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Empire

TSX:EMP.A CA2918434077
32
  • Value
    33
  • Growth
    41
  • Safety
    Safety
    48
  • Combined
    12
  • Sentiment
    72
  • 360° View
    360° View
    32
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Company Description

Empire Company Limited is a food retailing company that operates through its subsidiary Sobeys Inc. It operates in food retailing, with brands including Sobeys, Safeway, and IGA. The company operates in all 10 Canadian provinces. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $9,395 million, profits of $6,066 million, and revenue of $22,633 million. The number of employees is not available.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 32 (better than 32% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Empire are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Empire. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 72, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 72% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 48, which means that the share price of Empire is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 41, meaning that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. This means that growth is lower than for 41% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 33 which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 67% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
48 85 73 79
Growth
41 57 23 27
Safety
Safety
33 17 18 32
Sentiment
72 62 12 49
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32 58 8 37
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
27 17 24 64
Opinions Change
50 62 4 32
Pro Holdings
n/a 72 33 21
Market Pulse
100 95 76 80
Sentiment
72 62 12 49
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
48 85 73 79
Growth
41 57 23 27
Safety Safety
33 17 18 32
Combined
12 54 19 42
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
52 70 80 64
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
48 77 70 73
Price vs. Book (P/B)
46 64 42 65
Dividend Yield
67 67 75 66
Value
48 85 73 79
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
46 42 42 13
Profit Growth
61 63 55 34
Capital Growth
9 33 14 69
Stock Returns
93 69 37 41
Growth
41 57 23 27
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
42 37 42 40
Refinancing
25 18 31 19
Liquidity
47 37 34 63
Safety Safety
33 17 18 32

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