Metro benefits from a capital-light business model.
No-moat Metro, the diversified German retailer, reported a weak start to the year, with first-quarter underlying EBIT down 1% year on year, slightly below quarterly consensus expectations of unchanged EBIT. Comparable sales growth, already reported in early January, was an insignificant 0.1%, continuing the trend of no or negligible underlying top-line growth. We are revising our September 2017 margin estimates downward for all three business units, with the biggest revision occurring in the Rea...Metro is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in retail and wholesale. Co.'s operations are divided into four divisions: Metro Cash & Carry, Real, Media-Saturn and Galeria Kaufhof. The Metro Cash & Carry division operates in the cash and carry sector in Europe, Asia and Africa. The Real division is a hypermarket operator in Germany where it operates both stationary stores and an online store. The Media-Saturn division provides an assortment of brand products in consumer electronics retailing. The Galeria Kaufhof division operates department stores in Germany and Belgium. Co. is also a property manager through METRO PROPERTIES GmbH & Co. KG.
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