Clear leader
5 companies value 1.5 tn revenue 1.2 tn margin 3.1% free cash flow 28 bn avg. score 6.0
WMT holds 64.0% of the group's value, 2.1x the runner-up · COST leads the industry without being the largest
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WMT | Walmart United States · score 5.8 | 64% | 942 bn | 736 bn | 3.0% | 14 bn | 1.4% | 0.8% | World's largest retailer: supermarkets and e-commerce · World's largest retailer by revenue; e-commerce and advertising growing strongly | |
| 2 | COST | Costco Wholesale United States · score 6.3 | 30% | 441 bn | 286 bn | 3.2% | 9.4 bn | 2.1% | 0.6% | Membership warehouse clubs · Membership model with ~90% renewal; leader in membership warehouse clubs | |
| 3 | TGT | Target United States · score 6.7 | 5% | 70 bn | 108 bn | 4.1% | 4.5 bn | 6.4% | 3.0% | Grocery, apparel and home retail · 3rd largest US mass retailer, with strong private labels | |
| 4 | BJ | BJ's Wholesale Club United States · score 5.8 | 1% | 13 bn | 23 bn | 2.6% | 0.4 bn | 2.8% | — | Discount membership warehouse clubs · 3rd largest US warehouse club, concentrated on the East Coast | |
| 5 | PSMT | PriceSmart United States · score 5.4 | 0% | 5.3 bn | 5.7 bn | 2.8% | 0.1 bn | 1.4% | 0.8% | Membership warehouse clubs in Latin America and the Caribbean · The warehouse club of Central America and the Caribbean, with no local competition |
Other industries in the same sector
- Sector overview
- Non-alcoholic beverages 18 companies
- Tobacco and nicotine 7 companies
- Cleaning and personal care products 12 companies
- Alcoholic beverages 12 companies
- Cosmetics 11 companies
- Processed foods 29 companies
- Pharmacies and retail health 6 companies
- Foodservice distribution 8 companies
- Packaged foods (brands) 13 companies
- Discount retail (dollar stores) 5 companies
- Agribusiness and agricultural trading 15 companies
- Supermarkets 10 companies
and 9 industries more
- Bottled water and delivery 3 companies
- Animal protein 10 companies
- Convenience stores and fuel 3 companies
- American spirits 3 companies
- Pet retail 5 companies
- Animal feed and nutrition 3 companies
- Nutrition and supplements 18 companies
- Industrial baking 2 companies
- Fresh produce and foods 6 companies
What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.