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Empire Company Limited

Empire Company Limited

EMP-A · TO · Consumer Defensive / Grocery Stores

51.48CAD+0.32 (+0.63%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close51.16
Open51.46
Day Range51.21 – 51.76
52-Week Range43.39 – 52.64
Volume912.25K
Market Cap10.79B
P/E (TTM)48.74
Forward P/E13.04
EPS0.99
Dividend Yield2.01%
Beta0.33
50-Day Avg48.51
200-Day Avg48.24

About

Empire 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 retail stores under the Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's, and Lawtons Drugs brands; operates grocery e-commerce stores under the Voilà, Voilà par IGA, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com; and operates and/or supplies retail fuel locations. Empire Company Limited was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.

Company Details

  • SectorConsumer Defensive
  • IndustryGrocery Stores
  • CEOMr. Pierre St-Laurent
  • Employees130.00K
  • Headquarters115 King Street, Stellarton, NS, Canada, B0K 1S0, Canada
  • Websitehttps://www.empireco.ca

Leadership

  • Mr. Pierre St-LaurentCEO, President & Director
  • Mr. Constantine PefanisExecutive VP & CFO
  • Ms. Julia KnoxExecutive VP, Chief Technology & Analytics Officer and Chief Retail Officer
  • Mr. Douglas B. Nathanson J.D.Executive VP, Chief Development Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary · b. 1976
  • Luc L'ArchevequeChief Customer Officer
  • Mr. Clinton David Keay C.A., CPASenior Vice President of Corporate Finance · b. 1965
  • Ms. Katie Brine CPADirector of Investor Relations
  • Ms. Sandra SandersonChief Marketing Officer
  • Ms. Sandra PasquiniChief Human Resources Officer
  • Mr. John G. MorrowVP & Comptroller

