Metro AG operates within the Grocery stores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Metro AG with three other
supermarkets and grocery stores in Europe:
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
of the United Kingdom
(2019
sales of £17.74 billion [US$23.40 billion]
of which 100%
was Grocery),
J Sainsbury Plc
of the United Kingdom
(£29.01 billion [US$38.27 billion]
of which 98%
was Retailing), and
Etablissements Fr. Colruyt SA
which is
based in Belgium
(9.43 billion Euro [US$10.49 billion]
of which 82%
was Retail).
Sales Analysis.
During the year ended September of 2019, sales at
Metro AG were 27.08 billion Euro (US$30.12 billion).
This
is
a
decrease of 8.1%
versus 2018, when the company's sales were 29.48 billion Euro.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 60.5% decline
in Metro Wholesale Asia, from 4.30 billion Euro to 1.70 billion Euro.
There were also decreases in sales in
Metro Wholesale Germany (down 0.3% to 4.74 billion Euro)
and
Metro Wholesale Russia (down 5.4% to 2.66 billion Euro)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Metro Wholesale Western Europe (up 1.3% to 10.75 billion Euro)
and
Metro Wholesale Eastern Europe (up 3.4% to 7.19 billion Euro)
and
Other (up 35.3% to 46.00 million Euro)
.