Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is a company primarily focused on agriculture, engaging in the production of staple commodities ...
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ: CRESY; and listed in Argentina) is a long-established Argentine company founded in 1936 and headquartered in Buenos Aires. The group’s strategy centers on two complementary platforms: (1) Agribusiness and (2) Urban Properties and Investment. On the agribusiness side, Cresud produces and ...Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ: CRESY; and listed in Argentina) is a long-established Argentine company founded in 1936 and headquartered in Buenos Aires. The group’s strategy centers on two complementary platforms: (1) Agribusiness and (2) Urban Properties and Investment.
On the agribusiness side, Cresud produces and commercializes agricultural commodities across Argentina and selected operations in Latin America (including Brazil and other countries mentioned in public descriptions such as Bolivia and Paraguay). Its agricultural activities span the cultivation, harvesting, and distribution of staple crops such as wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, sunflower, and sugarcane. In addition, the company participates in downstream activities including processed grain products (e.g., flour and oil). Cresud also has livestock operations, including cattle breeding/selection, acquisition, and fattening, with sales to meat processing facilities and regional livestock auction channels. The business model typically includes agricultural services, farm leasing to third parties, and participation in agricultural land development and brokerage.
Cresud’s Urban Properties and Investment segment focuses on the management, leasing, development, maintenance, and sale of urban real estate and commercial spaces. This includes leasing retail units in shopping-center environments as well as offices and rental properties. The segment can also involve land-related activities such as the development, upkeep, and sale of undeveloped plots, and it participates in investment opportunities connected to commercial properties. Public descriptions also note involvement in hotels and entertainment ventures, which broadens the group’s real-estate-linked cashflow potential.
From a cost and financial/capital allocation perspective, Cresud’s performance is influenced by commodity cycles (crop yields and input costs in agribusiness), livestock market conditions, and real-estate demand and development economics in its property portfolio. The company’s capital needs generally reflect seasonal working-capital demands in agriculture, property development/maintenance expenditures, and ongoing investments in its asset base (farmland and urban real estate). Key leadership includes CEO Alejandro Gustavo Elsztain, with senior family involvement historically associated with the Elsztain group’s leadership.
Overall, Cresud positions itself as a value-driven owner/operator of real assets—land and productive agriculture—while using its urban real estate platform to diversify revenue sources. For investors, the company’s “land” theme aligns with strategies such as acquiring and monetizing farmland, managing tenancy/lease income, and pursuing real-estate development where market conditions are favorable.
Founded
1936
Employees
2760
CEO
Alejandro Gustavo Elsztain
Full Name
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$914.2B
+28.5%
-17.8%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$96.1B
+22.5%
+15.8%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+39.5%
-3.7%
+20.4%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+24.2%
+226.2%
-21.1%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
+10.5%
-4.6%
+40.9%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$55.0M
+100.5%
-117.0%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+0.0%
+100.4%
-164.1%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
150.8%
+16.3%
-24.2%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
1.24x
+15.9%
+0.4%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
