Operates a network of Colruyt discount supermarkets. Manages OKay convenience stores. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
No real growth (4% a year).
The gap is $193.6M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 15.4× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
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.
Profit per Sale: The profit kept from each sale is thin.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 12% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
It pays out $0.40 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The price action doesn’t yet back an upward turn. Council score: 0/10.
As the slice kept from each sale thins out, so does the profit. Council score: 3/10.
Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in. Council score: 4/10.
We grade companies — revenue, margins, balance sheets. This is a fund, so there is no report card to give. That is not a low grade; it is a different kind of thing.
One-line summary: a basket, not a business. Judge it by what it holds.