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
(2018
sales of 50.98 billion Euro [US$57.67 billion]
),
Danone SA
of France
(24.65 billion Euro [US$27.89 billion]
), and
General Mills, Inc.
which is
based in the United States
($15.74 billion
of which 64%
was North America Retail).
Sales Analysis.
During the year ended December of 2018, sales at
Nestle were 91.44 billion Swiss Francs (US$91.08 billion).
This
is
a very small
increase of 1.8%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were 89.79 billion Swiss Francs.
This was the third consecutive year of growth at Nestle.
The sales level in 2018 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2013, Nestle had sales
of 92.16 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
31.5% in 2018, from
16.22 billion Swiss Francs to 21.33 billion Swiss Francs.
Nestle also saw significant increases in sales in
Zone Americas (up 8.8% to 30.98 billion Swiss Francs)
and
Zone Europe (up 14.5% to 18.93 billion Swiss Francs)
and
Other Businesses (up 20.4% to 12.32 billion Swiss Francs)
.
Not all segments of Nestle experienced an increase in sales in 2018:
sales of Nestle Waters fell 1.0% to 7.88 billion Swiss Francs.