profit from every €100 of sales.

Kesko Oyj
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
You pay €24.76 for every €1 of profit it makes in a year.
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
Money in, money out
What Kesko Oyj sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €11.8 billion in 2022 to €12.5 billion in 2025, with €404 million of profit last year.
Kesko Oyj handed back 98% of the cash it generated last year.
Kesko Oyj vs. similar companies
Kesko Oyj grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from €100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per €1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
Kesko Oyj | 24.8× · 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 Kesko Oyj'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 EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,809 | 11,784 | 11,920 | 12,475 | |
| 1,742 | 1,677 | 1,714 | 1,808 | |
| 744 | 630 | 495 | 553 | |
| 1,325 | 1,249 | 1,223 | 1,246 | |
| 610 | 496 | 379 | 404 | |
| 1.53 | 1.25 | 0.95 | 1.02 | |
| 14.7% | 14.2% | 14.4% | 14.5% | |
| 6.3% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 4.4% | |
| 5.2% | 4.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,474 | 7,754 | 8,471 | 8,823 |
| Cash | 246 | 212 | 473 | 166 |
| Total debt | 2,418 | 2,787 | 3,396 | 3,573 |
| Total liabilities | 4,732 | 4,996 | 5,736 | 5,996 |
| 2,742 | 2,758 | 2,722 | 2,798 | |
| 397 | 398 | 398 | 398 | |
| 12.9% | 10.3% | 7.8% | 8.1% | |
| 22.2% | 18.0% | 13.9% | 14.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 915 | 1,050 | 1,008 | 880 | |
| 352 | 539 | 491 | 502 | |
| 563 | 510 | 517 | 377 | |
| Dividends paid | 407 | 430 | 320 | 370 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -9 | -2 | 3 | 2 |
Valuation
- 24.8×
- –
- –
- 3.1×
- 0.8×
- 26.5×
- 10.8×
- 3.8%
- 4.0%
- 3.7%
Profitability
- 14.5%
- 4.4%
- 3.2%
- –
- 8.1%
- 9.8%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.8%
- −12.6%
- –
- –
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 2.8×
- 1.28
- –
- 4.7×
- 0.97
- –
- –
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.
How safe it looks
91.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 98.1%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
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.
Questions about Kesko Oyj
Is Kesko Oyj 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 Kesko Oyj AI analysis
What does Kesko Oyj do?
Kesko Oyj engages in the chain operations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, and Poland. The company operates through Grocery Trade, Building and Technical Trade, and Car Trade divisions. It is in Grocery Stores, based in Helsinki, Finland, with 18,864 employees.
Does Kesko Oyj pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.7% a year, about 92% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €370 million in dividends.
Is Kesko Oyj stock halal?
No. Kesko Oyj does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 36% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Kesko Oyj stock done over the past year?
Up 33.5% over the past twelve months, to €25.12. It traded between €18.80 and €25.88 and is 3.0% below its high.
Who are Kesko Oyj'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 Kesko Oyj's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



