Empire Co (TSX:EMP.A) Buyback Yield % : 5.27 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Empire Co Buyback Yield %?

Buyback yield is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. It is a measure of shareholder return.

Empire Co's current buyback yield was 5.27%.

Empire Co Buyback Yield % Historical Data

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

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Empire Co Buyback Yield % Chart

Empire Co Annual Data

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Buyback Yield %

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1.21

1.50

2.23

3.80

Empire Co Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Buyback Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.28	4.85	4.46	4.33	4.59

Competitive Comparison of Empire Co's Buyback Yield %

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

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

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Empire Co Buyback Yield % Calculation

Buyback yield is a measure of shareholder return.

Empire Co's Buyback Yield for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	/	Market Cap
	=	- (-350	+	0)	/	9214.29002
	=	3.80%

Empire Co's annualized Buyback Yield for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock		(Annualized)			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	*	Annualized Factor	/	Market Cap
	=	- (-97.9	+	0)	*	4	/	8536.8452
	=	4.59%

In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the Repurchase of Stock and Issuance of Stock data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) data.

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Empire Co (TSX:EMP.A) 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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