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Empire Company Limited (EMP-A.TO)

50.27 +0.39 (+0.78%)
At close: October 30 at 4:00:01 PM EDT
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  • Previous Close 49.88
  • Open 50.10
  • Bid 50.29 x --
  • Ask 50.31 x --
  • Day's Range 50.08 - 50.52
  • 52 Week Range 43.81 - 52.64
  • Volume 384,046
  • Avg. Volume 582,429
  • Market Cap (intraday) 11.245B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.31
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 51.82
  • EPS (TTM) 0.97
  • Earnings Date Dec 10, 2026
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 0.97 (1.93%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date Oct 15, 2026
  • 1y Target Est 53.50

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 the Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's, and Lawtons Drugs brands; operates grocery e-commerce stores under the Voilà, Voilà par IGA, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com; and operates and/or supplies retail fuel locations. Empire Company Limited was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.

www.empireco.ca

130,000

Full Time Employees

May 02

Fiscal Year Ends

Grocery Stores

Industry

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Performance Overview

Trailing total returns as of 10/30/2026, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P/TSX Composite index (^GSPTSE) .

YTD Return

EMP-A.TO
7.20%
S&P/TSX Composite index (^GSPTSE)
11.78%

1-Year Return

EMP-A.TO
9.16%
S&P/TSX Composite index (^GSPTSE)
18.03%

3-Year Return

EMP-A.TO
40.29%
S&P/TSX Composite index (^GSPTSE)
88.90%

5-Year Return

EMP-A.TO
49.17%
S&P/TSX Composite index (^GSPTSE)
69.32%

Earnings Trends

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Earnings Per Share

GAAP
Normalized
GAAP
Normalized

Revenue vs. Earnings

Annual
Quarterly
Annual
Quarterly
Q1 FY27
Revenue 8.47B
Earnings --
Profit Margin 0.00%

Q2

FY26

Q3

FY26

Q4

FY26

Q1

FY27

0
2B
4B
6B
8B
0.0%

Analyst Insights

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Analyst Price Targets

48.00 Low
53.50 Average
50.27 Current
58.00 High

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
  • Buy
  • Hold
  • Underperform
  • Sell

Latest Rating

Date 6/23/2023
Analyst CIBC
Rating Action Maintains
Rating Outperformer
Price Action Raises
Price Target 41 -> 43

Statistics

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Valuation Measures

Annual
  • Market Cap

  • Enterprise Value

  • Trailing P/E

  • Forward P/E

  • PEG Ratio (current)

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

  • Price/Book (mrq)

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    0.68%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    4.80%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    4.87%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    32.23B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    219M

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    0.97

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    320M

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    147.52%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    978.5M

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