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: CAD1996-04-301997-04-301998-04-301999-04-302000-04-302001-04-302002-04-302003-04-302004-04-302005-04-302006-04-302007-04-302008-04-302009-04-302010-04-302011-04-302012-04-302013-04-302014-04-302015-04-302016-04-302017-04-302018-04-302019-04-302020-04-302021-04-302022-04-302023-04-302024-04-302025-04-302026-04-30
Total Revenue2.92B3.15B3.32B6.38B11.16B11.54B9.93B10.62B11.28B12.44B13.16B13.37B14.06B15.02B15.52B16.03B16.28B17.47B21.05B24.05B24.73B23.91B24.31B25.25B26.68B28.34B30.27B30.58B30.80B31.36B31.95B
Growth (%)-+8.05%+5.40%+92.10%+75.06%+3.35%-13.97%+7.02%+6.21%+10.20%+5.84%+1.56%+5.22%+6.76%+3.34%+3.31%+1.58%+7.31%+20.47%+14.24%+2.86%-3.33%+1.69%+3.85%+5.66%+6.22%+6.83%+1.02%+0.71%+1.82%+1.88%
Cost of Revenue2.75B2.97B3.13B6.10B10.69B11.04B9.41B10.05B10.70B11.79B12.48B12.72B13.32B14.26B14.73B15.20B12.22B13.33B15.92B17.94B18.66B18.10B18.31B19.06B19.95B21.07B22.50B22.69B22.66B22.89B23.29B
Gross Profit169.20M177.90M192.90M279.60M473.60M493.90M518.00M573.60M579.70M644.20M685.40M642.70M742.70M754.00M788.00M829.70M4.06B4.15B5.13B6.11B6.07B5.81B6.00B6.19B6.72B7.27B7.77B7.90B8.14B8.46B8.66B
Gross Margin5.80%5.65%5.81%4.38%4.24%4.28%5.22%5.40%5.14%5.18%5.21%4.81%5.28%5.02%5.08%5.18%24.95%23.73%24.35%25.41%24.55%24.30%24.67%24.52%25.20%25.64%25.67%25.82%26.42%26.99%27.12%
Operating Expense59.90M65.40M70.40M103.70M149.70M161.10M130.00M128.70M156.10M180.50M194.00M202.40M270.10M324.80M308.30M332.30M3.53B3.60B4.80B5.37B8.49B5.48B5.65B5.54B5.61B5.97B6.41B6.66B6.83B7.18B7.46B
Operating Income109.30M112.50M122.50M175.90M323.90M332.80M388.00M444.90M423.60M463.70M491.40M440.30M472.60M429.20M479.70M497.40M534.30M549.10M328.50M742.40M-2.42B333.00M346.50M652.30M1.11B1.30B1.36B1.23B1.31B1.29B1.20B
Operating Margin3.75%3.57%3.69%2.76%2.90%2.88%3.91%4.19%3.75%3.73%3.73%3.29%3.36%2.86%3.09%3.10%3.28%3.14%1.56%3.09%-9.78%1.39%1.43%2.58%4.17%4.59%4.50%4.03%4.26%4.11%3.77%
EBITDA169.20M177.90M192.90M279.60M473.60M493.90M543.00M605.50M621.00M699.20M753.00M728.60M782.30M805.10M818.80M829.70M870.10M878.90M996.40M1.13B1.06B719.60M694.90M927.70M1.43B1.65B1.77B1.66B2.12B2.29B1.79B
EBITDA Margin5.80%5.65%5.81%4.38%4.24%4.28%5.47%5.70%5.50%5.62%5.72%5.45%5.56%5.36%5.28%5.18%5.34%5.03%4.73%4.71%4.29%3.01%2.86%3.67%5.35%5.83%5.84%5.43%6.89%7.31%5.61%
Net Income21.70M52.90M87.80M135.00M86.80M580.00M196.00M153.90M173.10M186.60M296.80M210.10M315.80M265.90M301.90M369.50M339.40M384.80M235.40M419.00M-2.13B158.50M159.50M387.30M583.50M701.50M745.80M686.00M725.20M700.00M198.00M
Net Income Margin0.74%1.68%2.64%2.12%0.78%5.03%1.97%1.45%1.53%1.50%2.26%1.57%2.25%1.77%1.95%2.31%2.08%2.20%1.12%1.74%-8.62%0.66%0.66%1.53%2.19%2.48%2.46%2.24%2.35%2.23%0.62%
R&D-----------------6.70M6.50M14.40M7.50M----------
R&D as % of Total Revenue-----------------0.04%0.03%0.06%0.03%----------
Interest Expense56.60M42.70M1.80M30.70M156.60M395.80M88.00M170.60M138.90M145.90M41.50M110.00M105.80M80.60M72.50M79.80M53.40M51.20M132.50M136.70M113.80M103.10M96.90M86.50M303.80M292.80M301.90M284.00M303.60M321.00M317.00M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue1.94%1.36%0.05%0.48%1.40%3.43%0.89%1.61%1.23%1.17%0.32%0.82%0.75%0.54%0.47%0.50%0.33%0.29%0.63%0.57%0.46%0.43%0.40%0.34%1.14%1.03%1.00%0.93%0.99%1.02%0.99%

