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Company: Puregold Price Club Incorporated

Bloomberg ticker: PGOLD PM

Market cap: US$2,870m

Background: Puregold Price Club Incorporated is the second-largest food retailer in the Philippines, catering to end consumers and resellers. It sells consumer goods in more than 400 stores. Its Puregold stores contribute about 80% of revenue and its membership-shopping S&R brand contributes the rest.

World Class Benchmarking of Puregold Price Club

• Profitable Growth rank of 4 was same compared to the prior period’s 4th rank
• This is above average performance compared to 590 large Cons. Staples companies worldwide
• Profitability rank of 3 was better than its Growth rank of 4
• Profitability rank of 3 was up compared to the prior period’s 4th rank
• This is above average performance compared to peers
• Growth rank of 4 was up compared to the prior period’s 5th rank
• This is above average performance compared to peers