Empire (EMP.A) Competitors

Empire (TSE:EMP.A) and Centamin (TSE:CEE) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Which has better earnings & valuation, EMP.A or CEE?

Empire has higher revenue and earnings than Centamin. Centamin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Empire	C$30.87B	0.20	C$672M	C$2.74	15.77
Centamin	C$930.75M	0.00	C$84.67M	C$0.10	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EMP.A or CEE?

Empire received 174 more outperform votes than Centamin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.98% of users gave Centamin an outperform vote while only 45.14% of users gave Empire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Empire	Outperform Votes 288 45.14%	Underperform Votes 350 54.86%
Centamin	Outperform Votes 114 62.98%	Underperform Votes 67 37.02%

Do analysts recommend EMP.A or CEE?

Empire presently has a consensus price target of C$48.57, indicating a potential upside of 12.38%. Given Empire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Empire is more favorable than Centamin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Empire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Centamin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, EMP.A or CEE?

Empire has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centamin has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EMP.A or CEE?

40.9% of Empire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Centamin shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Empire shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Centamin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is EMP.A or CEE more profitable?

Centamin has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Empire's net margin of 2.18%. Centamin's return on equity of 14.16% beat Empire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Empire	2.18%	12.94%	4.60%
Centamin	9.10%	14.16%	8.45%

Is EMP.A or CEE a better dividend stock?

Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Centamin pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Empire pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centamin pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Empire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to EMP.A or CEE?

In the previous week, Empire had 13 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Empire and 0 mentions for Centamin. Empire's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Centamin's score of 0.00 indicating that Empire is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Empire	Neutral
Centamin	Neutral

Summary

Empire beats Centamin on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.