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George Weston Limited (T:WN)

Business Focus: Food Retail & Distribution (NEC)

Sector:  Consumer Non-Cyclicals Industry:  Food Retail & Distribution
 
Company Contact
Address: 22 St. Clair Avenue East
TORONTO ON M4T 2S7
Tel: N/A
Website: https://www.weston.ca/en/Home.aspx
IR: See website
Key People
Galen G. Weston
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer; Executive Chairman and President of Loblaw
Barry K. Columb
Executive Vice President, Loblaw and President, President's Choice Financial
Richard Dufresne
President, Chief Financial Officer; Chief Financial Officer of Loblaw
Rael L. Diamond
President and Chief Executive Officer of Choice Properties
Gordon A. M. Currie
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
Rashid Wasti
Executive Vice President, Chief Talent Officer
Anemona Turcu
Group Chief Risk Officer
Andrew Bunston
Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Lina Taglieri
Group Head, Controller
John Williams
Group Treasurer and Head of Corporate Finance
   
Business Overview
George Weston Limited is a Canada-based company. The Company operates through two segments: Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Choice Properties). Loblaw has two reportable operating segments, retail and financial services. Loblaw's retail segment consists primarily of food retail and drug retail. Loblaw provides Canadians with grocery, pharmacy and healthcare services, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise and financial services. Choice Properties owns, manages and develops a high-quality portfolio of commercial and residential properties across Canada.
Financial Overview
For the fiscal year ended 31 December 2023, George Weston Ltd revenues increased 5% to C$60.12B. Net income applicable to common stockholders excluding extraordinary items decreased 16% to C$1.5B. Revenues reflect Choice Properties segment increase of 6% to C$1.34B, Retail Sales-Loblaw increase of 5% to C$59.53B. Net income was offset by Other segment loss totaling C$334M vs. income of C$136M.
Employees: 220,000 as of Dec 31, 2023
Reporting Currency: Canadian Dollars
Enterprise value: $42,965M as of Dec 31, 2023
Annual revenue (TTM): $60,124M as of Dec 31, 2023
EBITDA (TTM): $7,013M as of Dec 31, 2023
Net annual income (TTM): $1,496M as of Dec 31, 2023
Free cash flow (TTM): $3,084M as of Dec 31, 2023
Net Debt Last Fiscal Year: $18,379M as of Dec 31, 2023
Shares outstanding: 133,750,567 as of Apr 17, 2024
TTM: Trailing Twelve Months
EBITDA: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, & Amortization