Woolworths Group Limited
The Group operates primarily in Australia and New Zealand, with 3,418 stores and approximately 210,067 employees at year‐end. The principal activities of the Group during the year were retail operations across: Australian Food: operating 1,076 Woolworths Supermarkets and Metro Food Stores; New Zealand Food: operating 184 Countdown Supermarkets as well as a wholesale operation which supplies a further 71 stores; BIG W: operating 176 BIG W stores; Endeavour Group: operating 251 Dan Murphy’s and 1,392 BWS stores, as well as 339 hotels. The Group also has eCommerce operations for its primary trading divisions.
Comparative Analysis
Income Statement
| ($'M) | $ Change | % Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 63,675.0 | 55,694.0 | -7,981.0 | -12.5 |
| Less: Cost of Goods Sold | -45,105.0 | -39,366.0 | 5,739.0 | -12.7 |
| Gross Profit | 108,780.0 | 95,060.0 | -13,720.0 | -12.6 |
| Less: Operating Costs | -15,942.0 | -13,505.0 | 2,437.0 | -15.3 |
| Operating Profit | 124,722.0 | 108,565.0 | -16,157.0 | -13.0 |
| Less: Financing Costs | -843.0 | -613.0 | 230.0 | -27.3 |
| Earnings Before Tax | 125,565.0 | 109,178.0 | -16,387.0 | -13.1 |
| Less: Income Tax | -576.0 | -604.0 | -28.0 | 4.9 |
| Net Profit | 126,141.0 | 109,782.0 | -16,359.0 | -13.0 |
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Balance Sheet
| ($'M) | $ Change | % Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Assets | 8,125.0 | 15,786.0 | 7,661.0 | 94.3 |
| Non Current Assets | 30,347.0 | 23,450.0 | -6,897.0 | -22.7 |
| Assets | 38,472.0 | 39,236.0 | 764.0 | 2.0 |
| Current Liabilities | 13,191.0 | 23,117.0 | 9,926.0 | 75.2 |
| Non Current Liabilities | 16,249.0 | 14,380.0 | -1,869.0 | -11.5 |
| Liabilities | 29,440.0 | 37,497.0 | 8,057.0 | 27.4 |
| Equity | 9,032.0 | 1,739.0 | -7,293.0 | -80.7 |
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Cash Flow Statement
| ($'M) | $ Change | % Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Flow from Operating Activities | 4,561.0 | 4,624.0 | 63.0 | 1.4 |
| Cash Flow from Financing Activities | -1,612.0 | -3,043.0 | -1,431.0 | 88.8 |
| Cash Flow from Investing Activities | -1,945.0 | -2,200.0 | -255.0 | 13.1 |
| Net Cash Flow | 1,004.0 | -619.0 | -1,623.0 | -161.7 |
| Foreign Exchange Fluctuations | -2.0 | -3.0 | -1.0 | 50.0 |
| Cash at the Beginning of the Period | 1,066.0 | 2,068.0 | 1,002.0 | 94.0 |
| Cash at the End of the Period | 2,068.0 | 1,446.0 | -622.0 | -30.1 |
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Ratio Analysis
Profitability
| Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Profit Margin | 170.8% | 170.7% | -0.2% |
| Operating Profit Margin | 195.9% | 194.9% | -0.9% |
| Net Profit Margin | 198.1% | 197.1% | -1.0% |
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Management Effectiveness
| Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on Assets | 327.9% | 279.8% | -48.1% |
| Return on Equity | 1,396.6% | 6,312.9% | 4,916.3% |
| Current Ratio | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3.3 | 21.6 | 18.3 |
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Valuation
| Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share Price ($) | 36.39 | 36.78 | 0.39 | 1.1% |
| Ordinary Shares | 1,263,091,936 | 1,267,652,417 | 4,560,481 | 0.4% |
| Market Capitalisation ($) | 45,963,915,551 | 46,624,255,897 | 660,340,346 | 1.4% |
| Revenue per Share ($) | 50.41 | 43.93 | -6.48 | -12.8% |
| Earnings per Share ($) | 99.87 | 86.60 | -13.26 | -13.3% |
| Equity per Share ($) | 7.15 | 1.37 | -5.78 | -80.8% |
| Dividends per Share ($) | 0.90 | 0.87 | -0.03 | -2.9% |
| Dividend Yield | 2.5% | 2.4% | -0.1% | |
| Price to Sales Ratio | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 16.0% |
| Price to Earnings Ratio | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 16.6% |
| Price to Book Ratio | 5.1 | 26.8 | 21.7 | 426.8% |