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About the company
Empire Company Limited is engaged in the business of food retailing, through its wholly owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc. (Sobeys), and related real estate. The Company's segments include Food retailing, and Investments and other operations. Sobeys owns, affiliates or franchises more than 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces under retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo’s and Lawtons Drugs, operates grocery e-commerce under the banners Voila, Voila par IGA and ThriftyFoods.com, and operates and/or supplies more than 350 retail fuel locations. The Investment and other operations segment consist of investments in Crombie REIT, real estate partnerships and various other corporate operations. Crombie REIT is focused on owning, operating and developing a portfolio of grocery and pharmacy-anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores and mixed-use developments primarily in Canada's urban and suburban markets.
- Revenue in CAD (TTM)31.62bn
- Net income in CAD689.80m
- Incorporated1963
- Employees67.00k
- LocationEmpire Company Ltd115 King StreetSTELLARTON B0K 1S0CanadaCAN
- Phone+1 (902) 752-8371
- Fax+1 (902) 755-6477
- Websitehttps://www.empireco.ca/
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West Company Inc | 2.60bn | 143.10m | 2.67bn | 7.00k | 19.06 | 3.35 | 9.92 | 1.03 | 2.94 | 2.94 | 53.30 | 16.73 | 1.68 | 4.63 | 22.71 | 370,919.20 | 9.66 | 10.81 | 11.84 | 13.86 | 34.10 | 32.79 | 5.74 | 5.87 | 0.8241 | 12.74 | 0.3689 | 52.46 | 4.23 | 4.23 | 6.11 | 10.66 | 3.77 | 3.66 |
| Empire Company Ltd | 31.62bn | 689.80m | 11.18bn | 67.00k | 16.71 | 2.06 | 5.97 | 0.3537 | 2.95 | 2.95 | 134.93 | 23.88 | 1.86 | 12.04 | 45.50 | -- | 4.32 | 4.71 | 5.65 | 6.36 | 27.12 | 25.91 | 2.33 | 2.53 | 0.3495 | 5.37 | 0.5746 | 23.52 | 1.77 | 3.30 | -3.47 | 3.71 | 4.69 | 10.76 |
| Metro Inc | 22.18bn | 983.70m | 20.84bn | 31.07k | 21.69 | 2.98 | 13.10 | 0.9399 | 4.52 | 4.52 | 101.71 | 32.94 | 1.51 | 9.83 | 25.65 | 713,632.00 | 6.73 | 6.73 | 7.87 | 7.93 | 19.86 | 19.85 | 4.45 | 4.59 | 0.5348 | 9.96 | 0.4088 | 29.90 | 3.71 | 4.10 | 9.50 | 5.04 | -0.0039 | 10.55 |
| George Weston Ltd | 63.75bn | 1.48bn | 38.31bn | 220.00k | 26.70 | 7.91 | 7.39 | 0.6009 | 3.78 | 3.78 | 163.91 | 14.89 | 1.25 | 6.67 | 45.70 | 289,786.40 | 5.44 | 4.62 | 8.44 | 7.12 | 33.06 | 32.41 | 4.36 | 3.92 | 0.8023 | 5.07 | 0.6394 | 29.64 | 2.47 | 4.22 | -12.10 | 46.03 | 8.98 | 8.81 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Investments Canada ULCas of 31 Dec 2025 | 8.36m | 6.43% |
| BMO Asset Management, Inc.as of 05 Feb 2026 | 6.07m | 4.67% |
| RBC Global Asset Management, Inc.as of 06 Feb 2026 | 3.13m | 2.41% |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LPas of 05 Feb 2026 | 3.07m | 2.36% |
| CI Investments, Inc.as of 30 Sep 2025 | 2.51m | 1.93% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 06 Feb 2026 | 2.02m | 1.56% |
| Geode Capital Management LLCas of 26 Feb 2026 | 1.83m | 1.41% |
| Canoe Financial LPas of 30 Jun 2025 | 1.80m | 1.39% |
| Fiera Capital Corp. (Investment Management)as of 06 Feb 2026 | 1.76m | 1.35% |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp.as of 05 Feb 2026 | 1.69m | 1.30% |
