X5 is interested in buying a stake in the Zotman Pizza chain of pizzerias. Izvestia writes about this.
A potential buyer is currently conducting a due diligence check of the business before the transaction. It is estimated at about 1 billion rubles. We are talking about the sale of an uncontrolled package, the sources of the publication say.
Zotman Pizza has more than 30 locations in nine Russian cities. The brand is developing according to the franchise, it has about 22 partner kitchens.
X5 (PJSC "Corporate Center X 5") is a Russian grocery retail company that operates stores of several retail chains: Pyaterochka convenience stores, Perekrestok supermarkets and Chizhik hard discounters. The company's digital businesses include 5Post and X5 Digital.
As of March 31, 2026, X5 operated 30,138 thousand stores (25.75 thousand Pyaterochka stores, 996 Crossroads stores, 3,392 thousand Chizhikov stores), as well as 5,58 thousand points connected to the franchise program under the ABOUT brand; 83 distribution centers and 7,438 thousand own trucks in the Russian Federation. The company employs 375 thousand people.
X5's net profit under IFRS for 2025 fell by 20.1% to 83.14 billion rubles from 104.06 billion rubles a year earlier. Revenue increased by 18.8% to 4.6 trillion rubles from 3.9 trillion rubles, gross profit — by 17.8% to 1.12 trillion rubles from 950.37 billion rubles, EBITDA — by 10.3% to 440.676 billion rubles from 399.39 billion rubles.
X5's net profit under IFRS for the first quarter of 2026 decreased by 43.1% to 9.326 billion rubles from 16.386 billion rubles a year earlier. Revenue increased by 11.3% to 1.19 trillion rubles from 1.07 trillion rubles, gross profit — by 14.8% to 290.937 billion rubles from 253.329 billion rubles, EBITDA — by 18.6% to 107.463 billion rubles from 90.576 billion rubles.
