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Coles posts 14% FY profit lift, and the duopoly maths underneath the slide deck
Coles lifted FY26 net profit roughly 14% while sales growth ran cooler, with the company crediting digital gains. The print reads as a defensive margin beat inside a market structure the company cannot, on its own, alter.

Wire provenance
This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:
- https://www.investing.com/news/earnings/coles-fy-profit-jumps-14-on-strong-supermarkets-performance-4874325
- https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/coles-fy26-slides-profit-growth-outpaces-sales-on-digital-gains-93CH-4874408
- https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-coles-posts-strong-fy-2026-growth-as-shares-rise-115-on-outlook-93CH-4874398
- https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/why-is-coles-stock-rising-today-93CH-4874425
- https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-mystate-lifts-fy-2026-profit-as-merger-gains-show-93CH-4874392
- https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-arb-h2-2026-profit-recovery-lifts-shares-16-93CH-4874361
- https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-eos-h1-2026-profit-jump-lifts-shares-128-93CH-4874372
Source record supplied with this article
- https://www.investing.com/news/earnings/coles-fy-profit-jumps-14-on-strong-supermarkets-performance-4874325
- https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/coles-fy26-slides-profit-growth-outpaces-sales-on-digital-gains-93CH-4874408
- https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-coles-posts-strong-fy-2026-growth-as-shares-rise-115-on-outlook-93CH-4874398
- https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/why-is-coles-stock-rising-today-93CH-4874425
- https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-mystate-lifts-fy-2026-profit-as-merger-gains-show-93CH-4874392
- https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-arb-h2-2026-profit-recovery-lifts-shares-16-93CH-4874361
- https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-eos-h1-2026-profit-jump-lifts-shares-128-93CH-4874372
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