Nestle S.A. operates within the Bottled and canned soft drinks sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Nestle with three other major food companies: Unilever N.V. of the Netherlands (2017 sales of 53.72 billion Euro [US$61.74 billion] of which 39% was Personal Care), Danone SA of France (2017 sales: 24.68 billion Euro [US$28.36 billion] of which 34% was EDP International), and General Mills, Inc. which is based in the United States (2018 sales of $15.74 billion of which 64% was North America Retail). Note: not all of these companies have the same fiscal year: the most recent data for each company are being used.

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2017, sales at Nestle were 89.79 billion Swiss Francs (US$90.24 billion). This is a very small increase of 0.4% versus 2016, when the company's sales were 89.47 billion Swiss Francs. The sales level in 2017 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2012, Nestle had sales of 92.19 billion Swiss Francs. Sales of Zone Asia, Oceania and Africa saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 11.9% in 2017, from 14.49 billion Swiss Francs to 16.22 billion Swiss Francs. Nestle also saw significant increases in sales in Zone Americas (up 8.1% to 28.48 billion Swiss Francs) and Zone Europe (up 1.8% to 16.54 billion Swiss Francs) . Not all segments of Nestle experienced an increase in sales in 2017: sales of Other Businesses fell 27.5% to 10.24 billion Swiss Francs.