Lion Corporation operates within the Soap and other detergents sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Lion with three other
cosmetics and toiletry producers in Asia:
Hindustan Unilever Limited
of India
(2018
sales of 355.45 billion Indian Rupees [US$4.95 billion]
of which 47%
was Beauty & personel care),
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd
of India
(98.43 billion Indian Rupees [US$1.37 billion]
of which 100%
was Personal and Household Care products), and
Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT
which is
based in Indonesia
(41.80 trillion Indonesian Rupiahs [US$2.96 billion]
of which 69%
was Home and Personal Care).
Sales Analysis.
During the year ended December of 2018, sales at
Lion were ¥349.40 billion (US$3.22 billion).
This
is
a
decrease of 14.9%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were ¥410.48 billion.
The sales level in 2018 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2013, Lion had sales
of ¥352.01 billion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 18.7% decline
in for the General Consumer Goods Business, from ¥264.82 billion to ¥215.39 billion.
There were also decreases in sales in
Overseas Business (down 12.5% to ¥94.76 billion)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Business Industrial Supplies (up 2.2% to ¥34.05 billion)
and
Other (up 28.8% to ¥5.28 billion)
.