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Empire Co (Empire Co) PB Ratio

: 1.43 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-19), Empire Co's share price is $23.12. Empire Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $16.18. Hence, Empire Co's PB Ratio of today is 1.43.

Good Sign:

Empire Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=1.46) is close to 5-year low of 1.46

The historical rank and industry rank for Empire Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

EMLAF' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.06   Med: 1.73   Max: 2.78
Current: 1.46

During the past 13 years, Empire Co's highest PB Ratio was 2.78. The lowest was 1.06. And the median was 1.73.

EMLAF's PB Ratio is ranked better than
54.7% of 298 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.665 vs EMLAF: 1.46

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.

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.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Empire Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empire Co's PB Ratio 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 Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.02 2.14 2.39 2.20 1.75

Empire Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.92 1.75 1.70 1.73 1.61

Competitive Comparison

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 PB Ratio Distribution

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 PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Empire Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jan. 2024)
=23.12/16.177
=1.43

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Empire Co  (OTCPK:EMLAF) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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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