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Empire Co (Empire Co) PS Ratio : 0.26 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Empire Co PS Ratio?

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Empire Co's share price is $23.72. Empire Co's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $90.97. Hence, Empire Co's PS Ratio for today is 0.26.

Good Sign:

Empire Co Ltd stock PS Ratio (=0.26) is close to 5-year low of 0.26

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

EMLAF' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17   Med: 0.31   Max: 0.42
Current: 0.26

During the past 13 years, Empire Co's highest PS Ratio was 0.42. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 0.31.

EMLAF's PS Ratio is ranked better than
68.18% of 308 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.43 vs EMLAF: 0.26

Empire Co's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $22.62. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $90.97.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Empire Co was 3.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, Empire Co's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 49.90% per year. The lowest was 0.20% per year. And the median was 4.20% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Empire Co PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empire Co's PS 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 PS Ratio Chart

Empire Co Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.32 0.31 0.37 0.37 0.31

Empire Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
PS Ratio 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 0.32 0.31 0.30 0.31 0.28

Competitive Comparison of Empire Co's PS Ratio

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Empire Co's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS 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 PS Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Empire Co's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Empire Co's PS Ratio falls into.



Empire Co PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

Empire Co's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=23.72/90.974
=0.26

Empire Co's Share Price of today is $23.72.
Empire Co's Revenue per Share 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 $90.97.

* 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:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Empire Co  (OTCPK:EMLAF) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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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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