Empire Company Limited (EMLAF)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
74% below intrinsic value ($96)
Empire Company Limited (EMLAF) — VMCI valuation read
The headline on Empire Company Limited (EMLAF) is a 60/100 VMCI score, set against a Consumer Defensive sector median of 50. That 10-point above-median read reflects the five-pillar weighting and, for a mid-cap name, suggests a relative-value tailwind is in the data.
EMLAF insider activity report: 0 buys, 0 sells filed via Form 4 over the past 30 days. The next datable items are the 10-Q schedule and any 8-K-triggering events; both feed the VMCI Integrity pillar more than the price tape.
**Investor frame.** EMLAF trades at 21.0x earnings, 17% above the Consumer Defensive median of 18.0x sets the value side. ROIC of 15.0% sits 5.0pp above the Consumer Defensive median (10.0%) sets the quality side. Net debt to EBITDA of 0.1x leaves covenant headroom sets the risk side, the three lines a value buyer reads first on EMLAF.
EMLAF held flat 0.0% over the trailing 7 days, with a -2.1% read on a 30-day basis.
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 Voilà, 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.
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