Consumer Defensive
Empire Company Limited(EMLAF)
Live Price
Offline$36.01
+3.21% today
1Y Change
-13.85%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $10.73B
- Revenue Growth
- +1.6%
- EPS Growth
- +0.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.9%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Empire Company Limited (EMLAF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $10.73B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $36.01 and down 13.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.6%, EPS growth of +0.7%, a dividend yield of 1.9%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.6%, EPS +0.7%, free cash flow +5.8% with operating margin 4.0% and ROIC 6.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.9%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 66.8 and price/sales 0.3. Stock Foundry combines EMLAF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+1.6% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+4.0% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
66.8 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Jun 18, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +1.6% and EPS at +0.7%, with operating margin around 4.0%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.9%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Jun 18, 2026 | โ | -1.2% | โ | โ |
2026 Mar 12, 2026 | +1.3% | +4.1% | +3.1% | +1.8% |
2025 Dec 11, 2025 | -30.1% | -0.6% | +3.1% | +2.9% |
Benchmark Edge
EMLAF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
EMLAF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
EMLAF Max Drawdown
-22.24%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for EMLAF and SPY.
Company Overview
Empire Company Limited
Other OTC
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 approximately 1,600 retail stores under various retail banners, including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's, and Lawtons Drugs; and approximately 350 retail fuel locations, as well as operates grocery e-commerce stores under the banners, such as Voilร , Grocery Gateway, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com. It also owns interest in the Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust, an open-ended real estate investment trust to own, operate, and develop a portfolio of grocery and pharmacy-anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores, and mixed-use developments; and various equity accounted interests in Genstar partnerships that develop residential real estate properties in Ontario, Western Canada, and the United States. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.
- Leadership
- Pierre St-Laurent
- IPO Date
- Jan 5, 2010
- Employees
- 128.0k
- Street Address
- 115 King Street
- Mailing
- Stellarton, NS, B0K 1S0
- Region
- Stellarton, NS, CA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 902 752 8371
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 66.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.0
- Price/Sales
- 0.3
- Price/Book
- 2.2
Growth
- Revenue
- +1.6%
- EPS
- +0.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- +5.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 27.2%
- Operating Margin
- 4.0%
- Net Margin
- 0.5%
- ROE
- 3.0%
- ROIC
- 6.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.61
- Current Ratio
- 0.80
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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