100 Retail Companies, 10 Years: Analyzing Financial Performance and Winning Strategies

What's Inside

We analyze our Coresight 100 global retail companies in terms of their 10-year financial performance. Our analysis covers sales growth, margins, free cash flow, return on capital and debt levels, and slices companies by size and type (brands versus retailers). We also discuss winning strategies to emulate high-performing companies.

Data in this report include:

• Coresight 100 companies’ absolute change in revenue from 2012 to 2022 TTM
• Coresight 100 companies’ average operating margins and average absolute change in operating margins from 2012 to 2022 TTM
• Coresight 100 companies’ average unleveraged free cash flow margins and absolute changes from 2012 to 2022 TTM
• Coresight 100 companies’ average return on capital and average absolute change in return on capital from 2012 to 2022 TTM
• Coresight 100 companies’ average debt-to-equity ratios and average absolute change in debt-to-equity ratios from 2012 to 2022 TTM

Companies mentioned in this report include: Amazon, Costco, Estée Lauder, H&M, Home Depot, L’Oréal, Lululemon Athletica, Lowe’s, Target and Walmart

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