Lojas Americanas SA operates in the Department stores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Lojas Americanas SA with three other
department stores in Latin America:
El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV
of MEXICO
(2020
sales of 115.47 billion Mexican Pesos [US$5.77 billion]
of which 87%
was Commercial),
Grupo Elektra SAB de CV
of MEXICO
(120.51 billion Mexican Pesos [US$6.02 billion]
of which 57%
was Financing), and
Magazine Luiza SA
(29.18 billion Brazilian Reals [US$5.78 billion]
of which 99%
was Retail).
Sales Analysis.
During the first
quarter of 2021, sales at Lojas Americanas SA totalled
5.23 billion Brazilian Reals.
This is
an increase of 29.0%
from the 4.06 billion Brazilian Reals in sales at the company during the first quarter of 2020.
This was the largest same quarter increase in sales since the second
quarter of 2014.
During the previous 8 quarters, sales at Lojas Americanas SA have increased compared with the same quarter in the previous year.
Sales at Lojas Americanas SA appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 9
years, sales have been highest during the fourth quarter, which has accounted for
between 32.4% and 35.6%
of the annual
sales.
Lojas Americanas SA reported sales of 21.29 billion Brazilian Reals (US$4.22 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2020.
This
represents
an
increase of 12.3%
versus 2019, when the company's sales were 18.96 billion Brazilian Reals.
This was the third consecutive year of growth at Lojas Americanas SA.
Sales of Other saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
11,485.7% in 2020, from
3.82 million Brazilian Reals to 442.69 million Brazilian Reals.
Lojas Americanas SA also saw significant increases in sales in
Electronic Stores (up 49.6% to 10.12 billion Brazilian Reals)
.
Not all segments of Lojas Americanas SA experienced an increase in sales in 2020:
sales of Stores fell 8.2% to 11.35 billion Brazilian Reals.