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Year on year
| Gross margin | 20.56% |
| Net profit margin | 1.56% |
| Operating margin | 2.86% |
| Return on assets | 6.27% |
| Return on equity | 36.27% |
| Return on investment | 10.78% |
Year on year, both dividends per share and earnings per share excluding extraordinary items growth increased 20.45% and 174.22%, respectively. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since only some companies in the Retail (Grocery) industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, both dividend per share and earnings per share growth ranked in-line with the industry average relative to its peers.
| Div yield(5 year avg) | 0.02% |
| Div growth rate (5 year) | 12.05% |
| Payout ratio (TTM) | 18.92% |
| EPS growth(5 years) | 9.56 |
| EPS (TTM) vs TTM 1 year ago | 189.19 |
In 2013,
| Cash flow per share | 5.90 |
| Price/Cash flow per share | 5.84 |
| Book value per share | 8.18 |
| Tangible book value per share | 5.78 |
| Current ratio | 0.7198 |
| Quick ratio | 0.2544 |
| Total debt/total equity | 2.11 |
| Total debt/total capital | 0.6782 |