Empire Company Limited (EMP.A) To Go Ex-Dividend on October 15th

Empire Company Limited (TSE:EMP.A) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 15th. Investors of record on Friday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $0.2425 per share on Friday, October 30th. This represents a $0.97 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.0%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 15th.

Empire Stock Performance

EMP.A stock opened at C$48.85 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 135.51, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.29. The company has a 50 day moving average price of C$48.15 and a 200 day moving average price of C$48.58. Empire has a fifty-two week low of C$43.81 and a fifty-two week high of C$52.64. The stock has a market capitalization of C$10.93 billion, a PE ratio of 49.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.20 and a beta of -0.21.

Empire (TSE:EMP.A) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 10th. The company reported C$1.04 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$8.47 billion for the quarter. Empire had a return on equity of 12.94% and a net margin of 2.18%. Analysts forecast that Empire will post 2.96 EPS for the current year.

About Empire

Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Empire’s key businesses are food retailing, through wholly-owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc, and related real estate. With approximately $32 billion in annual sales and $17 billion in assets, Empire and its subsidiaries, franchisees and affiliates employ approximately 130,000 people. Additional financial information relating to Empire, including the Company’s Annual Information Form, can be found on the Company’s website at www.empireco.ca or on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.