Empire (EMP.A) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Empire's key businesses are food retailing, through wholly-owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc., and related real estate. With approximately $32 billion in annual sales and $17 billion in assets, Empire and its subsidiaries, franchisees and affiliates employ approximately 130,000 people. Additional financial information relating to Empire, including the Company's Annual Information Form, can be found on the Company's website at www.empireco.ca or on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$46.40 to C$47.70
• 50-Day Range: C$45.61 to C$52.50
• 52-Week Range: C$43.81 to C$52.64
• Volume: 950,623 shs
• Average Volume: 490,838 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$10.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 47.94
• Dividend Yield: 1.90%
• Price Target: C$53.67
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Empire Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Empire scored higher than 28% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Empire has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Empire has a consensus price target of C$53.67, representing about 13.1% upside from its current price of C$47.43.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Empire has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Empire is 47.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Empire is 47.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 14.07.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Empire has a PEG Ratio of 16.20. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Empire has a P/B Ratio of 2.11. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for EMP.A.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Empire pays a meaningful dividend of 2.13%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Empire does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Empire is 91.16%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.18

News Sentiment

Empire has a news sentiment score of -0.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for Empire this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Empire insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.18% of the stock of Empire is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

22.17% of the stock of Empire is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 7/31 Dividend: 7/15/2026
• Record date for 7/31 Dividend: 7/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/10/2026
• Today: 9/16/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Food Retail
• Current Symbol: TSE:EMP.A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.empireco.ca
• Phone: +1-902-7554440
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 125,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Empire: C$53.67
• High Price Target: C$58.00
• Low Price Target: C$48.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.99
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 47.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.04
• P/E Growth: 16.2
• Net Income: C$672 million
• Net Margins: 2.18%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.94%
• Return on Assets: 4.60%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 135.51
• Current Ratio: 0.79
• Quick Ratio: 0.29

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$32.17 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.33
• Cash Flow: C$1.86 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.50
• Book Value: C$22.51 per share
• Price / Book: 2.11

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 223,695,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$10.62 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.29