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:
Comvita Ltd
of New Zealand
(2016
sales of 184.59 million New Zealand Dollars [US$135.83 million]
of which 40%
was Australia),
Metcash Limited
(13.54 billion Australian Dollars [US$10.77 billion]
of which 68%
was Food & Grocery), and
Oliver's Real Food Ltd
(17.20 million Australian Dollars [US$13.69 million]
of which 100%
was Hotels and Motels).
Sales Analysis.
Woolworths Limited reported sales of A$58.28 billion (US$46.36 billion)
for the
fiscal
year ending
June of 2016.
This
represents
a
decrease of 4.3%
versus 2015, when the company's sales were A$60.87 billion.
The sales level in 2016 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2011, Woolworths Limited had sales
of A$54.14 billion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 17.5% decline
in Australian Food Liquor and Petrol, from A$47.76 billion to A$39.41 billion.
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
New Zealand Supermarkets (up 2.3% to A$5.59 billion)
and
Hotels (up 2.5% to A$1.51 billion)
.