TSX/EMP.A (TSX/EMP.A)

Toronto Stock Exchange: TSX/EMP.A · CAD

CA$49.9

-0.09 (-0.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	11.2B
Revenue (ttm)	32.2B
Net income (ttm)	219M
EPS (ttm)	CA$0.96
Shares out	223.7M
P/E (trailing)	51.9x
P/E (forward)	13.7x
Dividend	CA$0.97 (1.95%)
Volume	125,268
Beta	0.31

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 32.2B
Net income (ttm): 219M
EPS (ttm): CA$0.96
P/E (trailing): 51.9x
P/E (forward): 13.7x
Market cap: 11.2B

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E13.7

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E51.9

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE4.9

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC8.2

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	CAD
Country	Canada
Country code	CA
Earnings date	2026-12-10
Employees	130,000
Employees change	1,000
Employees growth	0.78%
Enterprise value	CAD 18.8B
Exchange	Toronto Stock Exchange
Financial currency	CAD
Financial report date	2026-08-01
First seen	2026-05-10
Fiscal year end	May
Founded	1907
Industry	Grocery Stores
Is primary listing	Yes
ISIN number	CA2918434077
Last earnings date	2026-09-10
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2015-09-29
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	CAD 11.2B
Next earnings date	2026-12-10
Price	CAD 49.87
Price currency	CAD
Sector	Consumer Staples
SIC code	5411
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	tsx/EMP.A
Website	https://www.empireco.ca

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	14.71x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	23.44x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	24.77x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	20.19x
Earnings yield	1.93%
EV/Earnings	85.79x
EV/EBIT	14.31x
EV/EBITDA	7.83x
EV/FCF	13.76x
EV/Sales	0.58x
FCF / EV yield	7.27%
FCF yield	12.21%
Forward P/E	13.74x
Graham number	22.2408
Graham upside	-55.48%
Industry forward P/E	21.83x
Industry P/E	30.08x
Lynch fair value	CAD 4.81
Lynch upside	-90.38%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	8.27x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	5.36x
P/B ratio	2.12x
P/E ratio	51.87x
P/FCF ratio	8.19x
P/OCF ratio	5.32x
P/S ratio	0.35x
PEG ratio	1.53x
Price / tangible book value	6.43x
Price/EBITDA ratio	4.66x
Sector forward P/E	22.72x
Sector P/E	32.47x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	4.07%
EBITDA margin	7.45%
Effective tax rate	20.66%
FCF margin	4.23%
Gross margin	27.19%
Operating margin	4.07%
Pretax margin	1.04%
Profit margin	0.68%
Profit per employee	CAD 1,685
Profitable quarters	2
Profitable years	10
Revenue per employee	CAD 247,962
ROA	4.8%
ROA (5Y)	4.64%
ROCE	10.13%
ROE	4.88%
ROE (5Y)	12.6%
ROIC	8.19%
ROIC (5Y)	7.66%
SBC / revenue	0.04%
Tax / revenue	0.21%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-67.68%
EPS growth (Q)	14.02%
EPS growth (QoQ)	10.86%
EPS growth 3Y	-31.2%
EPS growth 5Y	-17.98%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	-4.88%
FCF growth (Q)	56.18%
FCF growth (QoQ)	47.35%
FCF growth 3Y	3.34%
FCF growth 5Y	1.53%
Gross profit growth	2.23%
Gross profit growth (Q)	1.02%
Gross profit growth 3Y	3.14%
Gross profit growth 5Y	3.62%
Net income growth	-68.89%
Net income growth (Q)	9.91%
Net income growth (QoQ)	9.91%
Net income growth 3Y	-33.93%
Net income growth 5Y	-20.69%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	3.15%
OCF growth (Q)	44.13%
OCF growth (QoQ)	30.64%
OCF growth 10Y	9.86%
OCF growth 3Y	5.12%
OCF growth 5Y	2.18%
Operating income growth	4.37%
Operating income growth (Q)	10.05%
Operating income growth 3Y	3.15%
Operating income growth 5Y	0.91%
Revenue growth	2.39%
Revenue growth (Q)	2.49%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	8.46%
Revenue growth 10Y	2.71%
Revenue growth 3Y	1.62%
Revenue growth 5Y	2.41%
Revenue growth quarters	9
Revenue growth years	9

