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Empire (EMP.A) Competitors

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C$56.64 +0.04 (+0.07%)
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EMP.A vs. CEE, DPM, BRC, HI, VCV, PPT, MRU, NWC, L, and ATD.B

Should you be buying Empire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empire include Centamin (CEE), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Blackrock Silver (BRC), Highland Copper (HI), Vatic Ventures (VCV), Perpetua Resources (PPT), Metro (MRU), North West (NWC), Loblaw Companies (L), and Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B).

Empire vs. Its Competitors

Centamin (TSE:CEE) and Empire (TSE:EMP.A) are both mid-cap misc. companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Centamin has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Empire's net margin of 2.18%. Centamin's return on equity of 14.16% beat Empire's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Centamin9.10% 14.16% 8.45%
Empire 2.18%12.94%4.60%

Centamin has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

90.6% of Centamin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of Empire shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Centamin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Empire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Centamin pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Centamin pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empire pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Empire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Empire has higher revenue and earnings than Centamin. Centamin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CentaminC$930.75M0.00C$84.67MC$0.10N/A
EmpireC$30.87B0.26C$672MC$2.7420.67

In the previous week, Empire had 1 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Empire and 0 mentions for Centamin. Empire's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Centamin's score of 0.00 indicating that Empire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Centamin Neutral
Empire Positive

Empire has a consensus target price of C$57.43, indicating a potential upside of 1.39%. Given Empire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Empire is more favorable than Centamin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Centamin
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Empire
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Summary

Empire beats Centamin on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EMP.A vs. The Competition

MetricEmpireGrocery Stores IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$7.95BC$19.83BC$6.92BC$6.18B
Dividend Yield1.96%2.98%3.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio20.6719.8213.2449.88
Price / Sales0.2632.1996.841,125.58
Price / Cash25.50148.13144.7483.29
Price / Book2.522.624.064.71
Net IncomeC$672MC$886.39MC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.65%0.08%-0.15%0.76%
1 Month Performance8.76%-1.09%-0.76%3.80%
1 Year Performance61.37%16.30%67.86%27.35%

Empire Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMP.A
Empire
1.3931 of 5 stars
C$56.64
+0.1%
C$57.43
+1.4%
+61.3%C$7.95BC$30.87B20.67125,000Dividend Increase
CEE
Centamin
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.88BC$930.75M24.804,874
DPM
Dundee Precious Metals
2.4172 of 5 stars
C$21.88
+1.6%
C$22.47
+2.7%
+87.4%C$2.70BC$337.68M13.78147,000News Coverage
BRC
Blackrock Silver
0.8488 of 5 stars
C$0.50
+5.3%
C$1.00
+102.0%
+92.7%C$140.72MN/A-21.825,700Positive News
HI
Highland Copper
N/AC$0.09
flat
N/A-8.7%C$66.27MN/A2.2511,000Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VCV
Vatic Ventures
N/AC$0.03
-44.4%
N/A-50.0%C$941KN/A-0.63N/AGap Down
PPT
Perpetua Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
MRU
Metro
0.4339 of 5 stars
C$106.97
+0.7%
C$104.22
-2.6%
+34.9%C$23.66BC$21.29B24.6997,000
NWC
North West
2.4222 of 5 stars
C$48.27
+0.4%
C$57.50
+19.1%
+16.2%C$2.32BC$2.56B17.757,382
L
Loblaw Companies
1.7704 of 5 stars
C$225.25
+0.7%
C$236.88
+5.2%
+37.0%C$68.10BC$60.23B30.5712,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ATD.B
Alimentation Couche-Tard
N/AN/AC$88.50
+∞
N/AC$52.83BC$53.19B16.01130,000

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This page (TSE:EMP.A) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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