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Argentinian (MERVAL) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedMar 09, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies11
  • 7D-3.5%
  • 3M-18.6%
  • 1Y-12.1%
  • YTD-18.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Consumer Staples industry has dropped 3.5%, driven by a pullback from Molinos Agro of 3.7%. However, the industry is down 12% over the past year. In the next few years, earnings are forecast to decline by 23% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 09 Mar 2026AR$4.3tAR$8.7tAR$265.4b22.5x16.2x0.5x
Wed, 04 Feb 2026AR$3.7tAR$5.6tAR$45.5b25.1x81.3x0.7x
Fri, 02 Jan 2026AR$3.9tAR$5.7tAR$66.7b28.3x58.3x0.7x
Sun, 30 Nov 2025AR$4.1tAR$5.6tAR$66.7b30.2x60.9x0.7x
Tue, 28 Oct 2025AR$3.8tAR$8.5tAR$68.0b20.4x56.1x0.4x
Thu, 25 Sep 2025AR$3.8tAR$8.5tAR$75.3b21.4x50.7x0.4x
Sat, 23 Aug 2025AR$3.9tAR$7.5tAR$8.9b37.4x437.3x0.5x
Mon, 21 Jul 2025AR$4.1tAR$7.3t-AR$7,016,277,160.0021.3x-582.1x0.6x
Wed, 18 Jun 2025AR$4.1tAR$7.3t-AR$7,016,277,160.0022.4x-584x0.6x
Fri, 16 May 2025AR$4.4tAR$5.3tAR$20.6b22.6x214.7x0.8x
Sun, 13 Apr 2025AR$4.6tAR$5.4t-AR$4,791,075,308.0021.8x-957.9x0.8x
Tue, 11 Mar 2025AR$4.8tAR$6.0tAR$53.2b23.6x90.4x0.8x
Thu, 06 Feb 2025AR$5.5tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b25.6x86.8x1x
Sat, 04 Jan 2025AR$5.8tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b27.7x90.7x1x
Mon, 02 Dec 2024AR$5.2tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b24.3x81.1x0.9x
Wed, 30 Oct 2024AR$3.8tAR$5.6tAR$250.6b17.3x15.3x0.7x
Fri, 27 Sep 2024AR$3.9tAR$5.7tAR$272.9b16.2x14.3x0.7x
Sun, 25 Aug 2024AR$3.9tAR$3.8tAR$156.4b19.2x24.8x1x
Tue, 23 Jul 2024AR$4.2tAR$3.3tAR$206.2b19.9x20.3x1.3x
Thu, 20 Jun 2024AR$4.0tAR$3.3tAR$205.9b18x19.4x1.2x
Sat, 18 May 2024AR$3.0tAR$2.2tAR$170.4b33.8x17.5x1.4x
Mon, 15 Apr 2024AR$2.7tAR$1.8tAR$216.5b21.7x12.4x1.5x
Wed, 13 Mar 2024AR$2.3tAR$1.2tAR$108.3b27x21.4x1.9x
Fri, 09 Feb 2024AR$4.3tAR$1.5tAR$105.5b77.1x41x2.8x
Sun, 07 Jan 2024AR$3.7tAR$1.5tAR$105.0b62.4x34.9x2.4x
Tue, 05 Dec 2023AR$2.7tAR$2.0tAR$120.9b30.5x22.4x1.4x
Thu, 02 Nov 2023AR$1.8tAR$1.7tAR$79.7b27.2x22.6x1x
Sat, 30 Sep 2023AR$1.7tAR$1.4tAR$73.4b24.6x23x1.2x
Mon, 28 Aug 2023AR$1.7tAR$990.9bAR$32.6b29.2x51.8x1.7x
Wed, 26 Jul 2023AR$1.3tAR$1.1tAR$41.4b21.1x30.4x1.2x
Fri, 23 Jun 2023AR$1.1tAR$1.1tAR$41.4b19.3x26.5x1x
Sun, 21 May 2023AR$882.6bAR$1.1tAR$44.3b18.2x19.9x0.8x
Tue, 18 Apr 2023AR$663.7bAR$1.1tAR$31.2b12.9x21.3x0.6x
Thu, 16 Mar 2023AR$536.3bAR$1.1tAR$28.2b11.9x19x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

19x


Total Market Cap: AR$536.3bTotal Earnings: AR$28.2bTotal Revenue: AR$1.1tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Argentinian Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 15.2x202420252026
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 15.2x.
  • 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 111% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 101% 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 Market0.25%
Consumer Staples-3.47%
Food and Staples Retail-2.98%
Food-3.54%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food and Staples Retail industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 117x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average.
Forecasted Growth
  • Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Food industry since they expect its earnings to decline by only 23% 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 56% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 23% 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
LEDE Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola IndustrialAR$700.001.7%
+AR$5.3b		-51.7%PS0.4x
SEMI Molinos Juan SeminoAR$18.705.4%
+AR$3.4b		-27.5%PE17.1x
SAMI S.A. San Miguel.I.C.I. y FAR$49.801.0%
+AR$742.6m		-54.3%PS0.6x

Latest News

CRES
AR$1,595.00
Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria
7D
-3.5%
1Y
27.1%
MOLA
AR$25,050.00
Molinos Agro
7D
-0.4%
1Y
9.7%
INTR
AR$320.00
Compañía Introductora de Buenos Aires
7D
-1.2%
1Y
-11.1%
SEMI
AR$18.70
Molinos Juan Semino
7D
5.4%
1Y
-27.5%
LEDE
AR$700.00
Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola Industrial
7D
1.7%
1Y
-51.7%
INVJ
AR$445.00
Inversora Juramento
7D
-5.9%
1Y
33.0%
SAMI
AR$49.80
S.A. San Miguel.I.C.I. y F
7D
1.0%
1Y
-54.3%
MOLI
AR$2,725.00
Molinos Rio de la Plata
7D
-2.7%
1Y
-21.5%
MORI
AR$27.60
Morixe HermanosC.I
7D
-0.4%
1Y
-29.9%
PATA
AR$1,140.00
Sociedad Anónima Importadora y Exportadora de la Patagonia
7D
-1.7%
1Y
-21.1%
CADO
AR$556.00
Carlos Casado
7D
-1.2%
1Y
19.8%