Empire's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -8.8%, while the Consumer Retailing industry saw earnings growing at 15.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 1.9% per year. Empire's return on equity is 4.8%, and it has net margins of 0.6%.
Key information
-8.79%
Earnings growth rate
-5.91%
EPS growth rate
Consumer Retailing Industry Growth
10.91%
Revenue growth rate
1.90%
Return on equity
4.77%
Net Margin
0.62%
Next Earnings Update
10 Sep 2026
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Empire makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
OTCPK:EMLA.F Revenue, expenses and earnings (CAD Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
02 May 26
32,029
198
7,467
0
31 Jan 26
31,858
159
7,394
0
01 Nov 25
31,682
690
7,351
0
02 Aug 25
31,482
704
7,276
0
03 May 25
31,360
700
7,246
0
01 Feb 25
31,119
677
7,166
0
02 Nov 24
30,895
665
7,118
0
03 Aug 24
30,868
673
7,072
0
04 May 24
30,800
726
6,998
0
03 Feb 24
30,819
759
6,941
0
04 Nov 23
30,817
751
6,874
0
05 Aug 23
30,716
760
6,793
0
06 May 23
30,582
686
6,704
0
04 Feb 23
31,006
682
6,740
0
05 Nov 22
30,920
759
6,660
0
06 Aug 22
30,583
745
6,545
0
07 May 22
30,272
746
6,491
0
29 Jan 22
29,357
739
6,293
0
30 Oct 21
28,974
712
6,187
0
31 Jul 21
28,616
698
6,096
0
01 May 21
28,336
702
6,011
0
30 Jan 21
28,422
707
6,019
0
31 Oct 20
27,797
652
5,869
0
01 Aug 20
27,278
645
5,758
0
02 May 20
26,678
584
5,670
0
01 Feb 20
25,902
528
5,574
0
02 Nov 19
25,765
473
5,698
0
03 Aug 19
25,525
422
5,660
0
04 May 19
25,249
387
5,631
0
02 Feb 19
24,905
336
5,752
0
03 Nov 18
24,691
329
5,472
0
04 Aug 18
24,508
201
5,699
0
05 May 18
24,313
160
5,692
0
03 Feb 18
24,223
118
5,488
0
04 Nov 17
24,078
90
5,647
0
05 Aug 17
23,991
147
5,475
0
06 May 17
23,909
159
5,483
0
04 Feb 17
24,402
-814
5,545
0
05 Nov 16
24,562
-2,210
5,536
0
06 Aug 16
24,676
-2,174
5,482
0
07 May 16
24,734
-2,131
5,436
0
30 Jan 16
24,221
-1,133
5,433
0
31 Oct 15
24,121
356
5,416
0
01 Aug 15
24,070
405
5,427
0
Quality Earnings: EMLA.F has a large one-off loss of CA$697.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 2nd May, 2026.
Growing Profit Margin: EMLA.F's current net profit margins (0.6%) are lower than last year (2.2%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: EMLA.F's earnings have declined by 8.8% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: EMLA.F's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: EMLA.F had negative earnings growth (-71.7%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Consumer Retailing industry average (12.5%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: EMLA.F's Return on Equity (4.8%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
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Company Analysis
2026/07/30 04:58
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/30 00:00
Earnings
2026/05/02
Annual Earnings
2026/05/02
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