EMP.A vs. CEE, DPM, BRC, HI, VCV, GAM, PPT, MRU, NWC, and L
Should you be buying Empire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empire include Centamin (CEE), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Blackrock Silver (BRC), Highland Copper (HI), Vatic Ventures (VCV), GameSquare (GAM), Perpetua Resources (PPT), Metro (MRU), North West (NWC), and Loblaw Companies (L).
Empire vs.
Empire (TSE:EMP.A) and Centamin (TSE:CEE) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Empire presently has a consensus target price of C$48.57, indicating a potential upside of 12.98%. Given Empire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Empire is more favorable than Centamin.
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.
In the previous week, Empire had 2 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Empire and 0 mentions for Centamin. Empire's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Centamin's score of 0.00 indicating that Empire is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Empire has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centamin has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
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.
40.9% of Empire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Centamin shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Empire shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Centamin shares are held 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.
Summary
Empire beats Centamin on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EMP.A) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff