profit from every A$100 of sales.
A$0A$100
Metcash
A$3.42+1.18% today
-7.6% in 1 year
1-year low A$2.651-year high A$3.70
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$13.28 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 Metcash sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from A$15.2 billion in 2022 to A$17.3 billion in 2025, with A$283 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Metcash handed back 45% of the cash it generated last year.
A$167M
Free cash flow 2025A$391M
Bought back its own sharesA$10M
Paid as dividendsA$167M
Cash vs. debtA$85M vs. A$1.9B
Metcash vs. similar companies
Metcash grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcash | 13.3× · Cheap | ||
 Sysco | 21.6× · Fair price | ||
 US Foods | 34.9× · Expensive | ||
 Performance Food Group | 48.8× · Expensive | ||
 Jerónimo Martins, SGPS | 19.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Metcash'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,165 | 15,803 | 15,912 | 17,323 | |
| 1,683 | 1,842 | 1,942 | 2,243 | |
| 460 | 499 | 480 | 497 | |
| 552 | 584 | 622 | 701 | |
| 245 | 259 | 257 | 283 | |
| 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.26 | |
| 11.1% | 11.7% | 12.2% | 12.9% | |
| 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.9% | |
| 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 5,201 | 5,379 | 5,796 | 6,892 |
| Cash | 105 | 90 | 97 | 85 |
| Total debt | 1,324 | 1,489 | 1,411 | 1,891 |
| Total liabilities | 4,111 | 4,294 | 4,268 | 5,256 |
| 1,080 | 1,074 | 1,517 | 1,626 | |
| 986 | 970 | 1,001 | 1,098 | |
| 11.0% | 11.2% | 10.3% | 9.2% | |
| 22.7% | 24.1% | 17.0% | 17.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 122 | 152 | 136 | 149 | |
| 432 | 373 | 347 | 391 | |
| Dividends paid | 207 | 227 | 155 | 167 |
| 209 | 16 | – | 10 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 13.3×
- –
- 11.15
- 2.2×
- 0.2×
- 9.6×
- 7.9×
- 10.4%
- 7.5%
- 4.4%
Profitability
- 12.9%
- 2.9%
- 1.6%
- –
- 8.8%
- 9.9%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +4.5%
- +1.2%
- –
- –
- +4.4%
Financial health
- 2.6×
- 1.11
- –
- 6.5×
- 1.07
- –
- –
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 44%of 670
Bottom 12%of 674
Top 28%of 624
Bottom 44%of 673
Top 20%of 668
4.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$44a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
58.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 42.8%
News
No recent news on file.
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
1/7Passes 1 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
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
60Pass
Philip Fisher
31No pass
Peter Lynch
13No pass
Joel Greenblatt
42No pass
Charlie Munger
25No pass
Terry Smith
32No pass
Questions about Metcash
Is Metcash a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 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 Metcash AI analysis
What does Metcash do?
Metcash Limited operates as a wholesale and distribution company in Australia. The company operates through Food, Liquor, and Hardware segments. It is in Food Distribution, based in Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia, with 11,500 employees.
Does Metcash pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.4% a year, about 59% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out A$167 million in dividends.
Is Metcash stock halal?
No. Metcash does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 50% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Metcash stock done over the past year?
Down 7.6% over the past twelve months, to A$3.42. It traded between A$2.65 and A$3.70 and is 7.6% below its high.
Who are Metcash's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group and Jerónimo Martins, SGPS. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Metcash's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.