Empire Financial Health

Short Term Liabilities: EMP.A's short term assets (CA$3.3B) do not cover its short term liabilities (CA$4.3B).

Long Term Liabilities: EMP.A's short term assets (CA$3.3B) do not cover its long term liabilities (CA$7.1B).

Debt Level: EMP.A's net debt to equity ratio (14.2%) is considered satisfactory.

Reducing Debt: EMP.A's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 48.7% to 21.1% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: EMP.A's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (168.3%).

Interest Coverage: EMP.A's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (5x coverage).

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