Empire Co (Empire Co) 3-Year Book Growth Rate : 12.10% (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is Empire Co 3-Year Book Growth Rate?

Empire Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $16.18.

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. 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 average Book Value per Share growth rate.

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.

Competitive Comparison of Empire Co's 3-Year Book Growth Rate

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Empire Co's 3-Year Book Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Book Growth Rate 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 3-Year Book Growth Rate Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Empire Co's 3-Year Book Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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Empire Co 3-Year Book Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Book Value per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

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 average Book Value per Share growth rate.

Empire Co (OTCPK:EMLAF) 3-Year Book Growth Rate Explanation

Book Value per Share is the ratio of equity available to common shareholders divided by the shares outstanding. Book value per share effectively indicates a firm's net asset value on a per-share basis. It can be used by investors to gauge whether a stock price is undervalued by comparing it to the firm's market value per share. Theoretically, it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated.

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Empire Co (Empire Co) Business Description

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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 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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