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Supermarket profit margin: Woolworths New Zealand EBIT as a share of sales: data and downloads

Woolworths NZ EBIT margin was 1.9% in F26 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2026), up 0.1 points on a year earlier.

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Source: Woolworths Group Limited; NZ in Numbers calculation. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.

Supermarket profit margin: Woolworths New Zealand EBIT as a share of sales
Supermarket profit margin: Woolworths New Zealand EBIT as a share of sales. Woolworths NZ EBIT margin, F19 (53 weeks to 30 Jun 2019) to F26 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2026), latest 1.9%.0%2%4%6%New accounting basis, F20 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2020)F19 (53 weeks to 30 Jun 2019): 4.4%F19 (53 weeks to 30 Jun 2019)F21 (52 weeks to 27 Jun 2021)F23 (52 weeks to 25 Jun 2023)F25 (52 weeks to 29 Jun 2025)F26 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2026)
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PeriodWoolworths NZ EBIT margin (%)
F26 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2026)1.9%
F25 (52 weeks to 29 Jun 2025)1.8%
F24 (53 weeks to 30 Jun 2024)1.3%
F23 (52 weeks to 25 Jun 2023)3.1%
F22 (52 weeks to 26 Jun 2022)4.2%
F21 (52 weeks to 27 Jun 2021)5.1%
F20 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2020)5.3%
F19 (53 weeks to 30 Jun 2019)4.4%
Full data: supermarket ebit margin
F26 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2026)Woolworths NZ EBIT margin 1.9%
Supermarket profit margin: Woolworths New Zealand EBIT as a share of sales. Woolworths NZ EBIT margin: 1.9% in F26 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2026).

Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Woolworths Group Limited; NZ in Numbers calculation.

Supermarket profit margin: Woolworths New Zealand EBIT as a share of sales: data and downloads: definitions

Woolworths New Zealand's earnings before interest and tax (before significant items) as a percentage of its total sales, by financial year. This is the margin left after the cost of goods and running the business, before interest and tax.

Supermarket profit margin: Woolworths New Zealand EBIT as a share of sales: data and downloads: comparison limits

These affect how the figures can be compared.

  • F19 is before the AASB 16 lease standard, which raises EBIT from F20 onward; the F19 margin is not directly comparable.
  • Calculated from the rounded $m figures, so it can differ from Woolworths' own one-decimal margin by up to 0.1 points (F23: 3.15% here, 3.2% reported).
  • One retailer only; Foodstuffs' co-operative accounts are not comparable.

Supermarket profit margin: Woolworths New Zealand EBIT as a share of sales: data and downloads: data by period

The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.

PeriodWoolworths NZ EBIT margin
F26 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2026)1.9%
F25 (52 weeks to 29 Jun 2025)1.8%
F24 (53 weeks to 30 Jun 2024)1.3%
F23 (52 weeks to 25 Jun 2023)3.1%
F22 (52 weeks to 26 Jun 2022)4.2%
F21 (52 weeks to 27 Jun 2021)5.1%
F20 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2020)5.3%
F19 (53 weeks to 30 Jun 2019)4.4%

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Calculated by NZ in Numbers from Woolworths Group Limited, Woolworths Group annual reports: New Zealand Food segment (NZ$).

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Woolworths Group Limited; NZ in Numbers calculation, NZ in Numbers calculation
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Calculated by NZ in Numbers from the source datasets listed; please also credit those sources.
Snapshot
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Retrieved
10 October 2026
Formula
EBIT margin (%) = EBIT before significant items ÷ total sales × 100 (both NZ$, as reported by Woolworths Group)
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  • supermarket-profits, woolworths-nz.ebit. Source: Woolworths Group Limited, Woolworths Group annual reports: New Zealand Food segment (NZ$). Content hash: 3e7504dbea37451cc06246d08ae24270a86b5579be1941bf51585fb8872c9b99.
  • supermarket-profits, woolworths-nz.sales. Source: Woolworths Group Limited, Woolworths Group annual reports: New Zealand Food segment (NZ$). Content hash: 3e7504dbea37451cc06246d08ae24270a86b5579be1941bf51585fb8872c9b99.