profit from every A$100 of sales.

Wesfarmers
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.
You pay A$31.36 for every A$1 of profit it makes in a year.
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
Money in, money out
What Wesfarmers sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from A$36.7 billion in 2022 to A$45.6 billion in 2025, with A$2.93 billion of profit last year.
Wesfarmers handed back 67% of the cash it generated last year.
Wesfarmers vs. similar companies
Wesfarmers grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
Wesfarmers | 31.4× · Expensive | ||
Home Depot | 24.6× · Fair price | ||
Lowe's | 19.2× · Fair price | ||
Kingfisher | 24.8× · Fair price | ||
Mr D.I.Y. Group (M) Berhad | 15.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Wesfarmers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36,679 | 43,417 | 44,047 | 45,576 | |
| 13,241 | 14,512 | 15,219 | 15,637 | |
| 3,155 | 3,570 | 3,707 | 3,822 | |
| 4,991 | 5,345 | 5,553 | 6,043 | |
| 2,352 | 2,465 | 2,557 | 2,926 | |
| 2.08 | 2.18 | 2.26 | 2.58 | |
| 36.1% | 33.4% | 34.6% | 34.3% | |
| 8.6% | 8.2% | 8.4% | 8.4% | |
| 6.4% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 6.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 27,271 | 26,546 | 27,309 | 27,981 |
| Cash | 705 | 673 | 835 | 638 |
| Total debt | 12,081 | 11,169 | 11,278 | 11,168 |
| Total liabilities | 19,290 | 18,265 | 18,724 | 18,792 |
| 7,981 | 8,281 | 8,585 | 9,189 | |
| 1,133 | 1,133 | 1,133 | 1,134 | |
| 11.9% | 13.1% | 13.2% | 14.5% | |
| 29.5% | 29.8% | 29.8% | 31.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 1,144 | 1,288 | 1,076 | 1,147 | |
| 1,157 | 2,891 | 3,518 | 3,421 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,927 | 2,132 | 2,200 | 2,291 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 31.4×
- –
- 4.17
- 10.4×
- 2.0×
- 26.8×
- 16.9×
- 3.7%
- 3.2%
- 2.5%
Profitability
- 34.3%
- 8.4%
- 6.4%
- –
- 14.5%
- 13.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +7.5%
- +7.5%
- –
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 1.7×
- 1.22
- –
- 26.8×
- 1.19
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
How safe it looks
78.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 67.0%
News
Wes Moss Says $1 Million in the S&P 500 Pays Just $12,000 a Year in Dividends. Here’s His Fix.Yahoo Finance · Oct 23, 2026Insider 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.
Questions about Wesfarmers
Is Wesfarmers a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 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 Wesfarmers AI analysis
What does Wesfarmers do?
Wesfarmers Limited engages in the retail business in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. It is in Home Improvement Retail, based in Perth, WA, Australia, with 120,000 employees.
Does Wesfarmers pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.5% a year, about 78% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out A$2.29 billion in dividends.
Is Wesfarmers stock halal?
Yes. Wesfarmers passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 12% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Wesfarmers stock done over the past year?
Up 0.2% over the past twelve months, to A$80.82. It traded between A$71.26 and A$92.96 and is 13.1% below its high.
Who are Wesfarmers's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Home Depot, Lowe's, Kingfisher and Mr D.I.Y. Group (M) Berhad. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Wesfarmers's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



