Closing Bell: Empire Company Ltd down on Tuesday (EMP-A)

Empire Company Ltd opened trading today at $32.13 and closed at $31.88. Intraday prices ranged from $31.80 to $32.25.

Share prices dipped -0.90 percent from the previous day's close of $32.17.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.68% at 22116.69, the S&P 500 closed 0.11% at 5283.40, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.30% at 38571.03 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.56% at 16828.67.

Empire Company Ltd has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker EMP-A.

Trading volume was 753,493 on 4,207 total trades, with an average volume of 752,581 over 5 days.

The TSX overall saw 1,486 price advancers against 3,669 declines and 130 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, EMP-A.TO has traded as high as $40.69 (November 10,2023) and low as $31.45 (April 05,2024). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Empire Company Ltd's shares have lost -8.13%, while in 2024, they have dipped -9.04%.

It announced a 0.18 dividend on March 14/24, with an April 12/24 ex-date and April 30/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Empire Company Ltd has a market capitalization of $7.85 billion on a float of 244,074 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.02.

Empire Company Ltd is a TSX Grocery Stores company headquartered in Stellarton, CAN.

Empire Company Ltd's average recommendation is "Moderate Buy" based on 7.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 7 analysts, 3 have buy ratings and 4 analysts gave hold ratings.

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