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George Weston Limited (T:WN)

Business Focus: Food Retail & Distribution (NEC)

Sector:  Consumer Non-Cyclicals Industry:  Food Retail & Distribution
 
Company Contact
Address: 22 St. Clair Avenue East
TORONTO ON M4T 2S7
Tel: N/A
Website: https://www.weston.ca/en/Home.aspx
IR: See website
Key People
Galen G. Weston
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer; Executive Chairman and President of Loblaw
Katie Mccullam
Chief Strategy Officer
Richard Dufresne
President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Loblaw
Per Bank
President and Chief Executive Officer of Loblaw
Rashid Wasti
Executive Vice President, Chief Talent Officer
Lina Taglieri
Senior Vice President, Group Head, Controller
Anemona Turcu
Group Chief Risk Officer
John Williams
Group Treasurer and Head of Corporate Finance
Andrew Bunston
Chief Legal Officer
Jeff Gobeil
Group Head - Tax
   
Business Overview
George Weston Limited is a Canada-based company. The Company operates through two segments: Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Choice Properties). Loblaw has two reportable operating segments, retail and financial services. Loblaw's retail segment consists primarily of food retail and drug retail. Loblaw provides Canadians with grocery, pharmacy and healthcare services, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise and financial services. Choice Properties owns, manages and develops a high-quality portfolio of commercial and residential properties across Canada.
Financial Overview
For the 12 weeks ended 23 March 2024, George Weston Ltd revenues increased 5% to C$13.74B. Net income applicable to common stockholders decreased 45% to C$236M. Revenues reflect Choice Properties segment increase of 7% to C$349M, Comparable Store Sales Growth Rate Lobla increase of 10% to 3.4%, Retail Sales-Loblaw increase of 7% to C$13.58B. Net income was offset by Choice Properties segment income decrease of 32% to C$207M.
Employees: 220,000 as of Dec 31, 2023
Reporting Currency: Canadian Dollars
Enterprise value: $44,767M as of Mar 23, 2024
Annual revenue (TTM): $60,726M as of Mar 23, 2024
EBITDA (TTM): $7,074M as of Mar 23, 2024
Net annual income (TTM): $1,306M as of Mar 23, 2024
Free cash flow (TTM): $2,990M as of Mar 23, 2024
Net Debt Last Fiscal Year: $18,810M as of Mar 23, 2024
Shares outstanding: 133,750,567 as of Apr 17, 2024
TTM: Trailing Twelve Months
EBITDA: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, & Amortization