Gerdau S.A. operates in the Blast furnaces and steel mills sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Gerdau S.A. with three other
companies in this sector in BRAZIL :
Metalurgica Gerdau S.A.
(2019
sales of 39.64 billion Brazilian Reals [US$7.62 billion]
of which 41%
was Brazil),
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA
(14.95 billion Brazilian Reals [US$2.87 billion]
of which 85%
was Steel), and
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional
(25.44 billion Brazilian Reals [US$4.89 billion]
of which 55%
was Steel and New Businesses).
Sales Analysis.
Gerdau S.A. reported sales of 39.64 billion Brazilian Reals (US$7.62 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2019.
This
represents
a
decrease of 14.1%
versus 2018, when the company's sales were 46.16 billion Brazilian Reals.
The sales level in 2019 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2014, Gerdau S.A. had sales
of 42.55 billion Brazilian Reals.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 26.5% decline
in Unit North America, from 19.93 billion Brazilian Reals to 14.66 billion Brazilian Reals.
There were also decreases in sales in
Unit Special Steel (down 17.9% to 6.70 billion Brazilian Reals)
and
Unit Latin America (down 14.3% to 3.26 billion Brazilian Reals)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Unit Brazil (up 2.4% to 16.12 billion Brazilian Reals)
.