Empire (DB:C15) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

C15 Stock Overview

Engages in the food retail and related real estate businesses in Canada. More details

C15 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 29.2% below our estimate of its fair value

Pays a reliable dividend of 1.94%

Risk Analysis

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

Empire Company Limited Competitors

Hawesko Holding

XTRA:HAW

€203.9m

WASGAU Produktions & Handels

DB:MSH

€59.4m

J Sainsbury

LSE:SBRY

UK£5.9b

Kesko Oyj

HLSE:KESKOB

€7.6b

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Empire
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	CA$28.00
52 Week High	CA$28.60
52 Week Low	CA$21.20
Beta	0.48
11 Month Change	6.06%
3 Month Change	12.00%
1 Year Change	12.90%
33 Year Change	8.53%
5 Year Change	15.70%
Change since IPO	102.90%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	C15	DE Consumer Retailing	DE Market
7D	1.4%	-3.7%	0.2%
1Y	12.9%	-13.9%	8.5%

Return vs Industry: C15 exceeded the German Consumer Retailing industry which returned -13.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: C15 exceeded the German Market which returned 8.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is C15's price volatile compared to industry and market?
C15 volatility
C15 Average Weekly Movement	3.0%
Consumer Retailing Industry Average Movement	6.4%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	10.9%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.3%

Stable Share Price: C15 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: C15's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1907	128,000	Mike Medline	www.empireco.ca

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 retail stores under Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo’s, and Lawtons Drugs brands; and operates grocery e-commerce stores under the Voilà, Grocery Gateway, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com brand names.

Empire Company Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Empire's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
C15 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€6.66b
Earnings (TTM)	€457.95m
Revenue (TTM)	€21.04b

14.5x

P/E Ratio

0.3x

P/S Ratio

Is C15 overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
C15 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	CA$30.87b
Cost of Revenue	CA$22.67b
Gross Profit	CA$8.20b
Other Expenses	CA$7.52b
Earnings	CA$672.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Aug 03, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Dec 12, 2024

Earnings per share (EPS)	2.84
Gross Margin	26.55%
Net Profit Margin	2.18%
Debt/Equity Ratio	20.4%

How did C15 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.9%

Current Dividend Yield

27%

Payout Ratio

C15 Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Empire Company Limited Competitors

XTRA:HAW

€203.9m

DB:MSH

€59.4m

LSE:SBRY

UK£5.9b

HLSE:KESKOB

€7.6b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Empire Company Limited to Report Q1, 2026 Results on Sep 11, 2025

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.20 per share

President recently sold €956k worth of stock

First quarter dividend of CA$0.20 announced

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: CA$0.86 (vs CA$1.04 in 1Q 2024)

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend on Class A and Class B Common Shares, Payable on October 31, 2024

Recent updates

Empire Company Limited to Report Q1, 2026 Results on Sep 11, 2025

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.20 per share

President recently sold €956k worth of stock

First quarter dividend of CA$0.20 announced

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: CA$0.86 (vs CA$1.04 in 1Q 2024)

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend on Class A and Class B Common Shares, Payable on October 31, 2024

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.20 per share

Independent Chairman recently sold €365k worth of stock

Fourth quarter dividend of CA$0.20 announced

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend on Non-Voting Class A Shares and the Class B Common Shares, Payable on July 31, 2024

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: CA$2.92 (vs CA$2.65 in FY 2023)

Empire Company Limited to Report Q4, 2025 Results on Jun 19, 2025

Empire Company Limited to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Dec 12, 2024

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.18 per share

Third quarter dividend of CA$0.18 announced

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: CA$0.55 (vs CA$0.49 in 3Q 2023)

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend on Both the Class A Shares and the Class B Common Shares, Payable on April 30, 2024

Empire Company Limited, Annual General Meeting, Mar 14, 2024

Empire Company Limited Appoints Clinton Keay as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.18 per share at 2.1% yield

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend on Both the Non-Voting Class A Shares and the Class B Common Shares, Payable on January 15, 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: CA$0.73 (vs CA$0.73 in 2Q 2023)

Chief Operating Officer recently sold €491k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.18 per share at 1.9% yield

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: CA$1.04 (vs CA$0.71 in 1Q 2023)

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend on Both the Non-Voting Class A Shares and the Class B Common Shares, Payable on October 31, 2023

Empire Company Limited to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Dec 14, 2023

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.18 per share at 2.0% yield

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend on Both the Non-Voting Class A Shares and the Class B Common Shares, Payable on July 31, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.17 per share at 1.8% yield

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: CA$0.49 (vs CA$0.77 in 3Q 2022)

Empire Company Limited to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Sep 14, 2023

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.17 per share

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on January 31, 2023

Canadian Mobility Services Limited entered into definitive agreement to acquire 56 retail fuel sites in Western Canada from Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A) for approximately CAD 100 million.

Second quarter 2023 earnings released

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.17 per share

President recently bought €262k worth of stock

First quarter 2023 earnings released

Empire Company Limited Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on October 31, 2022

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.17 per share

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: CA$2.84 (vs CA$2.61 in FY 2021)

Empire Company Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Jul 29, 2022

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.15 per share

Empire Company Limited to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Mar 16, 2023

Third quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues in line with analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.15 per share

President recently bought €207k worth of stock

Second quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues in line with analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.15 per share

First quarter 2022 earnings released

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.15 per share

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS CA$2.63 (vs CA$2.16 in FY 2020)

Empire Company Limited Provides Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A) completed the acquisition of 51% stake in Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc. from a family for approximately CAD 350 million.

Insider recently sold €433k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.13 per share

Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A) entered into an agreement to acquire 51% stake in Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc. from a family for approximately CAD 360 million.