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High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 18.46%
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Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.55 times
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Positive results in Apr 25
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With ROE of 13.20%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.22 Price to Book Value
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Majority shareholders : Mutual Funds
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-3.58%
0%
-3.58%
6 Months
-1.51%
0%
-1.51%
1 Year
17.47%
0%
17.47%
2 Years
36.01%
0%
36.01%
3 Years
41.89%
0%
41.89%
4 Years
34.93%
0%
34.93%
5 Years
42.05%
0%
42.05%
Empire Co. Ltd. for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
2.91%
EBIT Growth (5y)
1.54%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
3.78
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.55
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.26
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
4.39
Tax Ratio
26.86%
Dividend Payout Ratio
27.19%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
1.09%
ROCE (avg)
18.46%
ROE (avg)
14.60%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.19
EV to EBIT
6.86
EV to EBITDA
3.48
EV to Capital Employed
1.15
EV to Sales
0.26
PEG Ratio
0.44
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
16.76%
ROE (Latest)
13.20%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
Shareholding Snapshot : Jan 2025
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
Majority shareholders
Domestic Funds
Domestic Funds
Held in 1 Schemes (1.38%)
Foreign Institutions
Held by 3 Foreign Institutions (0.08%)
Strategic Entities with highest holding
Highest Public shareholder
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Apr'25 - QoQ
Apr'25
Jan'25
Change(%)
Net Sales
7,637.10
7,725.20
-1.14%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
560.60
551.90
1.58%
Interest
82.60
78.60
5.09%
Exceptional Items
18.50
3.50
428.57%
Consolidate Net Profit
178.00
157.50
13.02%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
36.10%
35.50%
0.06%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Apr 2025 is -1.14% vs -0.68% in Jan 2025
Consolidated Net Profit
QoQ Growth in quarter ended Apr 2025 is 13.02% vs -13.41% in Jan 2025
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Apr'25
Apr'25
Apr'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
31,277.00
30,732.60
1.77%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
2,339.00
2,260.80
3.46%
Interest
319.00
303.60
5.07%
Exceptional Items
-62.00
5.00
-1,340.00%
Consolidate Net Profit
746.00
762.60
-2.18%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
39.00%
38.70%
0.03%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Apr 2025 is 1.77% vs 0.84% in Apr 2024
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Apr 2025 is -2.18% vs 4.80% in Apr 2024
About Empire Co. Ltd. 
Empire Co. Ltd.
Retailing
Empire Company Limited is engaged in the business of food retailing and related real estate. The Company's segments include Food Retailing, and Investments and Other Operations. The Food Retailing segment consists of its subsidiary, Sobeys Inc., which owns, affiliates or franchises over 1,500 stores in approximately 10 provinces under retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, and Lawton's Drug Stores, as well as more than 350 retail fuel locations. The Company's Investments and Other Operations segment includes equity accounted interest in Crombie REIT, which is an open-ended real estate investment trust owning a portfolio of over 260 retail and office properties across Canada, and equity accounted interests in Genstar Development Partnership, Genstar Development Partnership II, GDC Investments 4, L.P., GDC Investments 6, L.P., GDC Investments 7, L.P., GDC Investments 8, L.P. and The Fraipont Partnership (collectively, Genstar).
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Company Details
115 King Street , STELLARTON NS : B0K 1S0
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