Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) — Stock Profile

Wesfarmers Limited is an Australian retail and industrial conglomerate operating across Australia, New Zealand, and international markets. Its retail operations span home improvement and outdoor living through its hardware and building materials stores, apparel and general merchandise including toys, leisure, and soft home products, and office products and solutions covering stationery, technology, furniture, art supplies, and print and technical support services through its Officeworks stores. The company also operates in health, beauty, and wellbeing, offering clinical skin care treatments, digital health services, and pharmaceutical distribution alongside an online marketplace and retail media network.

Beyond retail, Wesfarmers manufactures and supplies a broad range of industrial and chemical products, including ammonia, ammonium nitrate, sodium cyanide, lithium hydroxide, and phosphate, nitrogen, and potassium-based fertilizers, as well as polyvinyl chloride resins and wood-plastic composite products. The company also distributes maintenance, repair, and industrial safety products, supplying tools, personal protective equipment, work wear, engineering supplies, and packaging services, and provides risk and compliance management services. Founded in 1914, Wesfarmers is headquartered in Perth, Australia.