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Argentinian (MERVAL) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedDec 07, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D-2.9%
  • 3M50.1%
  • 1Y-0.5%
  • YTD-11.1%

Over the last 7 days, the Consumer Staples industry has dropped 2.9%, driven by declines in Molinos Agro and Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria of 3.7% and 4.2%, respectively. As for the longer term, the industry's performance has been flat for the past year. In the next few years, earnings are forecast to decline by 32% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 07 Dec 2025AR$3.9tAR$5.6tAR$66.7b29.8x59.2x0.7x
Tue, 04 Nov 2025AR$5.2tAR$8.5tAR$68.0b27.5x77x0.6x
Thu, 02 Oct 2025AR$3.5tAR$8.5tAR$75.3b19.8x47x0.4x
Sat, 30 Aug 2025AR$3.8tAR$7.5tAR$8.9b33.5x420.9x0.5x
Mon, 28 Jul 2025AR$4.3tAR$7.3t-AR$7,016,277,160.0022.6x-610.2x0.6x
Wed, 25 Jun 2025AR$3.9tAR$7.3t-AR$7,016,277,160.0022x-558x0.5x
Fri, 23 May 2025AR$4.5tAR$5.3tAR$19.9b26.9x224.7x0.8x
Sun, 20 Apr 2025AR$4.8tAR$5.3t-AR$48,883,523,138.0024.2x-97.4x0.9x
Tue, 18 Mar 2025AR$4.8tAR$6.5tAR$4.5b24.4x1055.4x0.7x
Thu, 13 Feb 2025AR$5.0tAR$6.3tAR$59.3b24.4x83.8x0.8x
Sat, 11 Jan 2025AR$5.8tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b26x91.5x1x
Mon, 09 Dec 2024AR$5.0tAR$5.8tAR$63.7b23.4x78.7x0.9x
Wed, 06 Nov 2024AR$4.0tAR$5.6tAR$250.6b17.6x15.8x0.7x
Fri, 04 Oct 2024AR$3.8tAR$5.7tAR$272.9b15.9x13.8x0.7x
Sun, 01 Sep 2024AR$3.9tAR$3.8tAR$156.4b20x25.2x1x
Tue, 30 Jul 2024AR$4.1tAR$3.3tAR$206.2b18.5x19.9x1.3x
Thu, 27 Jun 2024AR$4.3tAR$3.3tAR$206.2b19.7x20.9x1.3x
Sat, 25 May 2024AR$3.0tAR$1.6tAR$149.6b26.4x20.1x1.8x
Mon, 22 Apr 2024AR$2.6tAR$1.6tAR$199.2b20.8x13.1x1.7x
Wed, 20 Mar 2024AR$2.5tAR$1.2tAR$114.7b27.2x22.2x2.2x
Fri, 16 Feb 2024AR$4.2tAR$1.5tAR$110.9b34x37.9x2.7x
Sun, 14 Jan 2024AR$4.1tAR$1.5tAR$105.0b74.5x39.3x2.7x
Tue, 12 Dec 2023AR$3.3tAR$2.0tAR$121.3b38.4x27.3x1.7x
Thu, 09 Nov 2023AR$1.9tAR$1.7tAR$79.7b26.1x24x1.1x
Sat, 07 Oct 2023AR$1.8tAR$1.7tAR$77.1b24.8x23.5x1.1x
Mon, 04 Sep 2023AR$1.8tAR$990.9bAR$32.6b28.4x54.4x1.8x
Wed, 02 Aug 2023AR$1.2tAR$1.1tAR$41.4b20.2x28.8x1.1x
Fri, 30 Jun 2023AR$1.1tAR$1.1tAR$41.4b19.2x25.7x1x
Sun, 28 May 2023AR$926.4bAR$1.1tAR$45.2b17.8x20.5x0.8x
Tue, 25 Apr 2023AR$725.4bAR$1.1tAR$29.4b16.2x24.7x0.7x
Thu, 23 Mar 2023AR$545.8bAR$1.1tAR$28.0b12.6x19.5x0.5x
Sat, 18 Feb 2023AR$581.6bAR$1.0tAR$26.2b14.1x22.2x0.6x
Mon, 16 Jan 2023AR$561.2bAR$1.0tAR$58.7b14.5x9.6x0.6x
Wed, 14 Dec 2022AR$445.2bAR$1.0tAR$55.8b11.3x8x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

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Total Market Cap: AR$445.2bTotal Earnings: AR$55.8bTotal Revenue: AR$1.0tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Argentinian Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Argentinean Consumer Staples industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 59.4x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 11.3x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.71x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 6.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 77% 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 Market1.12%
Consumer Staples-2.88%
Food and Staples Retail-1.25%
Food-3.28%
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 32.1%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 45.0% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food and Staples Retail industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 116x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Food industry since they expect its earnings to decline by only 32% 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 45% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 32% 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
INTR Compañía Introductora de Buenos AiresAR$412.004.3%
+AR$2.1b		5.1%PS0.7x

Latest News

MOLI
AR$3,715.00
Molinos Rio de la Plata
7D
-3.8%
1Y
-2.5%
MORI
AR$45.90
Morixe HermanosC.I
7D
-10.0%
1Y
10.8%
SEMI
AR$26.50
Molinos Juan Semino
7D
-5.7%
1Y
-27.7%
PATA
AR$1,585.00
Sociedad Anónima Importadora y Exportadora de la Patagonia
7D
-1.2%
1Y
-10.5%
CRES
AR$1,738.00
Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria
7D
-4.2%
1Y
19.0%
MOLA
AR$26,050.00
Molinos Agro
7D
-3.7%
1Y
17.3%
INTR
AR$412.00
Compañía Introductora de Buenos Aires
7D
4.3%
1Y
5.1%
INVJ
AR$638.00
Inversora Juramento
7D
-2.0%
1Y
42.3%
SAMI
AR$83.00
S.A. San Miguel.I.C.I. y F
7D
-6.2%
1Y
-35.7%