Empire Company Limited (TSE:EMP.A – Get Free Report) Senior Officer Douglas Bigler Nathanson sold 4,525 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$39.66, for a total transaction of C$179,461.50.
Empire Stock Down 1.1 %
Shares of EMP.A stock traded down C$0.43 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching C$39.33. 196,676 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 405,302. Empire Company Limited has a 1 year low of C$31.45 and a 1 year high of C$41.38. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is C$37.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$34.51. The company has a current ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 0.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 134.59. The stock has a market cap of C$5.64 billion, a PE ratio of 13.62, a PEG ratio of 16.20 and a beta of 0.47.
Empire Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 31st were paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 15th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.03%. This is a boost from Empire’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. Empire’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.40%.
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About Empire
Empire Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food retail and related real estate businesses in Canada. It operates through two segments, Food Retailing, and Investments and Other Operations. The company owns, affiliates, and franchises approximately 1,500 retail stores under various retail banners, including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, and Lawtons Drugs; and approximately 350 retail fuel locations.
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