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Spanish discount supermarket chain selling groceries through small-format stores in Spain, Argentina and Brazil.
Spanish discount supermarket chain selling groceries through small-format stores in Spain, Argentina and Brazil.
Sells groceries from small neighbourhood stores that it runs itself or hands to franchisees, who buy their stock from it; own-label goods are central to the offer. It has been restructuring after a long run of losses and share loss to larger rivals.
In one line: A smaller, Iberian Aldi/discount grocer.
Moat: none (scale, distribution). Discount grocery is intensely competitive; DIA has struggled with debt and share loss to larger rivals.
Headquarters: Madrid, Spain · Founded: 1979 · Employees: 16,897
Size Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion (DIA.MC) is a Spain Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $3.15B, the 38th largest of 97 Spain companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €48.35 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 24.6%, against -4.3% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Spain market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.1%); the operating margin is 2.5% (peer median 3.8%).
Valuation It trades at 32.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.0× (3rd most expensive of 18).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -4%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.0 points above its cost of capital (6.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €5.97B | €5.72B | €5.88B | €4.99B | €5.93B |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | +18% | -16% | — |
| Gross profit | €689M | €657M | €576M | €498M | €562M |
| EBITDA | €463M | €441M | €309M | €263M | €247M |
| Net income | €114M | €129M | -€60.8M | -€30.2M | -€124M |
| Free cash flow | €285M | €278M | €364M | €182M | €194M |
| Capital expenditure | €216M | €181M | €113M | €180M | €291M |
| Total debt | n/a | €925M | €962M | €939M | €1.29B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion DIA.MC | $3.15B | +25% | +2% | 3% | 32.6× | 4.9% |
| Carrefour CA.PA | $11.1B | -21% | -8% | 3% | 8.4× | -1.2% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | DIA.MC | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +1.4% | +5.0% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +24.6% | -4.3% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -1.9% | -16.0% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.0% | +5.1% | 6th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 3.8% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 32.6× | 17.0× | 3rd most expensive of 18 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.9% | -1.5% | 3rd most demanding of 19 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -3.6% | +5.1% | 4th lowest of 19 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +8.6 pp | -5.5 pp | 3rd most demanding of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +8.0 pp | +1.9 pp | 4th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.3× | 8.2× | 6th cheapest of 14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.3× | 1.8× | 8th least indebted of 16 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion DIA.MC | Spain | $3.15B | +25% | +2% | 3% | 32.6× | 4.9% | -3.6% |
| Kusuri No Aoki 3549.T | Japan | $2.88B | +26% | +13% | 5% | 21.2× | 4.1% | +13.1% |
| Sheng Siong OV8.SI | Singapore | $2.77B | -22% | +10% | 10% | 21.6× | -1.6% | +2.4% |
| Ocado OCDO.L | United Kingdom | $3.73B | +77% | -42% | 3% | n/a | 39.1% | -9.9% |
| Yonghui Superstores 601933.SS | China | $3.76B | -23% | -16% | -3% | 273.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Blue Zones 417A.T | Japan | $2.56B | +11% | +12% | 4% | 15.8× | -4.0% | +9.9% |
| Kobe Bussan 3038.T | Japan | $4.33B | +15% | +6% | 7% | 21.9× | -4.8% | +10.1% |
| Sprouts Farmers Market SFM | United States | $4.53B | -41% | +5% | 7% | 11.3× | -4.0% | +6.4% |
| Shanghai Bailian 600827.SS | China | $1.99B | -5% | -9% | -2% | 15.9× | -3.5% | -6.7% |
| DFI Retail D01.SI | Singapore | $5.06B | -11% | -3% | 4% | 13.2× | -0.4% | -2.9% |
| Weis Markets WMK | United States | $1.92B | +10% | +4% | 2% | n/a | 4.3% | +3.8% |
| BGF Retail 282330.KS | South Korea | $1.82B | +9% | +5% | 3% | 10.8× | -18.3% | +7.9% |
| Albertsons Companies ACI | United States | $6.02B | -20% | +2% | 2% | 7.0× | -3.0% | +3.6% |
| Axfood AXFO.ST | Sweden | $6.26B | +4% | +2% | 3% | 24.3× | 3.2% | +10.7% |
| Yesway YSWY | United States | $1.56B | -4% | n/a | n/a | 21.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Ingles Markets IMKTA | United States | $1.53B | -5% | +1% | 3% | n/a | -1.4% | +3.0% |
| President Chain Store 2912.TW | Taiwan | $6.62B | -6% | +5% | 4% | 17.0× | 3.3% | +6.3% |
| Life 8194.T | Japan | $1.43B | +1% | +3% | 3% | 12.1× | -11.0% | +3.0% |
| Guming 1364.HK | Hong Kong | $7.08B | -4% | +47% | 25% | 14.8× | -4.1% | +29.4% |
| Better Life Commercial Chain Share 002251.SZ | China | $1.34B | -19% | +11% | 5% | 42.1× | 10.8% | -23.1% |
| Grocery Outlet GO | United States | $1.29B | +59% | +5% | 4% | 21.6× | 4.4% | +8.4% |