Balance Sheet

Currency: CAD1996-04-301997-04-301998-04-301999-04-302000-04-302001-04-302002-04-302003-04-302004-04-302005-04-302006-04-302007-04-302008-04-302009-04-302010-04-302011-04-302012-04-302013-04-302014-04-302015-04-302016-04-302017-04-302018-04-302019-04-302020-04-302021-04-302022-04-302023-04-302024-04-302025-04-302026-04-30
Total Assets1.73B1.80B1.91B4.02B4.17B4.25B4.31B4.52B4.68B4.93B5.05B5.22B5.71B5.90B6.25B6.56B6.91B7.14B12.24B11.46B9.14B8.70B8.66B9.60B14.63B15.17B16.59B16.48B16.79B17.02B17.08B
Total Liabilities1.25B1.32B1.35B3.00B3.26B2.73B2.54B2.55B2.56B2.66B2.50B2.50B3.29B3.18B3.26B3.27B3.48B3.38B6.50B5.42B5.46B4.99B4.89B5.52B10.62B10.68B11.46B11.15B11.32B11.47B11.93B
Total Equity474.90M479.50M558.30M737.70M602.80M1.11B1.29B1.43B1.58B1.71B1.97B2.14B2.38B2.68B2.95B3.25B3.40B3.73B5.70B5.98B3.62B3.64B3.70B4.00B3.92B4.37B4.99B5.20B5.34B5.41B5.00B
Cash21.20M32.20M28.30M72.10M54.30M83.50M137.00M316.80M202.20M281.70M341.10M294.90M191.40M231.60M401.00M616.90M510.20M455.20M429.30M295.90M264.70M207.30M627.90M553.30M1.01B890.50M812.30M221.30M260.00M285.00M291.00M
Total Debt890.60M936.30M927.30M1.92B1.91B1.43B1.27B1.21B1.13B1.21B922.10M942.10M1.57B1.30B1.23B1.15B1.13B969.50M3.50B2.28B2.37B1.87B1.67B2.02B6.94B7.13B7.46B7.20B7.36B7.46B7.86B
Net Debt869.40M904.10M899.00M1.85B1.86B1.34B1.13B894.50M924.00M924.40M581.00M647.20M1.38B1.07B825.20M536.30M620.60M514.30M3.07B1.99B2.10B1.66B1.04B1.47B5.93B6.24B6.65B6.98B7.10B7.18B7.57B

Cash Flow

Currency: CAD1996-04-301997-04-301998-04-301999-04-302000-04-302001-04-302002-04-302003-04-302004-04-302005-04-302006-04-302007-04-302008-04-302009-04-302010-04-302011-04-302012-04-302013-04-302014-04-302015-04-302016-04-302017-04-302018-04-302019-04-302020-04-302021-04-302022-04-302023-04-302024-04-302025-04-302026-04-30
Operating Cash Flow85.20M107.20M133.10M305.10M272.40M146.00M1.03B359.70M467.00M519.50M626.60M449.40M643.50M658.20M784.10M686.60M814.60M788.10M787.40M1.16B896.80M708.50M879.70M885.60M2.09B1.86B2.11B1.61B2.07B2.13B1.91B
Investing Cash Flow-15.90M-80.70M-114.30M-1.18B-150.70M248.80M-655.00M-276.30M-435.60M-447.00M-472.90M-435.40M-1.37B-404.10M-466.10M-315.70M-768.30M-555.30M-4.87B146.60M-622.60M-35.70M-39.40M-1.09B-376.30M-502.30M-891.40M-684.70M-608.50M-597.00M-550.00M
Financing Cash Flow-76.70M-15.50M-22.70M917.00M-139.60M-365.50M-322.00M-69.20M-147.30M7.00M-94.30M-60.20M620.50M-213.90M-148.60M-155.00M-152.00M-287.80M4.05B-1.44B-305.40M-730.20M-419.70M133.80M-1.26B-1.48B-1.29B-1.51B-1.43B-1.50B-1.35B
Capital Expenditure125.70M82.70M137.50M1.36B246.70M292.60M520.00M442.00M431.00M372.00M546.40M545.20M549.40M431.00M468.70M588.30M618.60M544.20M589.90M542.00M672.00M514.50M288.00M434.60M617.80M659.10M780.30M757.70M798.70M777.00M831.00M
Free Cash Flow-40.50M24.50M-4.40M-1.05B25.70M-146.60M511.00M-82.30M36.00M147.50M80.20M-95.80M94.10M227.20M315.40M98.30M196.00M243.90M197.50M618.50M224.80M194.00M591.70M451.00M1.47B1.20B1.33B847.60M1.28B1.35B1.08B
Dividends Paid7.10M7.40M8.80M12.10M10.40M11.20M14.00M21.70M26.30M31.60M36.70M39.50M43.20M46.10M50.70M54.40M61.10M65.20M83.30M99.70M109.40M111.30M114.00M119.50M129.70M139.40M156.80M170.20M181.70M192.00M203.00M
FCF to OCF-47.54%22.85%-3.31%-345.26%9.43%-100.41%49.56%-22.88%7.71%28.39%12.80%-21.32%14.62%34.52%40.22%14.32%24.06%30.95%25.08%53.30%25.07%27.38%67.26%50.93%70.43%64.56%62.97%52.80%61.50%63.47%56.51%
Dividend Paid to FCF-17.53%30.20%-200.00%-1.15%40.47%-7.64%2.74%-26.37%73.06%21.42%45.76%-41.23%45.91%20.29%16.07%55.34%31.17%26.73%42.18%16.12%48.67%57.37%19.27%26.50%8.81%11.61%11.82%20.08%14.24%14.22%18.80%

