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Empire Co (Empire Co) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 9.09 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Empire Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-30), Empire Co's current share price is $23.72. Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2.61. Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 9.09.

The historical rank and industry rank for Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

EMLAF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.08   Med: 19.34   Max: 36.55
Current: 9.22

During the past years, Empire Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 36.55. The lowest was 9.08. And the median was 19.34.

EMLAF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
72.22% of 126 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 15.415 vs EMLAF: 9.22

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Empire Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $1.513. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $2.61 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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Empire Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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.

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Empire Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Empire Co Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.58 17.67 18.01 15.78 12.17

Empire Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.32 12.17 11.36 11.60 9.99

Competitive Comparison of Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Empire Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=23.72/2.61
=9.09

* 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.

Empire Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Empire Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=1.513/125.4675*125.4675
=1.513

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 125.4675.

Empire Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201404 0.881 98.920 1.117
201407 0.887 99.315 1.121
201410 0.276 99.473 0.348
201501 0.485 98.209 0.620
201504 0.314 99.710 0.395
201507 0.431 100.579 0.538
201510 -0.086 100.500 -0.107
201601 0.118 100.184 0.148
201604 0.162 101.370 0.201
201607 0.294 101.844 0.362
201610 -0.079 102.002 -0.097
201701 0.012 102.318 0.015
201704 0.310 103.029 0.378
201707 0.293 103.029 0.357
201710 0.139 103.424 0.169
201801 0.632 104.056 0.762
201804 0.662 105.320 0.789
201807 0.305 106.110 0.361
201810 0.113 105.952 0.134
201901 0.428 105.557 0.509
201904 0.401 107.453 0.468
201907 0.878 108.243 1.018
201910 0.334 107.927 0.388
202001 0.936 108.085 1.087
202004 1.864 107.216 2.181
202007 0.697 108.401 0.807
202010 0.447 108.638 0.516
202101 1.272 109.192 1.462
202104 1.039 110.851 1.176
202107 0.624 112.431 0.696
202110 0.847 113.695 0.935
202201 1.714 114.801 1.873
202204 0.788 118.357 0.835
202207 0.638 120.964 0.662
202210 0.094 121.517 0.097
202301 0.722 121.596 0.745
202304 1.005 123.571 1.020
202307 1.241 124.914 1.246
202310 0.309 125.310 0.309
202401 1.513 125.468 1.513

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Empire Co  (OTCPK:EMLAF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Empire Co (Empire Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
115 King Street, Stellarton, NS, CAN, B0K 1S0
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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