Empire Company Limited (OTCMKTS:EMLAF) Short Interest Up 16.6% in April

Empire Company Limited (OTCMKTS:EMLAF) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 910,500 shares, a growth of 16.6% from the March 31st total of 780,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 9,105.0 days.

Empire Trading Up 1.6 %

OTCMKTS:EMLAF opened at $23.72 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $24.56 and a 200-day moving average of $26.10. Empire has a twelve month low of $23.05 and a twelve month high of $29.18.

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.