Ratings Empire Company Limited

Equities

EMP.A

CA2918434077

Market Closed - Toronto S.E. Other stock markets 04:00:00 2024-04-26 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
32 ^CAD	-1.17%		+0.98%	-8.70%

Apr. 23	RBC Raises Price Target on Top Pick Loblaw	MT
Apr. 18	Canada Targets 12 Foreign Grocers to Lure to Food-Retailing Market -- 2nd Update	DJ

Summary

Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

The stock, which is currently worth 2024 to 0.38 times its sales, is clearly overvalued in comparison with peers.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Food Retail & Distribution

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
EMPIRE COMPANY LIMITED	-8.70%	5.69B	B
WALMART INC.	+14.48%	485B	C+
KROGER CO. (THE)	+21.40%	40.05B	C+
SYSCO CORPORATION	+5.39%	38.37B	B
LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED	+18.78%	34B	B+
AHOLD DELHAIZE N.V.	+7.63%	28.47B	A-
WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED	-15.08%	25.16B	C+
TESCO PLC	-0.55%	25.08B	A
GEORGE WESTON LIMITED	+11.96%	17.99B	A-
AEON CO., LTD.	+4.35%	17.88B	A-

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