Woolworths Holdings's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -6%, while the Multiline Retail industry saw earnings growing at 14.8% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 2.1% per year. Woolworths Holdings's return on equity is 16.8%, and it has net margins of 2.1%.
Key information
-5.97%
Earnings growth rate
-4.32%
EPS growth rate
Multiline Retail Industry Growth
12.60%
Revenue growth rate
2.07%
Return on equity
16.79%
Net Margin
2.11%
Last Earnings Update
28 Dec 2025
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Woolworths Holdings makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
OTCPK:WLWH.Y Revenue, expenses and earnings (ZAR Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
28 Dec 25
81,605
1,723
15,053
0
28 Sep 25
80,571
2,083
14,893
0
29 Jun 25
79,537
2,443
14,733
0
29 Mar 25
79,051
2,707
14,657
0
29 Dec 24
78,565
2,970
14,580
0
29 Sep 24
77,549
2,782
14,418
0
30 Jun 24
76,533
2,593
14,256
0
24 Dec 23
74,099
3,657
13,603
0
24 Sep 23
73,183
3,768
13,295
0
25 Jun 23
72,266
3,878
12,987
0
25 Dec 22
69,270
4,089
12,459
0
25 Sep 22
67,316
3,796
12,160
0
26 Jun 22
65,362
3,502
11,861
0
26 Mar 22
71,808
3,205
14,495
0
26 Dec 21
70,957
2,851
14,648
0
26 Sep 21
74,860
3,506
16,080
0
27 Jun 21
78,763
4,161
17,512
0
27 Mar 21
76,564
2,955
16,997
0
27 Dec 20
74,364
1,748
16,482
0
27 Sep 20
73,286
1,153
16,419
0
28 Jun 20
72,208
557
16,355
0
28 Mar 20
73,371
-425
16,863
0
29 Dec 19
74,533
-1,407
17,371
0
29 Sep 19
73,818
-1,246
17,553
0
30 Jun 19
73,103
-1,086
17,735
0
31 Mar 19
71,268
1,059
17,470
0
23 Dec 18
69,433
3,203
17,205
0
23 Sep 18
69,013
-173
17,083
0
24 Jun 18
68,592
-3,550
16,960
0
24 Mar 18
68,362
-3,140
16,857
0
24 Dec 17
68,131
-2,730
16,754
0
24 Sep 17
67,661
1,358
16,494
0
25 Jun 17
67,190
5,446
16,233
0
25 Mar 17
67,208
5,342
16,301
0
25 Dec 16
67,226
5,237
16,369
0
25 Sep 16
66,115
4,791
16,005
0
26 Jun 16
65,004
4,344
15,640
0
26 Mar 16
62,899
4,099
15,112
0
27 Dec 15
60,793
3,854
14,584
0
27 Sep 15
58,650
3,436
14,048
0
28 Jun 15
56,506
3,017
13,511
0
Quality Earnings: WLWH.Y has a large one-off loss of ZAR1.2B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 28th December, 2025.
Growing Profit Margin: WLWH.Y's current net profit margins (2.1%) are lower than last year (3.8%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: WLWH.Y's earnings have declined by 6% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: WLWH.Y's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: WLWH.Y had negative earnings growth (-41.9%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Multiline Retail industry average (1.9%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: WLWH.Y's Return on Equity (16.8%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/25 15:22
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/22 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/28
Annual Earnings
2025/06/29
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Analyst Sources
Woolworths Holdings Limited is covered by 21 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.