Empire Company Limited
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, Farm Boy, 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 own, operate, and develop a portfolio of grocery and drug store anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores, and mixed use developments; 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. Show More...
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Website http://www.empireco.ca
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Sector Consumer Defensive
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Industry Grocery Stores
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Last Quote 33.80 EUR
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Last Updated 29-05-2025
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Interest Coverage
The interest coverage ratio is a debt ratio and profitability ratio used to determine how easily a company can pay interest on its outstanding debt.
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2010-04 2011-04 2012-04 2013-04 2014-04 2015-04 2016-04 2017-04 2018-04 2019-04 TTM Earnings Per Share CAD 1.47 1.96 1.66 1.86 0.98 1.51 -7.78 0.58 0.59 1.42 1.94 Dividends CAD 0.13 0.3 0.32 0.35 0.36 0.4 0.41 0.42 0.44 0.47 Payout Ratio % * 3.9 18.0 17.4 28.0 27.7 97.1 35.4 24.2 Shares Mil 206.0 204.0 204.0 204.0 241.0 277.0 274.0 272.0 272.0 273.0 272.0 Book Value Per Share * EUR 16.4 12.82 13.46 18.49 16.0 11.68 9.15 8.67 9.45 9.26 Free Cash Flow Per Share * EUR 0.41 0.74 1.17 0.14 2.08 0.69 0.34 1.12 1.3 Return on Assets % 4.97 5.77 5.04 5.48 2.43 3.53 -20.73 1.78 1.84 4.24 4.53 Financial Leverage (Average) 2.12 2.02 2.04 1.92 2.15 1.92 2.51 2.39 2.34 2.4 3.71 Return on Equity % 10.72 11.93 10.22 10.81 4.99 7.17 -44.37 4.36 4.34 10.05 13.83 Return on Invested Capital % 8.74 9.91 8.6 9.12 4.83 5.95 -28.6 4.19 4.26 7.82 8.37 Interest Coverage 6.61 7.84 8.32 11.43 2.47 5.3 -21.46 3.09 3.44 7.48 4.0 Current Ratio 0.86 1.12 0.94 1.02 1.01 0.92 0.96 0.87 0.84 0.98 0.77 Quick Ratio 0.4 0.58 0.48 0.49 0.38 0.34 0.29 0.27 0.37 0.39 0.33 Debt/Equity 0.28 0.34 0.26 0.25 0.58 0.37 0.56 0.48 0.31 0.5 1.55