profit from every A$100 of sales.
A$0A$100
Coles Group
A$22.24-0.85% today
+2.1% in 1 year
1-year low A$20.351-year high A$24.55
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay A$27.70 for every A$1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Coles Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from A$39.4 billion in 2022 to A$44.4 billion in 2025, with A$1.08 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Coles Group handed back 64% of the cash it generated last year.
A$889M
Free cash flow 2025A$1.4B
Bought back its own sharesA$42M
Paid as dividendsA$889M
Cash vs. debtA$705M vs. A$10.3B
Coles Group vs. similar companies
Coles Group grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coles Group | 27.7× · Fair price | ||
 Loblaw Companies | 30.3× · Expensive | ||
 Tesco | 19.4× · Fair price | ||
 The Kroger | 41.2× · Expensive | ||
 Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize | 13.9× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Coles Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39,369 | 40,483 | 43,571 | 44,352 | |
| 10,159 | 10,449 | 11,272 | 11,703 | |
| 1,393 | 1,590 | 1,852 | 1,819 | |
| 3,030 | 2,977 | 3,211 | 3,221 | |
| 1,048 | 1,098 | 1,118 | 1,079 | |
| 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.81 | |
| 25.8% | 25.8% | 25.9% | 26.4% | |
| 3.5% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 4.1% | |
| 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 18,836 | 18,374 | 19,972 | 20,294 |
| Cash | 589 | 597 | 675 | 705 |
| Total debt | 9,776 | 8,967 | 10,069 | 10,327 |
| Total liabilities | 15,712 | 14,936 | 16,253 | 16,488 |
| 3,124 | 3,356 | 3,617 | 3,806 | |
| 1,332 | 1,337 | 1,338 | 1,340 | |
| 8.2% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 8.2% | |
| 33.5% | 32.7% | 30.9% | 28.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 1,272 | 1,514 | 1,671 | 1,487 | |
| 1,418 | 1,293 | 1,122 | 1,449 | |
| Dividends paid | 798 | 844 | 853 | 889 |
| – | 71 | 40 | 42 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 27.7×
- –
- 36.61
- 8.5×
- 0.7×
- 20.6×
- 12.3×
- 4.8%
- 3.6%
- 3.0%
Profitability
- 26.4%
- 4.1%
- 2.4%
- –
- 8.2%
- 8.4%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +4.1%
- +0.8%
- –
- –
- +0.2%
Financial health
- 3.0×
- 2.71
- –
- 14.2×
- 0.61
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 40%of 669
Bottom 18%of 672
Bottom 24%of 623
Bottom 38%of 671
Top 49%of 666
3.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$30a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
82.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 61.4%
News
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Insider trades
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
44No pass
Benjamin Graham
28No pass
Philip Fisher
31No pass
Peter Lynch
7No pass
Joel Greenblatt
17No pass
Charlie Munger
27No pass
Terry Smith
34No pass
Questions about Coles Group
Is Coles Group a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Coles Group AI analysis
What does Coles Group do?
Coles Group Limited operates as a retailer in Australia. It operates through Supermarkets and Liquor segments. It is in Grocery Stores, based in Hawthorn East, VIC, Australia, with 115,000 employees.
Does Coles Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.0% a year, about 82% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out A$889 million in dividends.
Is Coles Group stock halal?
No. Coles Group does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 35% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Coles Group stock done over the past year?
Up 2.1% over the past twelve months, to A$22.24. It traded between A$20.35 and A$24.55 and is 9.4% below its high.
Who are Coles Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Loblaw Companies, Tesco, The Kroger and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Coles Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.