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	CAD -734M
Depreciation and amortization	CAD 1.1B
EBIT	CAD 1.3B
EBITDA	CAD 2.4B
EPS	CAD 0.96
FCF per share	CAD 6.10
Financing cash flow	CAD -1.6B
Free cash flow	CAD 1.4B
Free cash flow minus SBC	CAD 1.4B
Gross profit	CAD 8.8B
Income taxes	CAD 69M
Investing cash flow	CAD -535M
Net borrowing	CAD -694M
Net cash flow	CAD -52M
Net income	CAD 219M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	CAD 2.1B
Operating income	CAD 1.3B
Revenue	CAD 32.2B
Stock-based compensation	CAD 13M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.95
Book value per share	CAD 22.87
Debt / EBITDA	3.24
Debt / equity	1.48
Debt / FCF	5.7
Goodwill	CAD 2.1B
Interest coverage	4.14
Long-term assets	CAD 13.7B
Long-term liabilities	CAD 7.7B
Net cash (debt)	CAD -7.5B
Net cash / market cap	-66.72%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.11
Net debt / equity	1.41
Net debt / FCF	5.46
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	CAD 8.5B
Shareholders' equity	CAD 5.3B
Tangible book value	CAD 1.7B
Tangible book value per share	CAD 7.77
Total assets	CAD 17B
Total cash	CAD 320M
Total debt	CAD 7.8B
Total liabilities	CAD 11.8B
WACC	4.82%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.89
Current assets	CAD 3.3B
Current liabilities	CAD 4.1B
Current ratio	0.82
Inventory turnover	12.45
Net working capital	CAD -229M
Quick ratio	0.3
Working capital	CAD -749M
Working capital turnover	-46.38

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	3.46%
Dividend growth	10.12%
Dividend growth (10Y)	8.61%
Dividend growth (3Y)	10%
Dividend growth (5Y)	10.56%
Dividend growth years	31
Dividend payment date	2026-10-30
Dividend payment years	45
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	CAD 0.97
Dividend yield	1.95%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-15
FCF payout ratio	15.9%
Last dividend	CAD 0.24
Payout ratio	94.06%
Shareholder yield	5.4%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	162.88%
10Y return CAGR	12.11%
10Y total return	213.49%
150-day SMA	CAD 48.67
15Y price change	148.15%
15Y return CAGR	8.06%
15Y total return	219.95%
1D price change	-0.18%
1M price change	3.65%
1M total return	4.17%
1W price change	-2.23%
1W total return	-2.23%
1Y price change	2.82%
1Y return CAGR	4.83%
1Y total return	4.83%
20-day SMA	CAD 49.62
200-day SMA	CAD 48.46
20Y price change	250.32%
20Y return CAGR	8.24%
20Y total return	387.55%
3M price change	-1.62%
3M total return	-1.13%
3Y price change	34.88%
3Y return CAGR	12.65%
3Y total return	42.96%
50-day SMA	CAD 48.38
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	CAD 52.64
52-week high date	2026-07-29
52-week low	CAD 43.81
52-week low date	2026-01-28
5Y price change	34.05%
5Y return CAGR	8.04%
5Y total return	47.16%
6M price change	6.69%
6M total return	7.75%
All-time high	CAD 58.32
All-time high date	2025-08-19
All-time low	CAD 0.17
All-time low date	1982-10-01
Average true range (ATR)	CAD 1.02
Average volume	582.8K
Beta (1Y)	0.03
Beta (2Y)	0.06
Beta (5Y)	0.31
Change from 52-week high	-5.26%
Change from 52-week low	13.83%
Change from all-time high	-14.4%
Change from all-time low	29,247.44%
Change from open	0.04%
Day's gap	-0.22%
Dollar volume	CAD 6.2M
High price	CAD 50.19
Low price	CAD 49.50
Monthly RSI	55.31
Open price	CAD 49.85
Position in 52-week range	53.62%
Previous close	CAD 49.96
Price vs 150-day SMA	2.57%
Price vs 20-day SMA	0.61%
Price vs 200-day SMA	3.02%
Price vs 50-day SMA	3.19%
Relative volume	0.21
RSI	53.37
Sharpe ratio	0.15
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.45
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.29
Sortino ratio	0.44
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.88
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.66
Volume	125.3K
Weekly RSI	54.26
YTD price change	4.61%
YTD total return	6.65%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	122.6M
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.7%
Shares change (YoY)	-3.46%
Shares held by insiders	14.03%
Shares held by institutions	19.26%
Shares outstanding	223.7M
Short % of float	1.54%
Short % of shares	1.51%

Deeper analysis on TSX/EMP.A

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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