Today, Empire Company Ltd shares closed at $31.80 after opening the day at $31.61. Intraday prices ranged from $31.50 to $31.93.

The price boosted 0.41 percent from the previous day's close of $31.67.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.45% at 21642.87, the S&P 500 closed -0.21% at 5051.41, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.17% at 37798.97 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.12% at 15865.25.

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

Trading volume was 269,572 on 1,481 total trades, while having an average volume of 315,996 in the last five days.

The TSX overall saw 2,131 price advancers against 3,083 declines and 114 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 52 weeks, Empire Company Ltd's shares have dipped -12.47 percent, while in 2024, they have eased -9.27%.

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 $7.73 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.

Based on 7.00 analysts, Empire Company Ltd gets an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" according to Zacks. From those 7 analysts, 3 have buy ratings and 4 analysts gave hold ratings.

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