Coles Group (ASX:COL) Net Margin % : 2.64% (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Coles Group Net Margin %?

Net margin is calculated as Net Income divided by its Revenue. Coles Group's Net Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$589 Mil. Coles Group's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$22,274 Mil. Therefore, Coles Group's net margin for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.64%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Coles Group's Net Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:COL' s Net Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.49 Med: 2.66 Max: 3.73
Current: 2.49

ASX:COL's Net Margin % is ranked better than
56.69% of 314 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs ASX:COL: 2.49

Coles Group Net Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Coles Group's Net Margin % can be seen below:

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Coles Group Net Margin % Chart

Coles Group Annual Data

Trend

Jun18

Jun19

Jun20

Jun21

Jun22

Jun23

Net Margin %

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3.73

2.59

2.58

2.66

2.71

Coles Group Semi-Annual Data
	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Net Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial						2.67	2.66	3.08	2.32	2.64

Competitive Comparison of Coles Group's Net Margin %

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Coles Group's Net Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Net Margin % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Coles Group's Net Margin % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Coles Group's Net Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Coles Group's Net Margin % falls into.

Coles Group Net Margin % Calculation

Net margin - also known as net profit margin is the ratio of Net Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Coles Group's Net Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Net Margin	=	Net Income (A: Jun. 2023 )	/	Revenue (A: Jun. 2023 )
	=	1098	/	40483
	=	2.71 %

Coles Group's Net Margin for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net Margin	=	Net Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	589	/	22274
	=	2.64 %

Coles Group (ASX:COL) Net Margin % Explanation

Although Net Income and Earnings-per-Share (EPS) are the most widely used parameter in measuring a company's profitability and valuation, it is the least reliable. The reason is that reported earnings can be manipulated easily by adjusting any numbers such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amotorization and non-recurring items.

But the long term trend of the net margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.

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Coles Group (ASX:COL) Business Description

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Address

800-838 Toorak Road, Hawthorn East, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3123

Website

https://www.colesgroup.com.au

Coles Group Limited is one of Australia's largest retailers, operating the second-largest supermarket chain behind market leader Woolworths, and is the country's third-largest liquor retailer. The group has an extensive store network of about 2,500 store outlets and roughly 80% of Australian live within a 10-minute drive from their nearest Coles store. The retailer employs some 110,000 people, who process over 20 million individual customer transactions a week. This compares with Woolworths processing almost 30 million customer transactions per week from Australia's population of 25 million.