Stock Research: Empire

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Empire

TOR:EMP.A CA2918434077
16
  • Value
    84
  • Growth
    53
  • Safety
    Safety
    8
  • Combined
    51
  • Sentiment
    3
  • 360° View
    360° View
    16
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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: With an Obermatt 360° View of 16 (better than 16% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Empire are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Empire. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 84, which means that the share price of Empire is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 84% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 53, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 3. Professional investors are more confident in 97% other stocks. Worryingly, the company has risky financing, with a Safety rank of 8. This means 92% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than Empire. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
84 85 73 79
Growth
53 57 23 27
Safety
Safety
8 17 18 32
Sentiment
3 62 12 49
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16 58 8 37
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
14 17 24 64
Opinions Change
50 62 4 32
Pro Holdings
n/a 72 33 21
Market Pulse
16 95 76 80
Sentiment
3 62 12 49
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
84 85 73 79
Growth
53 57 23 27
Safety Safety
8 17 18 32
Combined
51 54 19 42
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
86 77 70 73
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
36 70 80 64
Price vs. Book (P/B)
55 64 42 65
Dividend Yield
69 67 75 66
Value
84 85 73 79
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
26 42 42 13
Profit Growth
62 63 55 34
Capital Growth
81 33 14 69
Stock Returns
34 69 37 41
Growth
53 57 23 27
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
32 37 42 40
Refinancing
18 18 31 19
Liquidity
52 37 34 63
Safety Safety
8 17 18 32

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This is a mixed bag with good value and high growth balanced by risky financing and negative sentiment. This is a risky stock that requires conviction; you should only consider it if you are willing to conduct further research into the underlying sentiment and financial risks.

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