Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S operates within the Cigarettes sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S with three other tobacco companies in Europe: Karelia Tobacco Company Inc. SA of Greece (2018 sales of 961.12 million Euro [US$1.06 billion] of which 100% was Cigarettes -Cigars), Philip Morris CR a.s. of the Czech Republic (14.08 billion Czech Koruny [US$610.45 million] of which 57% was Czech Republic), and Bulgartabac Holding AD which is based in Bulgaria (374.28 million Bulgarian Lev [US$211.70 million] of which 61% was Trading).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2018, sales at Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S were 6.72 billion Danish Kroner (US$994.59 million). This is an increase of 3.9% versus 2017, when the company's sales were 6.46 billion Danish Kroner. Despite this increase, sales are still slightly below the level achieved in 2016, when Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S reported sales of 6.75 billion Danish Kroner. Sales of Handmade Cigars saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 23.7% in 2018, from 1.92 billion Danish Kroner to 2.38 billion Danish Kroner. Not all segments of Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Pipe Tobacco fell 12.1% to 478.20 million Danish Kroner. Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S also experienced decreases in sales in Machine-Made Cigars (down 5.0% to 2.37 billion Danish Kroner) and Fine-Cut Tobacco (down 6.1% to 561.60 million Danish Kroner) .