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Argentinian (MERVAL) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 08, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies9
  • 7D-3.4%
  • 3M0.2%
  • 1Y-6.3%
  • YTD-6.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has dropped 3.4%, driven by a pullback from Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria of 4.9%. Overall the industry is down 6.3% in 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to decline by 32% per year.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Argentinian Food Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 08 Feb 2026AR$3.0tAR$3.0tAR$18.9b21.5x157.3x1x
Tue, 06 Jan 2026AR$3.1tAR$3.1tAR$40.1b23.8x78.6x1x
Thu, 04 Dec 2025AR$3.2tAR$3.0tAR$40.1b26.5x79.6x1.1x
Sat, 01 Nov 2025AR$4.2tAR$6.0tAR$36.4b29.2x114.5x0.7x
Mon, 29 Sep 2025AR$3.0tAR$6.0tAR$43.7b25.2x69x0.5x
Wed, 27 Aug 2025AR$3.2tAR$5.8tAR$8.4b34.5x384.4x0.6x
Fri, 25 Jul 2025AR$3.4tAR$5.5t-AR$7,553,868,160.0021.1x-450.6x0.6x
Sun, 22 Jun 2025AR$3.3tAR$5.5t-AR$7,553,868,160.0020.9x-433.2x0.6x
Tue, 20 May 2025AR$3.7tAR$4.5t-AR$26,237,096,826.0027x-140.9x0.8x
Thu, 17 Apr 2025AR$4.3tAR$4.5t-AR$94,887,922,308.0024.8x-44.8x0.9x
Sat, 15 Mar 2025AR$4.0tAR$4.6t-AR$47,661,552,054.0023.8x-83.1x0.9x
Mon, 10 Feb 2025AR$4.5tAR$3.9tAR$10.5b25.3x428x1.1x
Wed, 08 Jan 2025AR$5.2tAR$3.9tAR$10.5b30.8x496.4x1.3x
Fri, 06 Dec 2024AR$4.2tAR$3.9tAR$10.5b24.1x399.2x1.1x
Sun, 03 Nov 2024AR$3.3tAR$3.7tAR$197.4b18.9x16.8x0.9x
Tue, 01 Oct 2024AR$3.3tAR$3.8tAR$219.7b20.1x15x0.9x
Thu, 29 Aug 2024AR$3.2tAR$3.3tAR$121.4b19.4x26.6x1x
Sat, 27 Jul 2024AR$3.4tAR$2.7tAR$171.2b33.2x19.9x1.2x
Mon, 24 Jun 2024AR$3.4tAR$2.7tAR$171.2b32.7x20.1x1.3x
Wed, 22 May 2024AR$2.5tAR$1.1tAR$114.6b37.1x21.6x2.2x
Fri, 19 Apr 2024AR$2.1tAR$1.3tAR$187.9b24.5x11.1x1.6x
Sun, 17 Mar 2024AR$2.0tAR$654.0bAR$86.1b29x23.8x3.1x
Tue, 13 Feb 2024AR$3.9tAR$1.0tAR$97.7b81.1x39.7x3.8x
Thu, 11 Jan 2024AR$3.4tAR$1.0tAR$93.3b96.2x36.4x3.3x
Sat, 09 Dec 2023AR$2.9tAR$1.5tAR$109.5b42.1x26.2x2x
Mon, 06 Nov 2023AR$1.7tAR$1.2tAR$71.4b25.9x24.2x1.4x
Wed, 04 Oct 2023AR$1.5tAR$1.2tAR$68.9b22.1x21.1x1.2x
Fri, 01 Sep 2023AR$1.6tAR$758.0bAR$28.1b27.4x57.3x2.1x
Sun, 30 Jul 2023AR$1.1tAR$831.9bAR$36.9b20x28.9x1.3x
Tue, 27 Jun 2023AR$959.5bAR$831.7bAR$36.9b18.7x26x1.2x
Thu, 25 May 2023AR$831.9bAR$857.9bAR$40.7b16.1x20.4x1x
Sat, 22 Apr 2023AR$642.4bAR$830.2bAR$25.8b15.2x24.9x0.8x
Mon, 20 Mar 2023AR$493.9bAR$827.4bAR$24.5b11.6x20.2x0.6x
Wed, 15 Feb 2023AR$517.4bAR$778.2bAR$25.2b14.3x20.5x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

20.5x


Total Market Cap: AR$517.4bTotal Earnings: AR$25.2bTotal Revenue: AR$778.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Argentinian Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -483.3x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Argentinean Food industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 157x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of -483x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.98x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have declined 9.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 58% 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 Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Argentinian Consumer Staples industry?

AR Market-6.75%
Consumer Staples-2.67%
Food-3.42%
Packaged Foods and Meats-0.49%
Agricultural Products-5.57%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Agricultural Products industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings decline of 0 so the market might believe that analysts are underestimating future growth.
Forecasted Growth
  • Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Agricultural Products 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.
  • In contrast, the Agricultural Products 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
MOLA Molinos AgroAR$26.65k1.7%
+AR$22.1b		-7.1%PE12.2x
INVJ Inversora JuramentoAR$572.005.7%
+AR$21.9b		45.9%PS1.4x

Latest News

INTR
AR$350.00
Compañía Introductora de Buenos Aires
7D
-5.8%
1Y
-11.5%
SEMI
AR$20.30
Molinos Juan Semino
7D
-8.4%
1Y
-35.6%
CRES
AR$1,935.00
Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria
7D
-4.9%
1Y
35.8%
LEDE
AR$825.00
Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola Industrial
7D
-8.8%
1Y
-43.7%
INVJ
AR$572.00
Inversora Juramento
7D
5.7%
1Y
45.9%
SAMI
AR$60.80
S.A. San Miguel.I.C.I. y F
7D
-3.6%
1Y
-47.6%
MOLI
AR$3,065.00
Molinos Rio de la Plata
7D
-1.6%
1Y
-28.3%
MORI
AR$34.20
Morixe HermanosC.I
7D
-7.6%
1Y
-18.9%
CADO
AR$588.00
Carlos Casado
7D
-0.3%
1Y
18.2%
MOLA
AR$26,650.00
Molinos Agro
7D
1.7%
1Y
-7.1%