Contrasting Almacenes Éxito (EXTO) and Its Competitors

Dividends

Almacenes Éxito pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Almacenes Éxito pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Variety stores” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.1% and pay out 35.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Almacenes Éxito is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Almacenes Éxito and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Almacenes Éxito	$4.90 billion	$25.20 million	10.38
Almacenes Éxito Competitors	$75.00 billion	$1.92 billion	20.66

Almacenes Éxito’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Almacenes Éxito. Almacenes Éxito is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.0% of shares of all “Variety stores” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of shares of all “Variety stores” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Almacenes Éxito has a beta of -0.43, meaning that its share price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Almacenes Éxito’s peers have a beta of 0.87, meaning that their average share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Almacenes Éxito and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Almacenes Éxito	N/A	N/A	N/A
Almacenes Éxito Competitors	0.93%	-18.65%	2.52%

Summary

Almacenes Éxito peers beat Almacenes Éxito on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

Almacenes Éxito Company Profile

Almacenes Éxito S.A. operates as a retail commerce company in South America. The company operates a chain of retail stores primarily under the Éxito, Carulla, Surtimax, Super Inter, Surti Mayorista, Libertad, Mini Libertad, Devoto, Disco, and Géant brands. It is also involved in the online commerce activities. In addition, the company engages in the credit facilities, insurance, money transfers and remittances, mobile phone services, trade tourist package trips and tickets, repair and maintain furnishings, paperwork, and energy trade activities; acquisition and building commercial premises for establishing stores, malls, or other locations; investing in property, promoting, and developing various kinds of real estate projects; and leasing of premises. Further, it invests in shares, bonds, trade papers, and other securities; enters into firm factoring agreements; and distributes oil-based liquid fuels through service stations, as well as alcohols, biofuels, and natural gas for vehicles and other fuels used in the automotive, industrial, fluvial, maritime, and air transport sectors. Almacenes Éxito S.A. was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Envigado, Colombia. As of January 19, 2024, Almacenes Éxito S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Super Selectos El Salvador.