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Empire Co (Empire Co) Operating Income : $803 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Empire Co Operating Income?

Empire Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $169 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $803 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Empire Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $169 Mil. Empire Co's Revenue for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $5,583 Mil. Therefore, Empire Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 3.02%.

Good Sign:

Empire Co Ltd operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Empire Co's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 30.30% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Empire Co's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 4.88%. Empire Co's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 12.63%.


Empire Co Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empire Co's Operating Income 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 Operating Income Chart

Empire Co Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 370.83 691.06 956.54 937.44 803.84

Empire Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Operating Income 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 153.63 196.16 252.52 185.46 168.89

Empire Co Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $803 Mil.

* 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  (OTCPK:EMLAF) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Empire Co's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Oct. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Jan. 2024 ))/ count )
=675.556 * ( 1 - 24.03% )/( (10319.356 + 10724.801)/ 2 )
=513.2198932/10522.0785
=4.88 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Oct. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=11993.218 - 2122.375 - ( 172.623 - max(0, 2706.316 - 2257.803+172.623))
=10319.356

Invested Capital(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=12298.294 - 2129.628 - ( 185.577 - max(0, 2746.48 - 2190.345+185.577))
=10724.801

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Empire Co's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Oct. 2023  Q: Jan. 2024
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=764.656/( ( (5890.096 + max(-255.544, 0)) + (6222.826 + max(-344.185, 0)) )/ 2 )
=764.656/( ( 5890.096 + 6222.826 )/ 2 )
=764.656/6056.461
=12.63 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Oct. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(517.94 + 1311.771 + 116.831) - (2122.375 + 0 + 79.711)
=-255.544

Working Capital(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(473.888 + 1295.463 + 108.62) - (2129.628 + 0 + 92.528)
=-344.185

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Empire Co's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Revenue (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=168.889/5583.253
=3.02 %

* 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.

4. 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 Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Empire Co (Empire Co) Business Description

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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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