Consumer Staples / Grocery StoresUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

10.5B

Toronto Stock Exchange

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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TSX/EMP.A

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E13.1

P25 12.4P50 16.7P75 23.1

Trailing P/E68.6

P25 11.3P50 17.5P75 29.6

ROE3.8

P25 -28.5P50 5.1P75 15.6

ROIC7.6

P25 -41.1P50 3.3P75 11.2

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Indicator catalog

All TSX/EMP.A market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

248

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Currency

CAD

Showing 248 of 248 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Country	Canada
Country code	CA
Employees	129,000
Employees Change	1,000%
Employees Change Percent	0.78
Enterprise value	CAD 18.2B
Exchange	Toronto Stock Exchange
Financial currency	CAD
First seen	2026-05-10
Industry	Grocery Stores
Isin	CA2918434077
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	CAD 10.5B
Price	CAD 46.54
Price currency	CAD
Rev Per Employee	246,961.24x
Sector	Consumer Staples
Sic	5411
Symbol	tsx/EMP.A
Website	https://www.empireco.ca

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	1.52%
EV Earnings	114.5x
EV/EBIT	13.95x
EV/EBITDA	7.67x
EV/FCF	12.48x
EV/Sales	0.57x
FCF yield	13.92%
Forward P/E	13.14x
P/B ratio	2.08x
P/E ratio	68.56x
P/S ratio	0.33x
PE Ratio10 Y	21.81x
PE Ratio3 Y	18.04x
PE Ratio5 Y	16.43x
PEG ratio	1.5x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	4.1%
EBITDA Margin	7.45%
FCF margin	4.58%
Gross margin	27.31%
Gross Profit	CAD 8.7B
Gross Profit Growth	4.23%
Gross Profit Growth Q	2.82%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	3.12%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	3.61%
Net Income	CAD 159M
Net Income Growth	-76.5%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-38.44%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-25.81%
Pretax Margin	0.85%
Profit Margin	0.5%
Profit Per Employee	CAD 1,233
Profitable Years	9
ROA	4.82
Roa5y	4.79
ROCE	10.11
ROE	3.85
Roe5y	15.27
ROIC	7.6
Roic5y	7.91

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	10.17%
Cagr15y	8.33%
Cagr1y	-9.48%
Cagr20y	7.78%
Cagr3y	11.96%
Cagr5y	5.02%
Div CAGR10	8.2%
Div CAGR3	10.06%
Div CAGR5	11.1%
EPS Growth	-75.81
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth3 Y	-36.09
EPS Growth5 Y	-23.68
FCF Growth	17.85%
FCF Growth Q	15.01%
FCF Growth3 Y	14.46%
FCF Growth5 Y	-1.6%
OCF Growth	6.45%
OCF Growth Q	13.78%
OCF Growth10 Y	8.86%
OCF Growth3 Y	10.63%
OCF Growth5 Y	-0.55%
Revenue Growth	2.37x
Revenue Growth Q	2.27x
Revenue Growth Quarters	7x
Revenue Growth Years	8x
Revenue Growth3 Y	0.91x
Revenue Growth5 Y	2.31x

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	CAD 1.88
Assets	CAD 17.1B
Cash	CAD 329M
Current Assets	CAD 3.3B
Current Liabilities	CAD 4.2B
Debt	CAD 7.9B
Debt EBITDA	CAD 3.33
Debt Equity	CAD 1.57
Debt FCF	CAD 5.42
Equity	CAD 5B
Interest Coverage	3.97
Liabilities	CAD 12B
Long Term Assets	CAD 13.7B
Long Term Liabilities	CAD 7.9B
Net Cash	CAD -7.6B
Net Cash By Market Cap	CAD -72.31
Net Debt EBITDA	CAD 3.19
Net Debt Equity	CAD 1.5
Net Debt FCF	CAD 5.2
Tangible Book Value	CAD 1.5B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	CAD 6.73
WACC	4.85

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.8
Inventory Turnover	12.69
Net Working Capital	CAD -335M
Quick ratio	0.3
Working Capital	CAD -828M
Working Capital Turnover	CAD -39.45

