EMP-A PEER ANALYSIS

Empire Company Limited — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

EMP-AEmpire Company Limited

🇨🇦 Canada · TO · Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Grocery Stores

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

EMP-AIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	EMP-A	ACI	SFM	CA	BIMAS	COL	Ind. Median
P/E	56.49	33.25	16.31	33.40	9.57●	30.73	19.25
P/B	2.24	3.94	5.77	0.97●	1.12	8.03	2.39
EV/EBITDA	10.59	6.54	10.13	4.40●	5.10	12.72	8.10
P/S	0.35	0.09●	0.93	0.13	0.27	0.69	0.37

Financial Health
Metric	EMP-A	ACI	SFM	CA	BIMAS	COL	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.82	0.86	0.92	0.87	1.07●	0.63	0.90
Debt/Equity	157.0%	833.1%	143.7%	142.1%	30.4%●	458.4%	119.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.27	4.42	1.82	2.03	0.59●	4.52	1.93

Profitability
Metric	EMP-A	ACI	SFM	CA	BIMAS	COL	Ind. Median
Net Margin	0.6%	0.3%	5.7%●	0.4%	2.8%	2.2%	1.9%
ROE	3.8%	8.3%	37.3%●	2.9%	13.8%	26.5%	12.3%
ROA	1.2%	0.8%	12.7%●	0.6%	6.5%	5.0%	3.9%
EBITDA Margin	5.5%	4.1%	11.2%●	5.4%	6.0%	8.4%	6.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	EMP-A	ACI	SFM	CA	BIMAS	COL	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	1.9%	3.5%	10.2%	-3.7%	14.9%●	1.3%	3.3%
NI Growth	-71.7%	-77.3%	13.6%●	-55.9%	-3.3%	-8.2%	-3.4%
Div. Yield	1.8%	4.3%	—	6.0%●	3.8%	3.2%	1.9%
Payout	102.0%	148.4%	—	254.5%	36.4%	87.4%	39.3%

Valuation
Metric	EMP-A	MRU	WN	NWC	L	Ind. Median
P/E	56.49	18.85	32.84	17.03●	26.35	19.25
P/B	2.24●	2.75	7.69	2.96	6.66	2.39
EV/EBITDA	10.59	11.26	8.03●	8.10	12.30	8.10
P/S	0.35●	0.85	0.58	0.93	1.13	0.37

Financial Health
Metric	EMP-A	MRU	WN	NWC	L	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.82	1.43	1.11	2.12●	1.09	0.90
Debt/Equity	157.0%	69.3%	411.1%	57.0%●	153.4%	119.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.27	2.22	2.68	0.98●	2.19	1.93

Profitability
Metric	EMP-A	MRU	WN	NWC	L	Ind. Median
Net Margin	0.6%	4.5%	1.8%	5.4%●	4.3%	1.9%
ROE	3.8%	14.4%	21.7%	18.0%	25.2%●	12.3%
ROA	1.2%	7.0%	2.3%	9.0%●	6.8%	3.9%
EBITDA Margin	5.5%	9.4%	10.8%	13.0%●	11.2%	6.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	EMP-A	MRU	WN	NWC	L	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	1.9%	3.5%	3.9%	-0.5%	4.4%●	3.3%
NI Growth	-71.7%	1.8%	-9.9%	2.5%	24.7%●	-3.4%
Div. Yield	1.8%	1.6%	1.2%	3.3%●	0.9%	1.9%
Payout	102.0%	32.3%	42.2%	55.2%	23.7%	39.3%

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