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Canadian (TSX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedSep 20, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies14
  • 7D-2.7%
  • 3M6.3%
  • 1Y24.0%
  • YTD14.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has dropped 2.7%, driven by a pullback from Loblaw Companies of 5.2%. Over the past 12 months, the industry was up 24%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 4.6% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Canadian Food and Staples Retail Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 20 Sep 2024CA$184.9bCA$276.6bCA$8.7b19.8x21.3x0.7x
Sun, 18 Aug 2024CA$191.5bCA$273.8bCA$8.9b19x21.6x0.7x
Tue, 16 Jul 2024CA$185.2bCA$273.1bCA$9.1b16.7x20.5x0.7x
Thu, 13 Jun 2024CA$175.1bCA$271.6bCA$9.4b16.4x18.6x0.6x
Sat, 11 May 2024CA$171.2bCA$270.7bCA$9.3b15.6x18.4x0.6x
Mon, 08 Apr 2024CA$168.5bCA$269.4bCA$9.6b15.9x17.6x0.6x
Wed, 06 Mar 2024CA$175.8bCA$270.8bCA$9.7b16x18.2x0.6x
Fri, 02 Feb 2024CA$170.4bCA$268.3bCA$9.5b16.2x17.9x0.6x
Sun, 31 Dec 2023CA$164.5bCA$267.0bCA$9.5b15.8x17.4x0.6x
Tue, 28 Nov 2023CA$164.9bCA$270.0bCA$9.6b16.2x17.2x0.6x
Thu, 26 Oct 2023CA$154.5bCA$268.3bCA$9.7b16x15.9x0.6x
Sat, 23 Sep 2023CA$153.0bCA$266.1bCA$9.6b16.8x15.9x0.6x
Mon, 21 Aug 2023CA$152.8bCA$270.6bCA$9.6b15.9x15.9x0.6x
Wed, 19 Jul 2023CA$154.2bCA$265.4bCA$9.4b16.5x16.4x0.6x
Fri, 16 Jun 2023CA$150.5bCA$266.4bCA$9.2b15.1x16.4x0.6x
Sun, 14 May 2023CA$159.3bCA$268.7bCA$9.3b15.8x17.2x0.6x
Tue, 11 Apr 2023CA$162.4bCA$266.6bCA$9.2b15.8x17.7x0.6x
Thu, 09 Mar 2023CA$154.7bCA$266.5bCA$9.4b14.9x16.5x0.6x
Sat, 04 Feb 2023CA$149.8bCA$261.1bCA$10.0b14x14.9x0.6x
Mon, 02 Jan 2023CA$152.4bCA$261.6bCA$10.0b13.8x15.2x0.6x
Wed, 30 Nov 2022CA$156.6bCA$261.9bCA$10.1b13.6x15.6x0.6x
Fri, 28 Oct 2022CA$149.0bCA$254.4bCA$9.1b13.1x16.3x0.6x
Sun, 25 Sep 2022CA$202.9bCA$343.9bCA$12.8b13.7x15.8x0.6x
Tue, 23 Aug 2022CA$155.4bCA$244.1bCA$8.9b14x17.4x0.6x
Thu, 21 Jul 2022CA$144.9bCA$242.1bCA$8.2b13.8x17.6x0.6x
Sat, 18 Jun 2022CA$141.0bCA$236.8bCA$8.4b14x16.7x0.6x
Mon, 16 May 2022CA$151.7bCA$236.8bCA$8.4b14.5x18.1x0.6x
Wed, 13 Apr 2022CA$155.1bCA$233.8bCA$7.7b15.6x20x0.7x
Fri, 11 Mar 2022CA$143.7bCA$227.9bCA$7.6b15.4x18.8x0.6x
Sun, 06 Feb 2022CA$141.3bCA$229.7bCA$6.9b19.6x20.4x0.6x
Tue, 04 Jan 2022CA$142.8bCA$229.6bCA$6.9b18.2x20.7x0.6x
Thu, 02 Dec 2021CA$130.1bCA$229.4bCA$6.9b16.2x19x0.6x
Sat, 30 Oct 2021CA$130.4bCA$222.2bCA$6.8b14.9x19.2x0.6x
Mon, 27 Sep 2021CA$129.9bCA$223.5bCA$6.9b15.4x18.8x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

18.8x


Total Market Cap: CA$129.9bTotal Earnings: CA$6.9bTotal Revenue: CA$223.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 17.7x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Canadian Consumer Retailing industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 21.3x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 17.7x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.61x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 7.9% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.4% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Canadian Consumer Staples industry?

CA Market1.38%
Consumer Staples-2.22%
Food and Staples Retail-2.71%
Drug Retail-1.90%
Food Distributors-1.91%
Food Retail-2.72%
Big Box Super Stores-83.33%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 17.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 4.5%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 7.4% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Distributors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 42% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 61% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 4.5% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
ATD Alimentation Couche-TardCA$76.091.5%
+CA$1.0b		7.6%PE19.8x
NBLY Neighbourly PharmacyCA$18.540.05%
+CA$6.2m		-13.4%PS1x
GCL Colabor GroupCA$1.272.4%
+CA$3.1m		11.4%PE34.1x
CRP Ceres Global AgCA$2.951.7%
+CA$1.6m		38.5%PE7.2x
CRRX CareRxCA$1.870.5%
+CA$600.9k		1.1%PS0.3x
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CA$2.95

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7D

1.7%

1Y

38.5%

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CA$39.31

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7D

-0.7%

1Y

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CA$219.53

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7D

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1Y

45.3%

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NWC

CA$50.15

North West

7D

-2.9%

1Y

39.8%

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L

CA$174.46

Loblaw Companies

7D

-3.3%

1Y

54.3%

CRRX

CA$1.87

CareRx

7D

0.5%

1Y

1.1%

PCRX

CA$0.65

PharmaCorp Rx

7D

-7.1%

1Y

n/a

GCL

CA$1.27

Colabor Group

7D

2.4%

1Y

11.4%

MRU

CA$83.00

Metro

7D

-4.0%

1Y

15.5%

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VEGA

CA$0.70

PlantX Life

7D

7.7%

1Y

2.9%

SUGR

CA$7.85

Sucro

7D

-1.9%

1Y

n/a

RUM

CA$0.14

Rocky Mountain Liquor

7D

8.0%

1Y

35.0%

NBLY

CA$18.54

Neighbourly Pharmacy

7D

0.05%

1Y

-13.4%

VEJI.X

CA$0.01

Veji Holdings

7D

-83.3%

1Y

n/a