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	3.54%
Dividend Growth	10%
Dividend Growth Years	31%
Dividend per share	CAD 0.88
Dividend Years	45
Dividend Yield	1.89%
Ex Div Date	2026-04-15
Last Dividend	CAD 0.22
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	129.64%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y total return	163.28%
1Y total return	-9.48%
200-day SMA	49.6
3Y total return	40.37%
50-day SMA	48.38
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	27.74%
All Time High	58.32
All Time High Change	-20.2%
All Time High Date	2025-08-19
All Time Low	0.17
All Time Low Change	27,260.38%
All Time Low Date	1982-10-01
ATR	0.81
Beta	0.35
Beta1y	0
Beta2y	0.11
Ch YTD	-2.47
High	46.65
High52	58.32
High52 Date	2025-08-19
High52ch	-20.2%
Low	46.02
Low52	43.81
Low52 Date	2026-01-28
Low52ch	6.23%
Ma50ch	-3.81%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-6.17%
RSI	42.31
RSI Monthly	51.45
RSI Weekly	42.43
Sharpe ratio	-0.49x
Sortino ratio	-0.42
Total Return	5.43%
Tr YTD	-1.55
Tr15y	231.85%
Tr1m	-6.69%
Tr1w	-0.3%
Tr3m	-2.55%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	CAD 1.3B
Operating Income Growth	10.56
Operating Income Growth Q	5.61
Operating Income Growth3 Y	2.35
Operating Income Growth5 Y	0.62
Operating margin	4.1

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	122,437,051%
Net Borrowing	-368,000,000
Shares Insiders	16.96%
Shares Institutions	20.14%
Shares Out	225,233,657
Shares Qo Q	-0.91%
Shares Yo Y	-3.54%
Short Float	1.54%
Short Shares	1.51

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	CAD 1.5B
Average Volume	434,242.9x
Bv Per Share	21.58
CAPEX	CAD -667M
Ch10y	120.7
Ch15y	157.9
Ch1m	-7.12
Ch1w	-0.3
Ch1y	-11.08
Ch20y	222.5
Ch3m	-3
Ch3y	32.44
Ch5y	16.61
Ch6m	-5.73
Change	0.41%
Change From Open	0.58
Close	46.35
Days Gap	-0.17
Depreciation Amortization	1,068,000,000
Dollar Volume	24,915,235.5
Earnings Date	2026-06-18
EBIT	CAD 1.3B
EBITDA	CAD 2.4B
EPS	CAD 0.68
F Score	7
FCF	CAD 1.5B
FCF EV Yield	8.01x
FCF Per Share	CAD 6.48
Financing CF	-1,314,000,000
Fiscal Year End	May
Founded	1,907
Goodwill	2,056,000,000
Graham Number	18.15676
Graham Upside	-60.99
Income Tax	CAD 69M
Investing CF	-674,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-12
Last Report Date	2026-01-31
Last Split Date	2015-09-29
Last Split Type	Forward
Lynch Fair Value	CAD 3.39
Lynch Upside	-92.71
Ma150	48.42
Ma150ch	-3.89%
Ma20	46.86
Ma20ch	-0.69%
Net CF	138,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-06-18
Open	46.27
P FCF Ratio	7.18
P OCF Ratio	4.93
Payment Date	2026-04-30
Position In Range	82.54
Ppne	8,418,000,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	CAD 4.42
Ptbv Ratio	6.86
Relative Volume	1.23x
Revenue	31,858,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.03x
Share Based Comp	9,000,000
Tax By Revenue	0.22x
Tax Rate	25.37%
Tr20y	347.65%
Tr6m	-4.84%
Volume	535,351
Z Score	2.9

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Income

TSX/EMP.A dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+1.9%

$0.88 annual per share

Payout ratio

+129.6%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+11.1%

31 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+5.4%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-04-15

Performance

TSX/EMP.A stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns TSX/EMP.A?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+20.1%

Share of float held by funds and institutions

Insider ownership

+17.0%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Short interest

+1.5%

Float sold short by bearish positioning

Y/Y dilution

-3.5%

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

TSX/EMP.A momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

42.3

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-6.2%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.35

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.49

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

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