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Argentinian (MERVAL) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedJun 08, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies11
  • 7D-4.7%
  • 3M-2.0%
  • 1Y2.9%
  • YTD-17.7%

Over the last 7 days, the Consumer Staples industry has dropped 4.1%, driven by a pullback from Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria of 6.4%. As for the longer term, the industry's performance has been flat for the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are forecast to decline by 45% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Argentinian Consumer Staples Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 08 Jun 2026AR$4.5tAR$9.1tAR$291.4b13.3x15.5x0.5x
Wed, 06 May 2026AR$4.5tAR$9.1tAR$302.0b49.4x15x0.5x
Fri, 03 Apr 2026AR$4.9tAR$9.1tAR$280.2b33.3x17.4x0.5x
Sun, 01 Mar 2026AR$4.5tAR$8.7tAR$275.9b21.5x16.2x0.5x
Tue, 27 Jan 2026AR$3.7tAR$5.6tAR$45.5b25.9x81.6x0.7x
Thu, 25 Dec 2025AR$3.8tAR$5.6tAR$66.7b27.6x57.6x0.7x
Sat, 22 Nov 2025AR$3.9tAR$5.7tAR$69.9b28.8x56.1x0.7x
Mon, 20 Oct 2025AR$3.7tAR$8.5tAR$68.0b17.8x54.5x0.4x
Wed, 17 Sep 2025AR$3.5tAR$8.5tAR$75.3b20.7x46.2x0.4x
Fri, 15 Aug 2025AR$4.2tAR$7.1t-AR$39,795,660,026.0034.7x-104.8x0.6x
Sun, 13 Jul 2025AR$4.0tAR$7.3t-AR$7,016,277,160.0021.6x-564.9x0.5x
Tue, 10 Jun 2025AR$4.2tAR$5.7tAR$54.7b21.6x77.5x0.7x
Thu, 08 May 2025AR$4.5tAR$5.3t-AR$50,375,926,826.0022.7x-88.6x0.8x
Sat, 05 Apr 2025AR$4.8tAR$5.4t-AR$4,791,075,308.0021.7x-1000.7x0.9x
Mon, 03 Mar 2025AR$4.7tAR$6.0tAR$50.9b24x91.8x0.8x
Wed, 29 Jan 2025AR$5.5tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b28x86.5x1x
Fri, 27 Dec 2024AR$6.2tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b30.2x97.9x1.1x
Sun, 24 Nov 2024AR$4.8tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b23.1x75.5x0.8x
Tue, 22 Oct 2024AR$3.7tAR$5.7tAR$269.1b12.9x13.8x0.7x
Thu, 19 Sep 2024AR$4.1tAR$5.6tAR$272.5b15.1x15.1x0.7x
Sat, 17 Aug 2024AR$4.1tAR$3.9tAR$191.6b20.5x21.2x1x
Mon, 15 Jul 2024AR$4.5tAR$3.3tAR$206.2b21.3x22x1.4x
Wed, 12 Jun 2024AR$3.0tAR$1.6tAR$151.8b28.3x19.7x1.9x
Fri, 10 May 2024AR$2.8tAR$1.6tAR$198.6b24.7x14.2x1.8x
Sun, 07 Apr 2024AR$2.6tAR$1.2tAR$120.2b31.9x22x2.2x
Tue, 05 Mar 2024AR$3.6tAR$1.5tAR$110.9b29.6x32.1x2.3x
Thu, 01 Feb 2024AR$4.5tAR$1.5tAR$105.5b90x42.6x2.9x
Sat, 30 Dec 2023AR$3.3tAR$1.5tAR$105.4b41x31x2.1x
Mon, 27 Nov 2023AR$2.8tAR$2.0tAR$120.9b30.2x22.9x1.4x
Wed, 25 Oct 2023AR$2.1tAR$1.7tAR$78.0b26.9x27.2x1.2x
Fri, 22 Sep 2023AR$1.7tAR$1.4tAR$73.6b23.2x22.8x1.2x
Sun, 20 Aug 2023AR$1.6tAR$990.9bAR$32.6b29.1x49.2x1.6x
Tue, 18 Jul 2023AR$1.1tAR$1.1tAR$41.4b20.2x27x1.1x
Thu, 15 Jun 2023AR$981.5bAR$1.1tAR$41.4b19.1x23.7x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

23.7x


Total Market Cap: AR$981.5bTotal Earnings: AR$41.4bTotal Revenue: AR$1.1tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Argentinian Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 14.7x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Argentinean Consumer Staples 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 14.7x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.49x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 92% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 105% 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 Argentinian Consumer Staples sector?

AR Market-3.94%
Consumer Staples-4.72%
Food and Staples Retail-1.82%
Food-5.21%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings decline of 45.3%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 43.4% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Food industry since they expect its earnings to decline by only 45% per year over the next 5 years, which isn't as bad as the other industries.
  • This is a reversal from its past annual earnings growth rate of 43% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 45% 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
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Latest News

INVJ
AR$443.00
Inversora Juramento
7D
-9.8%
1Y
36.9%
SAMI
AR$47.30
S.A. San Miguel.I.C.I. y F
7D
-8.5%
1Y
-23.1%
PATA
AR$1,350.00
Sociedad Anónima Importadora y Exportadora de la Patagonia
7D
-1.8%
1Y
0.4%
MORI
AR$28.40
Morixe HermanosC.I
7D
-5.6%
1Y
-14.3%
CRES
AR$1,656.00
Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria
7D
-6.4%
1Y
23.6%
LEDE
AR$743.00
Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola Industrial
7D
-3.3%
1Y
-26.1%
MOLI
AR$2,705.00
Molinos Rio de la Plata
7D
-2.5%
1Y
-19.0%
MOLA
AR$23,400.00
Molinos Agro
7D
-4.4%
1Y
11.4%