Empire Co (FRA:C15) Short Interest

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FRA:C15 Empire Co Ltd FRA:C15
76 GF Score
Price €31.20
GF Value €29.04
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Empire Co Short Interest?

Short Interest can be expressed as a percentage by dividing the number of shares sold short by the total number of outstanding shares.

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FRA:C15 vs KR, SFM, ACI: Short Interest Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Empire Co's Short Interest, along with its competitors' market caps and Short Interest 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 Short Interest vs Retail - Defensive Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Empire Co's Short Interest falls into.


FRA:C15
76GF Score
Empire Co Ltd FRA:C15
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Is Empire Co (FRA:C15) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Empire Co stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €31.20 is trading 7.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of €29.04. GuruFocus considers Empire Co to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for FRA:C15:

  • Short Interest:
  • GF Value™: €29.04 vs. price of €31.20 (7.4% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 76/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:C15 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Empire Co Business Description

Other Exchanges EMLAF:USAEMP.A:Canada
Address 115 King Street, Stellarton, NS, CAN, B0K 1S0
Empire Co Ltd is a Canadian company whose key businesses are food retailing and related real estate. The Company's business operations were conducted through its two reportable segments: Food retailing and Investments and other operations. The Food retailing segment is comprised of three operating segments: Sobeys National, Farm Boy and Longo's. Food retailing consists of corporate and franchisee-owned retail food stores, and includes convenience and fuel stores, retail pharmacy stores and in-store pharmacies, as well as an e-commerce grocery-business, providing customers offerings in fresh and non-fresh grocery, fuel, pharmacy, health and beauty care and general merchandise. The Investments and other operations consists of investments in Crombie REIT, real estate partnership.
76GF Score

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€31.20
Price
€29.04
GF Value