire fair value estimate is CA$55.32 Empire is estimated to...
February 20, 2025
If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. Ideally, a business will show two...
January 20, 2025
Key Insights Significant control over Empire by individual investors implies that the general public has more power to...
January 3, 2025
Empire ( TSE:EMP.A ) Second Quarter 2025 Results Key Financial Results Revenue: CA$7.83b (flat on 2Q 2024). Net income...
December 13, 2024
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