Empire Co's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.14.
The historical rank and industry rank for Empire Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:
EMLAF'
s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -31.1 Med: 7.6 Max: 32.6
Current: 11.2
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Empire Co was 32.60% per year. The lowest was -31.10% per year. And the median was 7.60% per year.
EMLAF's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked better than 63.91% of 133
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 7.4
vs EMLAF: 11.20
During the past 12 months, Empire Co's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
Empire Co Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 5-year high.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Empire Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Empire Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Empire Co's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.
Empire Co 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation
This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
Empire Co (OTCPK:EMLAF) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
Empire Co's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Empire Co was 0.88. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.27.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Empire Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
CAD 0.183
2024-04-12
2024-04-15
2024-04-30
Cash Dividend
quarterly
CAD:USD 0.724663
CAD 0.183
2024-01-12
2024-01-15
2024-01-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
CAD:USD 0.747161
CAD 0.183
2023-10-12
2023-10-13
2023-10-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
CAD:USD 0.720565
CAD 0.183
2023-07-13
2023-07-14
2023-07-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
CAD:USD 0.759878
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Empire Co's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $23.35.
Empire Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.540264861.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Empire Co was 2.71%. The lowest was 1.14%. And the median was 1.50%.
Good Sign:
Empire Co Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 5-year high.
* 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 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Related Terms>
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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