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Empire (OTC: EMLAF)

$36.08
(4.1%)
+1.43
Price as of March 13, 2026, 9:47 a.m. ET

KEY DATA POINTS

Current Price
$36.08
Daily Change
(4.1%) +$1.43
Day's Range
$35.09 - $36.17
Previous Close
$36.08
Open
$35.09
Beta
0.14
Volume
907
Average Volume
8,408
Market Cap
$8.2B
Market Cap / Employee
$36.08M
52wk Range
$30.32 - $41.90
Revenue
N/A
Gross Margin
0.23%
Dividend Yield
1.72%
EPS
$0.46
CAPs Rating
N/A
Industry
Food and Staples Retailing

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Empire Return vs. S&P

1 Year5 Year5 Year AnnualizedSince IPO
EMLAF+24.57%+29.62%+5.32%+141%
S&P+20.12%+68.19%+10.95%+449%

Empire Company Info

Empire Co. Ltd. engages in the food retailing and corporate investment activities. It operates through the Food Retailing, and Investments & Other Operations segments. The Food Retailing Segment involves in the distribution of food products in Canada. The Investments & Other Operations segment consist equity accounted interest in Crombie REIT, and Genstar. The company was founded on February 12, 1963 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.

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Financial Health

General

Q1 2026YOY Change
Revenue$5.69B4.5%
Gross Profit$1.32B4.1%
Gross Margin23.27%-0.1%
Market Cap$7.45B6.5%
Market Cap / Employee$57.74K0.0%
Employees129K0.8%
Net Income-$270,304.74K-343.7%
EBITDA$413.03M6.3%

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Revenue Growth Rate

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Earnings Per Share Growth Rate

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Assets

Q1 2026YOY Change
Net Cash$242.96M84.5%
Accounts Receivable$547.21M20.9%
Inventory1.4K14.2%

Liabilities

Q1 2026YOY Change
Long Term Debt$5.23B11.9%
Short Term Debt$607.02M12.8%

Ratios

Q1 2026YOY Change
Return On Assets0.93%-3.2%
Return On Invested Capital6.11%-0.1%

Cash Flow

Q1 2026YOY Change
Free Cash Flow$302.10M26.2%
Operating Free Cash Flow$433.35M25.5%

Valuation

MetricQ2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026YoY Change
Price to Earnings17.4518.3316.0870.35387.60%
Price to Book2.352.361.991.925.75%
Price to Sales0.390.410.350.336.00%
Price to Tangible Book Value6.406.205.295.053.57%
Price to Free Cash Flow TTM9.9511.069.828.75-11.33%
Enterprise Value to EBITDA35.3931.3232.4732.002.17%
Free Cash Flow Yield10.1%9.0%10.2%11.4%12.78%
Return on Equity12.9%12.9%12.6%3.1%-75.91%
Total Debt$5.40B$5.51B$5.43B$5.84B12.04%

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