Stock Research: Empire

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Empire

TSX:EMP.A CA2918434077
79
  • Value
    37
  • Growth
    45
  • Safety
    Safety
    72
  • Combined
    45
  • Sentiment
    94
  • 360° View
    360° View
    79
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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 79 (better than 79% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Empire are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Empire. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 72, 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 72% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 94, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 94% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 45, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 37, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 63 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: 2-Oct-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
72 85 73 79
Growth
45 57 23 27
Safety
Safety
37 17 18 32
Sentiment
94 62 12 49
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79 58 8 37
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
29 17 24 64
Opinions Change
74 62 4 32
Pro Holdings
n/a 72 33 21
Market Pulse
100 95 76 80
Sentiment
94 62 12 49
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
72 85 73 79
Growth
45 57 23 27
Safety Safety
37 17 18 32
Combined
45 54 19 42
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
61 70 80 64
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
48 77 70 73
Price vs. Book (P/B)
60 64 42 65
Dividend Yield
72 67 75 66
Value
72 85 73 79
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
45 42 42 13
Profit Growth
53 63 55 34
Capital Growth
35 33 14 69
Stock Returns
79 69 37 41
Growth
45 57 23 27
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
48 37 42 40
Refinancing
31 18 31 19
Liquidity
45 37 34 63
Safety Safety
37 17 18 32

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