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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EMP.A Empire	C$31.70 -0.3%	C$33.41	C$31.45 ▼ C$40.69	C$4.63B	0.47	422,355 shs	422,261 shs
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	$63.10 +1.1%	$60.86	$32.12 ▼ $65.53	$6.32B	0.5	1.06 million shs	1.12 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EMP.A Empire	-0.31%	-0.63%	-4.78%	-10.05%	-12.29%
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	+1.09%	-2.02%	+3.19%	+22.24%	+90.06%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
EMP.A Empire	1.7756 of 5 stars	3.2	0.0	1.7	0.0	1.1	0.8	1.3
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	1.1885 of 5 stars	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.4	0.8	1.9

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EMP.A Empire	2.43	Hold	C$38.86	22.58% Upside
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	2.33	Hold	$51.14	-18.95% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest EMP.A, MRW, SBRY, and SFM Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/16/2024	SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$62.00 ➝ $61.00
4/2/2024	SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$62.00 ➝ $63.00
3/26/2024	SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$59.00 ➝ $62.00
3/15/2024	EMP.A Empire	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold	C$37.00 ➝ C$36.00
3/15/2024	EMP.A Empire	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target		C$37.00 ➝ C$35.00
3/15/2024	EMP.A Empire	National Bankshares Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target		C$41.00 ➝ C$40.00
3/15/2024	EMP.A Empire	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform	C$49.00 ➝ C$43.00
3/6/2024	EMP.A Empire	Desjardins Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	C$40.00 ➝ C$39.00
3/6/2024	EMP.A Empire	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	C$39.00 ➝ C$37.00
3/5/2024	SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$56.00 ➝ $71.00
3/1/2024	EMP.A Empire	CIBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target		C$42.00 ➝ C$40.00

(Data available from 4/19/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
EMP.A Empire	C$30.82B	0.15	C$1.24 per share	25.50	C$21.72 per share	1.46
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	$6.84B	0.93	$5.55 per share	11.36	$11.31 per share	5.58

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
EMP.A Empire	C$759.20M	C$3.02	10.50	∞	16.20	2.46%	14.81%	4.47%	N/A
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	$258.86M	$2.51	25.14	19.78	2.28	3.79%	26.71%	9.02%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest EMP.A, MRW, SBRY, and SFM Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
5/1/2024	N/A	SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	$1.00	N/A	-$1.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
2/22/2024	Q4 2023	SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	$0.45	$0.49	+$0.04	$0.49	$1.69 billion	$1.70 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EMP.A Empire	C$0.73	2.30%	N/A	24.17%	N/A
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest EMP.A, MRW, SBRY, and SFM Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/12/2024	EMP.A Empire	Quarterly	C$0.18	2.21%	4/12/2024	4/30/2024	4/30/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EMP.A Empire	133.75	0.80	0.29
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	0.12	1.10	0.51

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EMP.A Empire	42.93%
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EMP.A Empire	1.96%
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	1.10%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EMP.A Empire	125,000	145.98 million	N/A	Not Optionable
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	32,000	101.20 million	100.09 million	Optionable

EMP.A, MRW, SBRY, and SFM Headlines

Source	Headline
	Clemson Selected to Participate in ESPN Events’ 2025 Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad clemsontigers.com - April 19 at 1:22 AM
	Coming soon: Organic grocer Sprouts Farmers Market submits plan to build in Mt. Juliet msn.com - April 19 at 1:22 AM
	Sprouts Farmers Market submits plans to open store in Mt. Juliet msn.com - April 19 at 1:22 AM
	Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) Shares Purchased by International Assets Investment Management LLC marketbeat.com - April 18 at 4:37 AM
	Bet on Winning DuPont Analysis & Pick 5 Top Stocks zacks.com - April 17 at 9:31 AM
	Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) Given New $61.00 Price Target at Evercore ISI americanbankingnews.com - April 17 at 3:42 AM
	Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts americanbankingnews.com - April 17 at 2:34 AM
	Sprouts Farmers Market Now Selling Wild About Sprouts Products finance.yahoo.com - April 17 at 1:25 AM
	Peeling Back The Layers: Exploring Sprouts Farmers Market Through Analyst Insights markets.businessinsider.com - April 16 at 3:25 PM
	Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) PT Lowered to $61.00 marketbeat.com - April 16 at 11:21 AM
	Q4 Earnings Highs And Lows: Sprouts (NASDAQ:SFM) Vs The Rest Of The Non-Discretionary Retail Stocks finance.yahoo.com - April 16 at 8:16 AM
	Private Client Services LLC Makes New $764,000 Investment in Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) marketbeat.com - April 15 at 4:47 PM
	Local farmers gear up for market season yahoo.com - April 13 at 12:46 AM
	Sprouts Farmers Market to Open 24,942-Square-Foot Store in Metro Washington, D.C. shoppingcenterbusiness.com - April 13 at 12:46 AM
	Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP Cuts Holdings in Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) marketbeat.com - April 12 at 12:46 PM
	Is Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) Stock Outpacing Its Retail-Wholesale Peers This Year? zacks.com - April 12 at 10:46 AM
	Top Funds Ignite Demand For Nvidia — And This Hot Stock finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 7:11 PM
	Sprouts Farmers (SFM) Rises Yet Lags Behind Market: Some Facts Worth Knowing zacks.com - April 11 at 7:06 PM
	Peter Lynch’s Wisdom for Seasonal Trading banyanhill.com - April 11 at 2:10 PM
	As Top Funds Gorge On Nvidia, They Also Feed On This Hot Stock finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 9:10 AM
	DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Sells 42,947 Shares of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) marketbeat.com - April 10 at 5:51 AM
	Sprouts Farmers (SFM) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here's Why zacks.com - April 9 at 7:21 PM
	Q4 Earnings Highs And Lows: Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) Vs The Rest Of The Non-Discretionary Retail Stocks theglobeandmail.com - April 9 at 9:24 AM
	Sprouts Farmers Market to open 2 new stores in Philly in June phillyvoice.com - April 9 at 9:24 AM

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Company Descriptions

Empire

TSE:EMP.A

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 1,500 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.

Sprouts Farmers Market

NASDAQ:SFM

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of fresh, natural, and organic food products under the Sprouts brand in the United States. It offers perishable product categories, including fresh produce, meat and meat alternatives, seafood, deli, bakery, floral, and dairy and dairy alternatives; and non-perishable product categories, such as grocery, vitamins and supplements, bulk items, frozen foods, beer and wine, and natural health and body care. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

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