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Empire

TSX:EMP.A CA2918434077
28
  • Value
    31
  • Growth
    37
  • Safety
    Safety
    76
  • Combined
    32
  • Sentiment
    45
  • 360° View
    360° View
    28
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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 28 (better than 28% 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. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 76, 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 that the stock price is lower than for 76% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 37, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 31, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 69% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 55% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 45. ...read more

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Last update: 10-Sep-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
76 85 73 79
Growth
37 57 23 27
Safety
Safety
31 17 18 32
Sentiment
45 62 12 49
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28 58 8 37
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
28 17 24 64
Opinions Change
9 62 4 32
Pro Holdings
n/a 72 33 21
Market Pulse
100 95 76 80
Sentiment
45 62 12 49
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
76 85 73 79
Growth
37 57 23 27
Safety Safety
31 17 18 32
Combined
32 54 19 42
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
70 70 80 64
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
51 77 70 73
Price vs. Book (P/B)
59 64 42 65
Dividend Yield
69 67 75 66
Value
76 85 73 79
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
42 42 42 13
Profit Growth
48 63 55 34
Capital Growth
14 33 14 69
Stock Returns
87 69 37 41
Growth
37 57 23 27
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
42 37 42 40
Refinancing
27 18 31 19
Liquidity
46 37 34 63
Safety Safety
31 17 18 32

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