Empire Company Limited (OTCMKTS:EMLAF) Short Interest Update

Empire Company Limited (OTCMKTS:EMLAF) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,689,700 shares, a growth of 7.2% from the September 30th total of 1,575,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 167.3 days.

Empire Price Performance

EMLAF stock traded up $0.51 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $29.37. The stock had a trading volume of 7,994 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,449. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $29.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $26.42. Empire has a 52 week low of $22.27 and a 52 week high of $30.47.

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 retail stores under various retail banners, including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's, and Lawtons Drugs; and operates grocery e-commerce stores under the banners, such as Voilà, Grocery Gateway, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com.