Empire Company Limited (EMP.A) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Summary

Empire Company Limited (Empire Company) is into food retailing and real estate business. It operates through two business segments, Food Retailing and Investments and Other Operations. The company operates the food retail segment through its subsidiary, Sobeys Inc and corporate and franchised stores under several trade names including Sobeys, IGA, IGA Extra, Price Chopper, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, Lawtons Drugs and Needs Convenience. Apart from food items, it retails pharmaceuticals through Lawtons Drug Stores. The company is into corporate investment activities including, movie theaters operation, and ownership in Wajax Income Fund and oil and gas properties.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Empire Company Limited provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

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Table of contents

Section 1 - About the Company
Empire Company Limited - Key Facts
Empire Company Limited - Key Employees
Empire Company Limited - Key Employee Biographies
Empire Company Limited - Major Products and Services
Empire Company Limited - History
Empire Company Limited - Company Statement
Empire Company Limited - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Section 2 – Company Analysis
Empire Company Limited - Business Description
Empire Company Limited - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Empire Company Limited - Strengths
Strength - Wide Store Network in Canada
Strength - Investments and Other Operations
Strength - Consistent Increase in Revenue
Empire Company Limited - Weaknesses
Weakness - Geographic Concentration: Canada
Weakness - Limited Liquidity
Empire Company Limited - Opportunities
Opportunity - Acquisition of Retail Gas Locations
Opportunity - Rising Popularity Of Online Shopping
Opportunity - Growing Demand for Private Label Goods
Empire Company Limited - Threats
Threat - Rising Manpower Costs
Threat - Food Safety
Threat - Highly Competitive Industry
Empire Company Limited - Key Competitors
Section 3 – Company Financial Ratios
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
Empire Company Limited, Recent Deals Summary
Section 4 – Appendix
Methodology
Ratio Definitions
About GlobalData
Contact Us
Disclaimer

List of Tables

Empire Company Limited, Key Facts
Empire Company Limited, Key Employees
Empire Company Limited, Key Employee Biographies
Empire Company Limited, Major Products and Services
Empire Company Limited, History
Empire Company Limited, Other Locations
Empire Company Limited, Subsidiaries
Empire Company Limited, Key Competitors
Empire Company Limited, Ratios based on current share price
Empire Company Limited, Annual Ratios
Empire Company Limited, Interim Ratios
Empire Company Limited, Recent Deals Summary
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List of Figures

Empire Company Limited, Performance Chart (2008 - 2012)
Empire Company Limited, Ratio Charts

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