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U.S. Food Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 09, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies22
  • 7D2.3%
  • 3M18.0%
  • 1Y14.8%
  • YTDn/a

Maplebear is up 9.9%, leading the way for the Food Retail industry, which has gained 2.7%. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 16%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 16% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. Food Retail Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 09 May 2024US$88.5bUS$274.9bUS$3.0b17.6x29.8x0.3x
Sat, 06 Apr 2024US$88.5bUS$274.7bUS$2.9b16.2x30.4x0.3x
Mon, 04 Mar 2024US$81.0bUS$272.4bUS$2.7b17.6x30.2x0.3x
Wed, 31 Jan 2024US$75.4bUS$272.7bUS$2.6b14.9x29.2x0.3x
Fri, 29 Dec 2023US$74.8bUS$272.3bUS$2.4b16.5x31.3x0.3x
Sun, 26 Nov 2023US$73.8bUS$272.3bUS$2.1b16.7x34.5x0.3x
Tue, 24 Oct 2023US$72.2bUS$272.0bUS$3.9b17.1x18.6x0.3x
Thu, 21 Sep 2023US$76.9bUS$271.5bUS$4.0b15.7x19.2x0.3x
Sat, 19 Aug 2023US$67.1bUS$270.3bUS$4.7b15.1x14.2x0.2x
Mon, 17 Jul 2023US$66.7bUS$269.4bUS$4.8b14.3x13.9x0.2x
Wed, 14 Jun 2023US$65.2bUS$268.8bUS$4.5b14.9x14.5x0.2x
Fri, 12 May 2023US$66.3bUS$265.6bUS$4.5b15.3x14.6x0.2x
Sun, 09 Apr 2023US$65.8bUS$264.4bUS$4.6b15.1x14.2x0.2x
Tue, 07 Mar 2023US$63.4bUS$264.1bUS$4.6b14.7x13.8x0.2x
Thu, 02 Feb 2023US$63.7bUS$261.8bUS$4.7b13.5x13.7x0.2x
Sat, 31 Dec 2022US$62.7bUS$260.3bUS$4.8b13.6x13x0.2x
Mon, 28 Nov 2022US$66.5bUS$257.1bUS$4.9b14x13.7x0.3x
Wed, 26 Oct 2022US$63.1bUS$261.1bUS$3.8b12.3x16.6x0.2x
Fri, 23 Sep 2022US$65.8bUS$259.8bUS$3.7b13.3x17.9x0.3x
Sun, 21 Aug 2022US$72.5bUS$255.7bUS$3.3b14.5x21.7x0.3x
Tue, 19 Jul 2022US$68.8bUS$253.0bUS$3.0b14.3x23.3x0.3x
Thu, 16 Jun 2022US$71.0bUS$249.8bUS$2.4b14.5x29.3x0.3x
Sat, 14 May 2022US$74.1bUS$247.3bUS$2.3b13.8x32.4x0.3x
Mon, 11 Apr 2022US$83.7bUS$245.2bUS$1.6b18.9x52.3x0.3x
Wed, 09 Mar 2022US$78.9bUS$244.1bUS$1.6b18.1x50.4x0.3x
Fri, 04 Feb 2022US$65.8bUS$241.7bUS$971.1m15.4x67.8x0.3x
Sun, 02 Jan 2022US$70.6bUS$240.4bUS$722.7m16.2x97.7x0.3x
Tue, 30 Nov 2021US$72.0bUS$237.1bUS$890.5m16.3x80.9x0.3x
Thu, 28 Oct 2021US$66.3bUS$236.3bUS$1.2b18.2x57.5x0.3x
Sat, 25 Sep 2021US$66.0bUS$235.0bUS$1.3b18.7x52.4x0.3x
Mon, 23 Aug 2021US$70.5bUS$233.9bUS$1.6b20.1x44x0.3x
Sat, 10 Jul 2021US$65.7bUS$233.0bUS$1.6b17.2x40.5x0.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

16.6x


Total Market Cap: US$55.0bTotal Earnings: US$3.3bTotal Revenue: US$231.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 31.8x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the American Food Retail industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 31.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.27x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Retail industry have declined 3.5% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 5.9% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Comparison

How does U.S. Food Retail compare with similar industries?

US Market3.30%
Consumer Staples2.11%
Food and Staples Retail3.17%
Food Retail2.34%
Big Box Super Stores3.40%
Food Distributors2.10%
Drug Retail-1.63%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
SFM Sprouts Farmers MarketUS$74.6616.1%
+US$1.0b		104.4%PE25.3x
CART MaplebearUS$37.485.7%
+US$537.4m		n/aPS3.3x
KR KrogerUS$55.381.1%
+US$440.2m		12.7%PE18.6x
CASY Casey's General StoresUS$327.902.9%
+US$342.0m		40.3%PE25.8x
TBBB BBB FoodsUS$25.3612.3%
+US$310.8m		n/aPS1.1x
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KR

US$55.38

Kroger

7D

1.1%

1Y

12.7%

SFM

US$74.66

Sprouts Farmers Market

7D

16.1%

1Y

104.4%

GO

US$20.88

Grocery Outlet Holding

7D

-18.3%

1Y

-33.7%

WMK

US$63.66

Weis Markets

7D

-0.3%

1Y

-7.9%

CASY

US$327.90

Casey's General Stores

7D

2.9%

1Y

40.3%

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TBBB

US$25.36

BBB Foods

7D

12.3%

1Y

n/a

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WNW

US$1.02

Meiwu Technology

7D

-1.0%

1Y

-84.4%

ACI

US$20.74

Albertsons Companies

7D

0.8%

1Y

1.3%

DDL

US$1.67

Dingdong (Cayman)

7D

18.4%

1Y

-58.4%

NGVC

US$17.89

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage

7D

8.3%

1Y

59.2%

CART

US$37.48

Maplebear

7D

5.7%

1Y

n/a