Empire Co's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $16.18.
During the past 12 months, Empire Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -0.30% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Empire Co was 35.50% per year. The lowest was -14.20% per year. And the median was 9.60% per year.
Empire Co's current price is $23.72. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $16.18. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Empire Co is 1.47.
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Empire Co was 2.78. The lowest was 1.06. And the median was 1.73.
Good Sign:
Empire Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=1.48) is close to 5-year low of 1.46
Empire Co Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Empire Co's Book Value per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Empire Co's Book Value per Share
For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Empire Co's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Empire Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Empire Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Empire Co's PB Ratio falls into.
Empire Co Book Value per Share Calculation
Empire Co's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
Empire Co (OTCPK:EMLAF) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
Empire Co Book Value per Share Related Terms
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Empire Co Ltd key businesses are food retailing, investments, and other operations. The food retailing division operates through Empire's subsidiary Sobeys and represents nearly all of the company's income. This segment owns, affiliates, or franchises more than 1,500 stores in 10 provinces, under retail banners including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawton's Drug Stores, and multiple retail fuel locations. The company's investment and other operations segment include the investment in Crombie REIT, which is an open-ended Canadian real estate investment trust, as well as the Genstar Development Partnership.
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