Earnings

Report DateJun 29, 1993Sep 9, 1993Jun 27, 1994Sep 9, 1994Dec 9, 1994Mar 10, 1995Dec 11, 1995Mar 21, 1996Jun 26, 1996Sep 10, 1996Mar 21, 1997Jun 27, 1997Sep 11, 1997Sep 11, 1998Dec 8, 1998Mar 11, 1999Jun 23, 1999Sep 9, 1999Dec 8, 1999Mar 10, 2000Jun 29, 2000Sep 7, 2000Dec 8, 2000Mar 7, 2001Jun 28, 2001Sep 12, 2001Dec 12, 2001Mar 7, 2002Jun 27, 2002Sep 12, 2002Dec 11, 2002Mar 6, 2003Jun 26, 2003Mar 5, 2004May 30, 2004Sep 9, 2004Dec 10, 2004Mar 9, 2005Jun 23, 2005Sep 8, 2005Dec 14, 2005Mar 16, 2006Jun 29, 2006Sep 13, 2006Dec 13, 2006Mar 15, 2007Jun 28, 2007Sep 12, 2007Dec 13, 2007Mar 11, 2008Jun 26, 2008Sep 11, 2008Dec 11, 2008Mar 11, 2009Jun 26, 2009Sep 11, 2009Dec 10, 2009Mar 10, 2010Jun 25, 2010Sep 10, 2010Dec 9, 2010Mar 8, 2011Jun 30, 2011Sep 14, 2011Dec 15, 2011Mar 13, 2012Jun 28, 2012Sep 13, 2012Dec 13, 2012Mar 12, 2013Jun 27, 2013Sep 12, 2013Dec 12, 2013Mar 12, 2014Jun 26, 2014Sep 10, 2014Dec 12, 2014Mar 12, 2015Jun 24, 2015Sep 9, 2015Dec 8, 2015Mar 9, 2016Jun 28, 2016Sep 15, 2016Dec 14, 2016Mar 15, 2017Jun 28, 2017Sep 14, 2017Dec 13, 2017Mar 14, 2018Jun 28, 2018Sep 13, 2018Dec 13, 2018Mar 13, 2019Jun 27, 2019Sep 12, 2019Dec 12, 2019Mar 12, 2020Jun 18, 2020Sep 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020Mar 10, 2021Jun 23, 2021Sep 9, 2021Dec 9, 2021Mar 10, 2022Jun 22, 2022Sep 15, 2022Dec 15, 2022Mar 16, 2023Jun 22, 2023Sep 14, 2023Dec 14, 2023Mar 14, 2024Jun 20, 2024Sep 12, 2024Dec 12, 2024Mar 13, 2025Jun 19, 2025Sep 11, 2025Dec 11, 2025Mar 12, 2026Jun 18, 2026Sep 10, 2026Dec 10, 2026
EPS Estimate0.030.040.040.040.060.040.050.040.040.040.050.050.070.070.070.090.070.080.090.090.090.110.090.080.110.140.150.140.160.200.190.210.190.210.200.210.230.240.240.250.230.270.240.260.260.270.240.310.300.240.320.370.340.250.390.350.320.310.350.400.370.330.400.430.390.370.380.470.430.380.440.520.360.410.430.450.450.410.500.550.430.350.340.360.280.070.150.220.250.250.290.420.320.370.420.480.570.460.620.580.650.600.600.720.610.670.690.740.670.690.680.750.760.640.620.870.660.620.710.880.700.710.871.040.77
