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Argentinian (MERVAL) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedJul 24, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies11
  • 7D0.6%
  • 3M-3.1%
  • 1Y1.2%
  • YTD-19.6%

Last week, the Consumer Staples industry hasn't moved much but Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria is up 6.5% in that time. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 5.1% in that time. 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
Fri, 24 Jul 2026AR$4.5tAR$10.3tAR$320.6b12.8x13.9x0.4x
Sun, 21 Jun 2026AR$4.6tAR$9.1tAR$291.4b12.9x15.8x0.5x
Tue, 19 May 2026AR$4.3tAR$9.5tAR$246.2b59.6x17.7x0.5x
Thu, 16 Apr 2026AR$4.7tAR$9.2tAR$304.4b33x15.4x0.5x
Sat, 14 Mar 2026AR$4.7tAR$8.7tAR$265.4b23.2x17.8x0.5x
Mon, 09 Feb 2026AR$3.7tAR$5.6tAR$45.5b24.4x80.4x0.7x
Wed, 07 Jan 2026AR$3.8tAR$5.7tAR$66.7b26.9x57.3x0.7x
Fri, 05 Dec 2025AR$4.0tAR$5.6tAR$66.7b30x60.1x0.7x
Sun, 02 Nov 2025AR$5.2tAR$8.5tAR$68.0b27.5x77x0.6x
Tue, 30 Sep 2025AR$3.6tAR$8.5tAR$75.3b19.8x47.4x0.4x
Thu, 28 Aug 2025AR$3.9tAR$7.5tAR$8.9b36.1x431.3x0.5x
Sat, 26 Jul 2025AR$4.1tAR$7.3t-AR$7,016,277,160.0022.6x-590.9x0.6x
Mon, 23 Jun 2025AR$3.9tAR$7.3t-AR$7,016,277,160.0022.8x-561.2x0.5x
Wed, 21 May 2025AR$4.5tAR$5.3tAR$19.9b25.5x226.3x0.8x
Fri, 18 Apr 2025AR$4.8tAR$5.3t-AR$48,883,523,138.0024.2x-97.4x0.9x
Sun, 16 Mar 2025AR$4.8tAR$6.5tAR$5.5b23.4x863.2x0.7x
Tue, 11 Feb 2025AR$5.3tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b24.4x82.6x0.9x
Thu, 09 Jan 2025AR$6.0tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b26.7x94.9x1x
Sat, 07 Dec 2024AR$5.1tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b23.4x79.3x0.9x
Mon, 04 Nov 2024AR$3.9tAR$5.6tAR$250.6b17.5x15.7x0.7x
Wed, 02 Oct 2024AR$3.8tAR$5.7tAR$272.9b16.1x14x0.7x
Fri, 30 Aug 2024AR$3.9tAR$3.8tAR$156.4b20.3x25x1x
Sun, 28 Jul 2024AR$4.1tAR$3.3tAR$206.2b19.2x19.9x1.3x
Tue, 25 Jun 2024AR$4.0tAR$3.3tAR$206.2b17.8x19.4x1.2x
Thu, 23 May 2024AR$3.1tAR$1.6tAR$149.6b27.6x20.5x1.9x
Sat, 20 Apr 2024AR$2.6tAR$1.8tAR$216.5b20.5x11.8x1.4x
Mon, 18 Mar 2024AR$2.5tAR$1.2tAR$114.7b26.3x21.9x2.1x
Wed, 14 Feb 2024AR$4.4tAR$1.5tAR$92.8b62.3x47.3x2.9x
Fri, 12 Jan 2024AR$4.1tAR$1.5tAR$105.0b73.1x38.8x2.6x
Sun, 10 Dec 2023AR$3.2tAR$2.0tAR$121.2b36.2x26.6x1.6x
Tue, 07 Nov 2023AR$2.0tAR$1.7tAR$79.7b27.4x24.7x1.1x
Thu, 05 Oct 2023AR$1.6tAR$1.7tAR$77.1b22.2x21.1x0.9x
Sat, 02 Sep 2023AR$1.8tAR$990.9bAR$32.6b28.4x54.4x1.8x
Mon, 31 Jul 2023AR$1.2tAR$1.1tAR$41.4b20.4x29.4x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

29.4x


Total Market Cap: AR$1.2tTotal Earnings: AR$41.4bTotal Revenue: AR$1.1tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Argentinian Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 14.2x202420252026
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 14.2x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.0x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.43x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 98% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 113% 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 Market4.26%
Consumer Staples0.64%
Food0.75%
Food and Staples Retail0%0
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
CRES Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y AgropecuariaAR$1.78k4.0%
+AR$48.9b		24.0%PE6.7x
INVJ Inversora JuramentoAR$429.000.7%
+AR$2.1b		22.4%PE8.9x
MOLI Molinos Rio de la PlataAR$2.40k0.4%
+AR$2.0b		-18.7%PS0.5x

Latest News

MOLA
AR$21,650.00
Molinos Agro
7D
-1.6%
1Y
-1.1%
CADO
AR$547.00
Carlos Casado
7D
-2.3%
1Y
19.4%
INVJ
AR$429.00
Inversora Juramento
7D
0.7%
1Y
22.4%
SAMI
AR$52.50
S.A. San Miguel.I.C.I. y F
7D
-5.7%
1Y
-13.1%
CRES
AR$1,779.00
Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria
7D
4.0%
1Y
24.0%
SEMI
AR$16.70
Molinos Juan Semino
7D
-1.2%
1Y
-30.4%
LEDE
AR$736.00
Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola Industrial
7D
-0.3%
1Y
-19.6%
MOLI
AR$2,395.00
Molinos Rio de la Plata
7D
0.4%
1Y
-18.7%