Company Overview

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 approximately 1,600 retail stores under various retail banners, including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's, and Lawtons Drugs; and approximately 350 retail fuel locations, as well as operates grocery e-commerce stores under the banners, such as Voilà, Grocery Gateway, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com. It also owns interest in the Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust, an open-ended real estate investment trust to own, operate, and develop a portfolio of grocery and pharmacy-anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores, and mixed-use developments; and various equity accounted interests in Genstar 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.

  • Name

    Empire Company Limited

  • CEO

    Mr. Michael Bennett Medline

  • Website

    www.empireco.ca

  • Sector

    Consumer Staples Distribution and Retail

  • Year Founded

    1907

Profile

  • Market Cap

  • EV

  • Shares Out

  • Revenue

    CA$30.87B

  • Employees

    128,000

Margins

  • Gross

    26.55%

  • EBITDA

    5.57%

  • Operating

    3.99%

  • Pre-Tax

    3.04%

  • Net

    2.18%

  • FCF

    4.05%

Returns (5Yr Avg)

  • ROA

    4.53%

  • ROTA

    19.46%

  • ROE

    14.66%

  • ROCE

    10.35%

  • ROIC

    6.86%

Valuation (TTM)

  • P/E

  • P/B

  • EV/Sales

  • EV/EBITDA

  • P/FCF

  • EV/Gross Profit

Valuation (NTM)

  • Price Target

  • P/E

  • PEG

  • EV/Sales

  • EV/EBITDA

  • P/FCF

Financial Health

  • Cash

    CA$312.9M

  • Net Debt

    CA$7,183.2M

  • Debt/Equity

    1.36

  • EBIT/Interest

    4

Growth (CAGR)

  • Rev 3Yr

    2.56%

  • Rev 5Yr

    3.87%

  • Rev 10Yr

    3.13%

  • Dil EPS 3Yr

    1.86%

  • Dil EPS 5Yr

    12.04%

  • Dil EPS 10Yr

    9.22%

  • Rev Fwd 2Yr

  • EBITDA Fwd 2Yr

  • EPS Fwd 2Yr

  • EPS LT Growth Est

Dividends

  • Yield

  • Payout

    27.31%

  • DPS

    CA$0.75

  • DPS Growth 3Yr

    11.45%

  • DPS Growth 5Yr

    10.68%

  • DPS Growth 10Yr

    7.78%

  • DPS Growth Fwd 2Yr

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