Stock Research: Woolworths Holdings

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Woolworths Holdings

JSE:WHL ZAE000063863
8
  • Value
    28
  • Growth
    25
  • Safety
    Safety
    55
  • Combined
    12
  • Sentiment
    24
  • 360° View
    360° View
    8
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Company Description

Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South Africa-based retail company. The company operates in the Fashion, Beauty, Home, and Food sectors, with brands like Woolworths and Country Road Group. It operates in South Africa and Australia. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $2,692 million, profits of $1,511 million, and revenue of $4,209 million, with 37,499 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 8 (better than 8% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Woolworths Holdings are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Woolworths Holdings. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 55, which means that the share price of Woolworths Holdings is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 55% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 25, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 28, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 72% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 76% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 24. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
55 49 43 69
Growth
25 23 51 29
Safety
Safety
28 33 43 22
Sentiment
24 17 49 35
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8 3 45 25
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
19 24 19 5
Opinions Change
23 28 17 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 28 83 99
Market Pulse
42 48 58 18
Sentiment
24 17 49 35
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
55 49 43 69
Growth
25 23 51 29
Safety Safety
28 33 43 22
Combined
12 13 41 29
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
61 57 52 71
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
56 48 42 69
Price vs. Book (P/B)
23 32 24 39
Dividend Yield
75 77 77 71
Value
55 49 43 69
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
51 51 44 14
Profit Growth
11 22 30 14
Capital Growth
49 38 44 56
Stock Returns
31 27 71 71
Growth
25 23 51 29
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
16 21 30 10
Refinancing
41 27 37 29
Liquidity
45 55 61 37
Safety Safety
28 33 43 22

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