Woolworths (WLWHY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian retail company that operates supermarkets and other consumer-focused businesses in Australia and New Zealand. The company is best known for its Woolworths supermarkets in Australia, which sell groceries, fresh food, household products, personal-care items and general merchandise through physical stores and digital channels.

Its Australian food operations also include Woolworths Metro convenience-format stores and online grocery services. In New Zealand, the company operates Woolworths-branded supermarkets, following the rebranding of its Countdown stores. Woolworths Group supports customers through home delivery, click-and-collect services, loyalty programs and digital shopping platforms.

The company also operates BIG W, a discount department-store business offering apparel, homewares, electronics, toys, seasonal merchandise and other general goods. Woolworths Group was established in 1924 and has developed into one of the largest food and general-merchandise retailers serving Australian and New Zealand consumers. Its shares trade in Australia, while American depositary securities are available over the counter under the symbol WLWHY.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.42 to $2.42
• 50-Day Range: $2.42 to $3.21
• 52-Week Range: $2.42 to $4.06
• Volume: 2,081 shs
• Average Volume: 741 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.31%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Woolworths Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Woolworths scored higher than 25% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Woolworths has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Woolworths has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Woolworths are expected to grow by 10.00% in the coming year, from $0.20 to $0.22 per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Woolworths has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Woolworths has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.31, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Woolworths has recently increased by 100.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Woolworths pays a meaningful dividend of 3.40%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Woolworths does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Woolworths will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.36% next year. This indicates that Woolworths will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Woolworths has a news sentiment score of -1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Woolworths this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Woolworths insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Woolworths has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/14/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Apparel Retail
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:WLWHY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.woolworthsholdings.co.za
• Phone: (721) 407-9111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 34,244
• Year Founded: 1924

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $10.69 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.22
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 978,980,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $2.37 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.42