Metcash
Metcash is a leading wholesaler in Australia, supporting independent retailers across food, grocery, liquor, hardware, and automotive sectors. The company provides merchandising, operational, and marketing support to help retailers become the 'Best Store in Their Town'.
Short position
Metcash (ASX:MTS) has 3.96% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 43,589,290 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has risen 0.19 percentage points, and over 90 days it has risen 1.39 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 24.83% in November 2015. MTS is classified in the Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.
Price & short interest
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Results, ratios and statements
Latest result
Year to 30 Apr 2026 (FY26) vs FY25, figures in AUD, the reporting currency
- Revenue
- $17.35Bvs $17.32B (FY25)
- Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
- NPAT
- $279.1Mvs $283.3M (FY25)
- Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
- EPS (diluted)
- $0.25vs $0.26 (FY25)
- Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
- Rev YoY
- +0.2%FY
- EPS YoY
- −1.9%TTM
Summary of Appendix 4E and FY26 Full Year Financial Report, 22 Jun 2026
Metcash reported a 0.7% increase in Group revenue to $19.63 billion for FY26 (including charge-through sales), while net profit attributable to members decreased by 1.5% to $279.1 million. The company declared a total fully franked dividend of 18.0 cents per share for the year. Looking ahead, Metcash expects its Hardware & Tools segment, led by Total Tools, to deliver high single-digit growth in early FY27.
Automated summary of the filing; the filing itself is the record.
Key ratios
Year to 30 Apr 2026 (FY); balance sheet at 30 Apr 2026; prices to 9 Oct 2026
- Gross margin
- 13.5%
- Operating margin
- 2.9%
- Net margin
- 1.6%
- FCF margin
- 2.2%
- ROE
- 16.7%
- ROA
- 4.0%
- FCF conversion
- 1.37×
- Net debt (excl. leases)
- $616.6M
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.8×
- Current ratio
- 1.1×
- Interest cover
- 7.1×
- Cash dividends paid / net profit
- 71.0%
- Market cap
- $3.32B
- P/E
- 11.9×
- P/B
- 1.9×
Ratios use the reporting currency (AUD); market cap is in AUD. Source: Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026.
Financial statements
Figures in AUD, the reporting currency; Yahoo Finance unless marked
| Line item | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.35B | $17.32B | $15.91B | $15.80B |
| Gross profit | $2.35B | $2.24B | $1.94B | $1.84B |
| Operating income | $503.0M | $497.3M | $480.4M | $499.3M |
| EBITDA | $713.6M | $701.4M | $622.3M | $584.2M |
| EBIT | $455.6M | $461.4M | $430.3M | $409.2M |
| Interest expense | $70.6M | $75.6M | $58.5M | $32.7M |
| Pretax income | $385.0M | $385.8M | $371.8M | $376.5M |
| Tax | $104.2M | $102.4M | $113.7M | $116.2M |
| NPAT | $279.1M | $283.3M | $257.2M | $259.0M |
| Net interest income | −$123.7M | −$122.4M | −$92.6M | −$64.7M |
| EPS basic | $0.25 | $0.26 | $0.26 | $0.27 |
| EPS diluted | $0.25 | $0.26 | $0.26 | $0.27 |
| Shares | 1.10B | 1.10B | 1.09B | 965.5M |
Financial reports
The company's own filings, newest first
- Annual Report to shareholdersAnnual Report7 Aug 2026via asx_announcements
- Appendix 4E and FY26 Full Year Financial ReportAnnual Results22 Jun 2026via asx_announcements
- FY26 Full Year Results PresentationFull Year Results22 Jun 2026via asx_announcements
- 1 December: FY26 Half Year Results AnnouncementFinancial Report31 Dec 2025via crawler
- 1 December: Appendix 4D and FY26 Half Year Financial ReportFinancial Report31 Dec 2025via crawler
- 1 December: Dividend DistributionFinancial Report31 Dec 2025via crawler
- 1 December: FY26 Half Year Results PresentationFinancial Report31 Dec 2025via crawler
- FY26 Half Year Results AnnouncementHalf Year Results1 Dec 2025via asx_announcements
- Appendix 4D and FY26 Half Year Financial ReportHalf Year Results1 Dec 2025via asx_announcements
- FY26 Half Year Results PresentationHalf Year Results1 Dec 2025via asx_announcements
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