Woolworths Limited operates in the Grocery stores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Woolworths Limited with three other
supermarkets and grocery stores in Australasia:
Winha Commerce and Trade International Ltd
(2017
sales of 89.72 million Australian Dollars [US$70.36 million]
of which 77%
was Supermarket),
Comvita Ltd
of New Zealand
(155.88 million New Zealand Dollars [US$111.50 million]
of which 21%
was New Zealand), and
Metcash Limited
(14.12 billion Australian Dollars [US$11.08 billion]
of which 65%
was Food & Grocery).
Sales Analysis.
Woolworths Limited reported sales of A$55.67 billion (US$43.66 billion)
for the
fiscal
year ending
June of 2017.
This
represents
a
decrease of 4.5%
versus 2016, when the company's sales were A$58.28 billion.
The sales level in 2017 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2012, Woolworths Limited had sales
of A$55.13 billion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 5.9% decline
in Unallocated/inter-Segment, from A$162.50 million to A$152.90 million.
There were also decreases in sales in
Big W (down 5.8% to A$3.60 billion)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Endeavour Drinks Group (up 4.3% to A$7.91 billion)
and
New Zealand Supermarkets (up 5.3% to A$5.89 billion)
and
Hotels (up 2.7% to A$1.55 billion)
.