Empire Company Limited EMP-A.TO
Nov 3, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
- YTD
- +3.83%
- 1 year
- +2.80%
- Market cap
- 11.08B
- Revenue (ttm)
- 32.23B
- Profit margin
- 0.68%
- EPS (ttm)
- 0.97
- Shares out
- 125.56M
- P/E ratio
- 51.08
- Forward P/E
- 12.81
- Dividend
- 0.97 (1.94%)
- Ex-dividend date
- Oct 14, 2026
- YTD return
- +3.83%
- 1-year return
- +2.80%
- Volume
- 362.12K
- Avg volume
- 579.57K
- Open
- 49.96
- Previous close
- 50.10
- Day's range
- 49.25 – 50.02
- 52-week range
- 43.81 – 52.64
- Beta
- 0.33
- Analysts
- Hold
- Price target
- 53.50 (+8.0%)
5D -0.25 (-0.50%)
Key statistics
- Enterprise value
- 18.80B
- PEG ratio
- 2.07
- Price / sales
- 0.34
- Price / book
- 2.17
- Dividend yield
- 1.94%
- Payout ratio
- 93.04%
- Revenue growth
- 2.50%
- Free cash flow
- 978.50M
- Total cash
- 320.00M
- Total debt
- 7.78B
- Return on equity
- 4.88%
- Short % of float
- 0.00%
- 50-day average
- 48.50
- 200-day average
- 48.51
Analyst view
Consensus: hold
- Target (low)
- 48.00
- Target (mean)
- 53.50
- Target (high)
- 58.00
- Strong buy1
- Buy1
- Hold5
- Sell0
- Strong sell1
Next earnings
Consensus EPS estimate 0.76672.
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2023 | CIBC | main | — | Outperformer |
About Empire Company Limited
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.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- Country
- Canada
- Website
- empireco.ca
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Company Limited | Issuer | Redemption, retraction, cancelation, repurchase | Sep 29, 2026 | 52,000 |
| Knox (Julia Michelle) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Acquisition or disposition under a purchase/ownership plan | Dec 30, 2025 | 1,228 |
| L'archeveque (Luc) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Exercise of rights | Jul 9, 2026 | 7,498 |
| Nathanson, Douglas Bigler | Senior Officer of Issuer | Exercise of options | Jul 21, 2026 | 27,699 |
| Pasquini (Sandra) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Exercise of rights | Jul 9, 2026 | 6,175 |
| Pefanis (Constantine) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Acquisition or disposition in the public market | Dec 14, 2025 | 0 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 0.03% | 35,768 | 1.77M | Sep 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC-Intl Core Eqy. 2 PORT. | 0.49% | 613,194 | 30.38M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity SAI Canada Equity Index Fund | 0.49% | 608,410 | 30.15M | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs ETF TRT-Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta(R) Intl Eqy. ETF | 0.43% | 540,963 | 26.80M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| American Century ETF Trust-Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 0.34% | 425,645 | 21.09M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| DFA INVESTMENT TRUST CO-The Canadian Small Company Series | 0.31% | 388,465 | 19.25M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Dimensional ETF Trust-Dimensional International Value ETF | 0.28% | 355,178 | 17.60M | Jul 30, 2026 |