Empire Co. Ltd.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: CA2918434077
CAD
48.87
-1.75 (-3.46%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Loblaw Cos. Ltd.
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Empire Co. Ltd.
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Hill, Inc.
Colabor Group, Inc.
Sensible Meats, Inc.

Why is Empire Co. Ltd. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 18.46%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.55 times
3
Positive results in Apr 25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at CAD 2,070 MM
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at CAD 36.67
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -1.82% (YoY)
4
With ROE of 13.20%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.22 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 21.71%, its profits have risen by 14.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5
5
Majority shareholders : Mutual Funds
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Empire Co. Ltd. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Retailing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Empire Co. Ltd. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Empire Co. Ltd.
11.09%
4.50
19.70%
S&P/TSX 60
23.72%
1.54
14.62%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
2.30%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-0.53%
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
0.04%
ROCE (avg)
18.46%
ROE (avg)
14.60%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
12
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.34
EV to EBIT
11.04
EV to EBITDA
5.58
EV to Capital Employed
2.02
EV to Sales
0.41
PEG Ratio
0.33
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
18.29%
ROE (Latest)
18.75%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

4What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 36.22

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 31.93%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.51% (YoY

-2What is not working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 12.63 times

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 7.07 %

Here's what is working for Empire Co. Ltd.

Dividend per share
Highest at CAD 36.22 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (CAD)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 31.93%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.51% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Empire Co. Ltd.

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 7.07 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 12.63 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio