Safeway Company Evaluation

Safeway (SWY)

Grocery Stores Small profit margin Vulnerability to weather Labor Aggressive competition growth Changing business practices

SWY

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KR SVU

Founded # stores/states

Strengths

Liquidity Ratio

0.31

KR: 0.21 SVU: 0.24

EPS

1.49

KR: 1.01 SVU: (4.91)

Net Income (2011)

$516,700,000

KR: $602,000,000 SVU: ($1,040,000,000)

Revenues vs. Profits

SWY: $43,630.2 mil

Profit: 1.18%

KR: $90,374 mil SVU: $36,100 mil

Profit: 0.666% No profit

Weaknesses

Stock Price

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Stock Price

16.31

KR: 35.22 SVU: 3.11

Price per Earning Ratio

7.73

KR: 23.65 SVU: N/A

SWY (image)

References Yahoo! Finance Mergent Online Hoovers Safeway Annual Report Datamonitor