Retail stocks on the ASX

Consumer staples and consumer discretionary

Rich talks retail stocks

Consumer staples & consumer discretionary. What are our favourite stocks?

Key Topics Covered in the Video:

  • Consumer staples dominated by the giants $WOW and $COL
  • Sector is heavily tied to the economy
  • Discretionary stocks to watch

Retail stocks on the ASX – what we watch

Make money through the cycle: These stocks are heavily tied to the economy and are typically cyclical

Harvey Norman HVN 5 year chart_nov 2024

Harvey Norman (ASX: HVN)

A major retailer and franchise business, property development and digital systems. It is a franchisor selling furniture, bedding computers electricals and provides consumer finance.

JB Hi-Fi (ASX:JBH)

A top retailer for consumer electronics, software games, whitegoods and appliances.

WOW woolworths 5 year chart_Nov 2024

Woolworths (ASX: WOW)

Major consumer defensive. It’s one of the largest retail operators in Australia and New Zealand, with 3,357 stores and approximately over 190000 employees. It includes supermarkets + Big W.

Read the full research on our favourite retail stocks

The retail sector is highly cyclical but investors can make a lot of money through the cycle. These are not set and forget shares.

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Australian Consumer stocks

Stock picking the best shares in each sector. Discover the best consumer driven retail stocks

There are 77 consumer staples companies in food and beverage, household and personal products and distribution and retail. This is dominated by the big supermarkets and beverage companies.

There are 117 consumer discretionary companies in industries including cars and car parts, consumer durables and apparel, services, and distribution.

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FAQs

Code  Company  Market Cap 
1. ASX:WOW Woolworths Group Limited 36.12B
2. ASX:COL Coles Group Limited 23.79B
3. ASX:TWE Treasury Wine Estates Limited 8.84B
4. ASX:EDV Endeavour Group Limited 7.77B
5. ASX:A2M The A2 Milk Company Limited 3.49B

Read our Buy, Sell, Hold Radar Ratings! We buy on a combination of quality and value. Generally there will not be many retailers that can keep growing because the market is very small in Australia. Hence value is a very important criteria, which is not easy to work out in such a concentrated and cyclical industry.

1. ASX:WES Wesfarmers Limited 78.58B
2. ASX:ALL Aristocrat Leisure Limited 40.87B
3. ASX:TLC The Lottery Corporation Limited 11.28B
4. ASX:JBH JB Hi-Fi Limited 9.58B
5. ASX:HVN Harvey Norman Holdings Limited 5.66B

Same store growth i.e. growth on the basis of the equivalent square meterage over different periods.

Net debt to operating earnings (EBITDA) – if its more than three times, beware! This is a gauge of financial leverage.

Gross profit margin is important (gross profit margin to sales) because it shows how much a company is making just by selling a good but before other costs, such as labour.

Operating earnings (EBITDA) to sales – is also important.

Valuation multiples such as enterprise value (market cap + net debt) to operating earnings (EBITDA) or price earnings per share are very good.

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