TSE:EMP.A Empire (EMP.A) Stock Price, News & Analysis C$39.98 -0.19 (-0.47%) (As of 11/1/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades About Empire Stock (TSE:EMP.A) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Empire alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's RangeC$39.79▼C$40.4150-Day RangeC$37.53▼C$41.3352-Week RangeC$31.45▼C$41.48Volume487,800 shsAverage Volume411,750 shsMarket CapitalizationC$5.61 billionP/E Ratio14.59Dividend Yield2.00%Price TargetC$43.14Consensus RatingHold Company OverviewEmpire Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food retail and related real estate businesses in Canada. It operates through two segments, Food Retailing, and Investments and Other Operations. The company owns, affiliates, and franchises approximately 1,500 retail stores under various retail banners, including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, and Lawtons Drugs; and approximately 350 retail fuel locations. It also owns interest in Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust, an open-ended Canadian real estate investment trust to sell and leaseback a portfolio of 19 retail properties; and various equity accounted interests in Genstar real estate partnerships that develop residential real estate properties in Ontario, Western Canada, and the United States. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.Read More… Why Buffett, Bezos, & Congress Are Piling Into This One Sector (Ad)Why are Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, “The Walmart Family”, Bill Gates, and 48 members of Congress shifting their stocks in a frenzy? And why are they all piling into ONE unique corner of the market…Click here for the details Empire Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks34th Percentile Overall ScoreEMP.A MarketRank™: Empire scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion2.2 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingEmpire has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageEmpire has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Empire's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Empire is 14.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.20.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Empire is 14.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 206.76.Price to Earnings Growth RatioEmpire has a PEG Ratio of 16.20. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioEmpire has a P/B Ratio of 1.78. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for EMP.A. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldEmpire pays a meaningful dividend of 1.96%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthEmpire does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Empire is 29.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Read more about Empire's dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for EMP.A. News and Social Media1.2 / 5News Sentiment0.08 News SentimentEmpire has a news sentiment score of 0.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.36 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Empire this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week. Company Ownership1.7 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Empire insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$526,583.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.18% of the stock of Empire is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions40.86% of the stock of Empire is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Empire's insider trading history. Receive EMP.A Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Empire and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address EMP.A Stock News HeadlinesInsider Selling: Empire Company Limited (TSE:EMP.A) Senior Officer Sells 4,850 Shares of StockOctober 8, 2024 | insidertrades.comEmpire (TSE:EMP.A) Stock Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - What's Next?October 30 at 2:49 AM | americanbankingnews.com625,000% GainImagine swapping your daily coffee expense for a future free of financial worries. It might seem far-fetched, but results like this are within reach with the right knowledge and timing in the altcoin market. Plus, you’ll get $10 in real Bitcoin when you stay to the end of the call and take a short quiz.November 2, 2024 | Crypto Swap Profits (Ad)Empire Company Limited expands e-commerce home delivery options through new partnerships with Instacart and Uber EatsOctober 25, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comEmpire Company Limited expands e-commerce home delivery options through new partnerships with Instacart and Uber EatsOctober 25, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comGolden Empire Transit appoints new CEOOctober 17, 2024 | yahoo.comEmpire Eternal Official Announcement TrailerOctober 1, 2024 | msn.comEmpire Issue Preview: Terminator At 40, Paddington In Peru, John Woo, The Franchise, Emilia PérezSeptember 26, 2024 | msn.comSee More Headlines EMP.A Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have EMP.A shares performed this year? Empire's stock was trading at C$35.05 at the start of the year. Since then, EMP.A stock has increased by 14.1% and is now trading at C$39.98. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How do I buy shares of Empire? Shares of EMP.A stock and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through an online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the Canadian stock market include BMO InvestorLine, CIBC Investor's Edge, Desjardins Online Brokerage, HSBC InvestDirect, Laurentian Bank Discount Brokerage, National Bank Direct Brokerage, Qtrade Investor, Questrade, RBC Direct Investing, Scotia iTrade, TD Direct Investing, and Virtual Brokers.Compare Top Brokerages Here. Company Calendar Ex-Dividend for 10/31 Dividend10/15/2024Dividend Payable10/31/2024Today11/02/2024Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeTSE SectorConsumer Defensive Industry Grocery Stores Sub-IndustryMisc. Current SymbolTSE:EMP.A CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.empireco.ca Phone+1-902-7554440FaxN/AEmployees125,000Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price TargetC$43.14 High Stock Price TargetC$47.00 Low Stock Price TargetC$36.00 Potential Upside/Downside+7.9%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.43 Research Coverage7 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)C$2.74 Trailing P/E Ratio14.59 Forward P/E Ratio13.52 P/E Growth16.2Net IncomeC$672 million Net Margins2.18% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity12.94% Return on Assets4.60% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio135.51 Current Ratio0.79 Quick Ratio0.29 Sales & Book Value Annual SalesC$30.87 billion Price / Sales0.18 Cash FlowC$1.57 per share Price / Cash Flow25.50 Book ValueC$22.51 per share Price / Book1.78Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares140,410,000Free FloatN/AMarket CapC$5.61 billion OptionableNot Optionable Beta0.48 The Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks for 2024Looking to generate income with your stock portfolio? Use these ten stocks to generate a safe and reliable source of investment income.Get This Free Report This page (TSE:EMP.A) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners625,000% GainImagine swapping your daily coffee expense for a future free of financial worries. It might seem far-fetche...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredEx WH Advisor Who Predicted Biden Leaving Race Makes Startling New PredictionFormer advisor to the CIA, the Pentagon and the White House Jim Rickards went on multiple TV news programs… ...Paradigm Press | SponsoredSell NVDA Now?Guess who's selling NVDA next The most successful hedge fund in history quietly sold 500,000 shares. Here's...Chaikin Analytics | SponsoredMarket "Famine" ComingMarket Wizard Larry Benedict accurately predicted that all indexes would be negative in 2022... He predicte...Opportunistic Trader | SponsoredThe centerpiece of Trump’s crypto’s masterplan …Donald Trump wants to be America’s first crypto president. He was the keynote speaker at the recent Bitcoin...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredHow Will You Survive A Post Election Retirement Heist?The clock is ticking, and your life savings are in an extremely vulnerable position. We are a few days away...American Hartford Gold Group | SponsoredBlackrock’s Sending THIS Crypto Higher on PurposeIt's a groundbreaking opportunity that could be poised for extraordinary gains. The catalyst behind this su...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredI was wrong. Dead wrong. I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we...Porter & Company | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat All Access to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Empire Company Limited Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Share Empire With A Colleague Link copied to clipboard. Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.