Empire Co (TSX:EMP.A) ROCE % : 9.85% (As of Apr. 2025)

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What is Empire Co ROCE %?

ROCE % measures how well a company generates profits from its capital. It is calculated as EBIT divided by Capital Employed, where Capital Employed is calculated as Total Assets minus Total Current Liabilities. Empire Co's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was 9.85%.

Empire Co ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empire Co's ROCE % can be seen below:

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Empire Co ROCE % Chart

Empire Co Annual Data

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ROCE %

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11.91

11.53

10.01

10.46

10.19

Empire Co Quarterly Data
	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24	Oct24	Jan25	Apr25
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															9.29	11.59	10.02	9.05	9.85

Empire Co ROCE % Calculation

Empire Co's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Apr. 2025 )		(A: Apr. 2024 )		(A: Apr. 2025 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Apr. 2025 )		(A: Apr. 2024 )		(A: Apr. 2025 )
	=	1316	/	( ( (16790 - 3891)	+	(17019 - 4096) )	/ 2 )
	=	1316	/	( (12899	+	12923)	/ 2 )
	=	1316	/	12911
	=	10.19 %

Empire Co's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Apr. 2025 )		(Q: Jan. 2025 )		(Q: Apr. 2025 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Apr. 2025 )		(Q: Jan. 2025 )		(Q: Apr. 2025 )
	=	1280	/	( ( (16751.6 - 3685.9)	+	(17019 - 4096) )	/ 2 )
	=	1280	/	( ( 13065.7	+	12923 )	/ 2 )
	=	1280	/	12994.35
	=	9.85 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Apr. 2025) EBIT data.

Empire Co (TSX:EMP.A) ROCE % Explanation

ROCE % can be especially useful when comparing the performance of capital-intensive companies. Unlike ROE %, which indicates the profitability of Shareholders Equity, ROCE % also considers long-term debt in Capital Employed. This can be helpful when analyzing companies with significant debt, as the result is neutralized by taking debt into consideration.

Generally speaking, a higher ROCE % indicates a stonger profitability for a company. Moreover, it is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. Investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE % trend over those with volatile ones.

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Address

115 King Street, Stellarton, NS, CAN, B0K 1S0

Website

https://www.empireco.ca

Empire Co Ltd key businesses are food retailing, investments, and other operations. The food retailing division operates through Empire's subsidiaries Sobeys, National, Farm Boy, and Longo's, and represents nearly all of the company's income. This segment owns, affiliates, or franchises various stores in different provinces, under retail banners including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, and Foodland. The company's investment and other operations segment include the investment in Crombie REIT, which is an open-ended Canadian real estate investment trust.

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