Bpost SA operates within the Courier services, except by air sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Bpost SA with three other
trucking and warehousing companies in Europe:
Stef SA
of FRANCE
(2020
sales of 3.15 billion Euros [US$3.68 billion]
of which 62%
was STEF France),
Abertis Infraestructuras
of SPAIN
(3.94 billion Euros [US$4.62 billion]
of which 100%
was Toll Highways), and
PostNL
which is
based in NETHERLANDS
(3.26 billion Euros [US$3.81 billion]
of which 57%
was Parcels).
Sales Analysis.
During the second
quarter of 2021, sales at Bpost SA totalled
1.03 billion Euro.
This is a drop of 1.4%
from the 1.04 billion Euro in sales at the company during the second quarter in 2020.
This was the largest quarterly drop in sales since the third
quarter of 2016.
During the first two
quarters of 2021, sales totalled 2.04 billion Euro, which is
3.7% higher
than through the first two quarters of 2020.
Sales at Bpost SA appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 8
years, sales have been highest during the fourth quarter, which has accounted for
between 26.5% and 31.3%
of the annual
sales.
During the year ended December of 2020, sales at
Bpost SA were 4.12 billion Euro (US$4.82 billion).
This
is
an
increase of 8.9%
versus 2019, when the company's sales were 3.78 billion Euro.
This was the fifth consecutive year of sales increases at Bpost SA
(and since 2015, sales have increased a total of 72%).
Sales of Palo-Eurasia saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
32.1% in 2020, from
813.20 million Euro to 1.07 billion Euro.
Bpost SA also saw significant increases in sales in
Palo - N. Ame (up 21.1% to 1.33 billion Euro)
.
Not all segments of Bpost SA experienced an increase in sales in 2020:
sales of Corporate fell 48.8% to 15.40 million Euro.
(However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales).
Bpost SA also experienced decreases in sales in
M&r (down 8.5% to 1.74 billion Euro)
.