Operate a global network of hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience stores. Offer a wide range of fresh groceries, locally sourced items, and consumer goods. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
No real growth (4% a year).
The gap is $21.9B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 37.1× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
angles, checked one by one.
The 3 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Trading Liquidity: The shares change hands too rarely for smooth trading.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 13% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
It pays out $1.37 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The company’s market value is 37 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
Getting in and out without moving the price could prove difficult. Council score: 2/10.
As the slice kept from each sale thins out, so does the profit. Council score: 3/10.
Against everything we grade, CRERF lands near the bottom. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: CRERF does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.