EPS Actual0.030.040.050.050.050.030.040.030.040.040.070.070.060.080.070.070.040.090.090.090.100.130.110.090.120.150.160.180.180.200.200.200.210.220.210.220.220.230.250.250.240.280.290.270.260.180.320.310.300.250.370.380.320.330.320.350.340.330.350.400.360.290.450.440.370.350.440.510.420.390.480.440.380.280.470.480.460.430.500.440.400.300.350.270.120.130.180.320.270.330.350.370.400.270.460.490.580.460.670.630.600.660.640.700.660.770.680.710.730.640.720.780.710.620.630.900.730.620.740.910.690.720.941.04-
Surprise0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%-16.67%-25.00%-20.00%-25.00%0.00%0.00%40.00%40.00%-14.29%14.29%0.00%-22.22%-42.86%12.50%0.00%0.00%11.11%18.18%22.22%12.50%9.09%7.14%6.67%28.57%12.50%0.00%5.26%-4.76%10.53%4.76%5.00%4.76%-4.35%-4.17%4.17%0.00%4.35%3.70%20.83%3.85%0.00%-33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%4.17%15.63%2.70%-5.88%32.00%-17.95%0.00%6.25%6.45%0.00%0.00%-2.70%-12.12%12.50%2.33%-5.13%-5.41%15.79%8.51%-2.33%2.63%9.09%-15.38%5.56%-31.71%9.30%6.67%2.22%4.88%0.00%-20.00%-6.98%-14.29%2.94%-25.00%-57.14%85.71%20.00%45.45%8.00%32.00%20.69%-11.90%25.00%-27.03%9.52%2.08%1.75%0.00%8.06%8.62%-7.69%10.00%6.67%-2.78%8.20%14.93%-1.45%-4.05%8.96%-7.25%5.88%4.00%-6.58%-3.13%1.61%3.45%10.61%0.00%4.23%3.41%-1.43%1.41%8.05%0.00%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap10.79B
Enterprise Value17.99B
Trailing P/E48.74
Forward P/E13.04
PEG Ratio2.07
Price / Sales0.33
Price / Book2.06
EPS0.99
Book Value22.87
Revenue (TTM)32.23B
Gross Profit (TTM)8.77B
EBITDA2.40B
Profit Margin0.68%
Operating Margin4.77%
Return on Equity4.88%
Return on Assets4.80%
Shares Outstanding125.56M
Shares Float122.34M
Beta0.33
Dividend Yield2.01%
Dividend Rate0.97
Payout Ratio27.30%

Dividends

20264×
0.24Oct 15, 20260.24Jul 15, 20260.22Apr 15, 20260.22Jan 15, 2026
20254×
0.22Oct 15, 20250.22Jul 15, 20250.20Apr 15, 20250.20Jan 15, 2025
20244×
0.20Oct 15, 20240.20Jul 15, 20240.18Apr 12, 20240.18Jan 12, 2024
20234×
0.18Oct 12, 20230.18Jul 13, 20230.17Apr 13, 20230.17Jan 12, 2023
20224×
0.17Oct 13, 20220.17Jul 14, 20220.15Apr 13, 20220.15Jan 13, 2022
20214×
0.15Oct 14, 20210.15Jul 14, 20210.13Apr 14, 20210.13Jan 14, 2021

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