In trading today, shares of Empire Company Ltd opened at $31.78 and closed at $32.18. Intraday prices ranged from $31.45 to $32.23.

Shares advanced 1.13 percent from the previous day's close of $31.82.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.27% at 22051.79, the S&P 500 closed -1.23% at 5147.21, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.35% at 38596.98 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -1.40% at 16049.08.

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

Trading volume was 598,849 on 2,629 total trades. On average, Empire Company Ltd has traded 437,926 shares over the last 5-days and 423,508 year-to-date.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 2,800 price advancers against 2,386 declines and 147 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, the shares have dipped -11.42% in 52 weeks, while in 2024, they have eased -8.19%.

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 $7.77 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 is holding an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from 7.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 7 analysts, 3 have buy ratings and 4 analysts gave hold ratings.

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