Industry: Department Stores

Sector: Consumer Cyclical

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuio engages in the retail of food, clothing, home appliances, electronics, and other products through its chain of supermarkets, specialized stores, and department stores in Brazil. It operates in Brazilian Retail, Grupo xito, and Other Businesses segments. The company sells non-perishables, beverages, fruits, vegetables, meat, breads, cold cuts, dairy products, cleaning products, disposable products, and personal care products; and home appliances and other non-food products, such as clothing and baby items, shoes and accessories, household articles, books, magazines, CDs and DVDs, stationery, toys, sports and camping gears, furniture, mobile phones, mattresses, pet products, and gardening equipment and tools, as well as electronic products, including personal computers, software, computer accessories, and sound and image systems. It also offers medications and cosmetics at its drugstores; and non-food products at gas stations, as well as rents commercial spaces and e-commerce sales. The company operates its supermarkets under the banners of Po de Acar, Extra Supermercado, Mercado Extra, and Compre Bem; hypermarkets under the banner of Extra Hiper; and proximity stores under the banners of Mini Extra, Minuto Po de Acar, Po de Acar Adega, and Aliados Minimercado; and gas stations and drugstores under the banners of Extra and Po de Acar, as well as sells its products through its Websites. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in So Paulo, Brazil. Companhia Brasileira de Distribuio operates as a subsidiary of Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A.

BRAZILIAN DISTRIBUTION CO COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTR CBD is evaluated using Mavefund's quality framework: growing earnings, durable profit margins, conservative leverage, strong return on equity, and disciplined share repurchases.