Nestle S.A. operates within the Bottled and canned soft drinks sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Nestle with three other major food companies: Unilever N.V. of NETHERLANDS (2019 sales of 51.98 billion Euros [US$62.55 billion] of which 42% was Beauty & Personal Care), Danone SA of FRANCE (2020 sales: 23.62 billion Euros [US$28.42 billion] of which 54% was Essential Dairy & Plant-based), and General Mills, Inc. which is based in UNITED STATES (2020 sales of $17.63 billion of which 61% was North America Retail). Note: not all of these companies have the same fiscal year: the most recent data for each company are being used.

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2020, sales at Nestle were 84.34 billion Swiss Francs (US$91.98 billion). This is a decrease of 8.9% versus 2019, when the company's sales were 92.57 billion Swiss Francs. The sales level in 2020 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2015, Nestle had sales of 88.79 billion Swiss Francs. Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 16.0% decline in Other Businesses, from 11.16 billion Swiss Francs to 9.38 billion Swiss Francs. There were also decreases in sales in Zone Aoa (down 4.0% to 20.73 billion Swiss Francs) . However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of Zone Ams (up 2.6% to 34.01 billion Swiss Francs) and Zone Emena (up 7.4% to 20.23 billion Swiss Francs) .