Empire Company Limited
Empire Company Limited
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Overview
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About Empire Company Limited
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- CEO
- Pierre St-Laurent
- Headquarters
- 115 King Street, Stellarton, NS, CA
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- CEO
- Pierre St-Laurent
- Headquarters
- 115 King Street, Stellarton, NS, CA
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.
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Fair Value
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Financial Ratios
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Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for Empire Company Limited. Starting points for Empire Company Limited: P/E 46.4, EPS $0.98, beta 0.39 — an Grocery Stores name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.
Dividend Analysis
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Earnings Analysis
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Reported vs. expected earnings history for Empire Company Limited. Trailing twelve-month EPS for Empire Company Limited stands at $0.98. EPS surprises by quarter, revenue against estimates, and the upcoming reporting date.
Financial Statements
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Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow history for Empire Company Limited. Empire Company Limited has reported as a listed company since 2010. Annual and quarterly filings with period-over-period comparison, so you can trace how revenue, margins and cash generation have moved.
Comparables
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Institutional Ownership
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Insider Trading
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Buying and selling by Empire Company Limited executives and directors. Shares of Empire Company Limited have traded between $29.47 and $41.90 over the past 52 weeks — context for the timing of the transactions below. Insider transactions as disclosed to regulators, with role, size and date — the clearest read on how the people running the company are positioned. Included with FRC Premium.
Senate Trading
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U.S. Senate disclosures naming Empire Company Limited. Empire Company Limited is a $8.35B Consumer Defensive company. Senators' reported transactions in this security, alongside the fundamentals — a signal most research platforms leave out entirely. Included with FRC Premium.
House Trading
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