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Argentinian (MERVAL) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedDec 24, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies9
  • 7D2.2%
  • 3M40.1%
  • 1Y-14.4%
  • YTD-11.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has risen 2.2%, driven by gains from Molinos Agro of 2.6%. In the past year, the industry is down 14%. As for the next few years, earnings are forecast to decline by 32% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 25 Dec 2025AR$3.1tAR$3.0tAR$40.1b25.4x77.4x1x
Sat, 22 Nov 2025AR$3.1tAR$3.1tAR$43.3b24.5x72x1x
Mon, 20 Oct 2025AR$3.2tAR$6.0tAR$36.4b19.2x87.1x0.5x
Wed, 17 Sep 2025AR$3.0tAR$6.0tAR$43.7b25.5x67.6x0.5x
Fri, 15 Aug 2025AR$3.6tAR$5.3t-AR$40,333,251,026.0028.1x-88.1x0.7x
Sun, 13 Jul 2025AR$3.3tAR$5.5t-AR$7,553,868,160.0020.7x-438.6x0.6x
Tue, 10 Jun 2025AR$3.6tAR$4.4t-AR$11,025,173,160.0023x-323.5x0.8x
Thu, 08 May 2025AR$3.7tAR$4.5t-AR$96,489,732,826.0023.4x-38.6x0.8x
Sat, 05 Apr 2025AR$4.0tAR$4.6t-AR$50,904,881,308.0022.1x-79.3x0.9x
Mon, 03 Mar 2025AR$3.9tAR$4.1t-AR$2,279,221,054.0024.6x-1717x0.9x
Wed, 29 Jan 2025AR$4.7tAR$3.9tAR$10.5b28.5x445.7x1.2x
Fri, 27 Dec 2024AR$5.3tAR$3.9tAR$10.5b33x504.1x1.4x
Sun, 24 Nov 2024AR$4.0tAR$3.9tAR$10.5b24.1x379.7x1x
Tue, 22 Oct 2024AR$3.1tAR$3.8tAR$215.9b15.3x14.5x0.8x
Thu, 19 Sep 2024AR$3.5tAR$3.8tAR$219.3b17.2x15.7x0.9x
Sat, 17 Aug 2024AR$3.4tAR$3.4tAR$156.6b22x21.4x1x
Mon, 15 Jul 2024AR$3.8tAR$2.7tAR$171.2b36.9x22.2x1.4x
Wed, 12 Jun 2024AR$2.5tAR$1.1tAR$116.8b41.5x21x2.3x
Fri, 10 May 2024AR$2.3tAR$1.0tAR$170.0b32.9x13.8x2.3x
Sun, 07 Apr 2024AR$2.2tAR$663.9bAR$91.6b34.7x23.8x3.3x
Tue, 05 Mar 2024AR$3.1tAR$1.0tAR$82.4b32.2x37.5x3x
Thu, 01 Feb 2024AR$4.0tAR$1.0tAR$93.8b134.9x42.2x3.8x
Sat, 30 Dec 2023AR$2.8tAR$1.0tAR$93.7b43.3x30.1x2.8x
Mon, 27 Nov 2023AR$2.5tAR$1.5tAR$109.1b35.2x22.6x1.7x
Wed, 25 Oct 2023AR$1.9tAR$1.2tAR$69.8b25.6x26.9x1.5x
Fri, 22 Sep 2023AR$1.5tAR$1.2tAR$69.1b23x21.8x1.3x
Sun, 20 Aug 2023AR$1.5tAR$758.0bAR$28.1b27.4x51.6x1.9x
Tue, 18 Jul 2023AR$994.0bAR$831.9bAR$36.9b19.4x26.9x1.2x
Thu, 15 Jun 2023AR$882.6bAR$831.7bAR$36.9b18.8x23.9x1.1x
Sat, 13 May 2023AR$700.3bAR$830.2bAR$25.8b17.1x27.1x0.8x
Mon, 10 Apr 2023AR$542.0bAR$827.4bAR$24.5b13.4x22.1x0.7x
Wed, 08 Mar 2023AR$527.9bAR$774.5bAR$22.3b12.4x23.6x0.7x
Fri, 03 Feb 2023AR$509.9bAR$781.3bAR$55.2b13.3x9.2x0.7x
Sun, 01 Jan 2023AR$458.3bAR$781.6bAR$54.5b14x8.4x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.4x


Total Market Cap: AR$458.3bTotal Earnings: AR$54.5bTotal Revenue: AR$781.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Argentinian Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -488x202320242025
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 77.4x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of -488x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have declined 9.7% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 57% 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 Market2.19%
Consumer Staples1.44%
Food2.20%
Agricultural Products2.83%
Packaged Foods and Meats1.50%
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
INVJ Inversora JuramentoAR$593.007.0%
+AR$27.6b		32.2%PS2.1x
LEDE Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola IndustrialAR$1.02k3.8%
+AR$16.4b		-32.2%PS0.5x
SAMI S.A. San Miguel.I.C.I. y FAR$81.5011.8%
+AR$12.8b		-37.5%PS0.9x
MOLA Molinos AgroAR$26.90k0.4%
+AR$4.9b		-25.9%PE12.3x
SEMI Molinos Juan SeminoAR$24.754.9%
+AR$2.9b		-36.0%PE19.5x

Latest News

SAMI
AR$81.50
S.A. San Miguel.I.C.I. y F
7D
11.8%
1Y
-37.5%
INVJ
AR$593.00
Inversora Juramento
7D
7.0%
1Y
32.2%
MORI
AR$44.40
Morixe HermanosC.I
7D
1.4%
1Y
-23.7%
SEMI
AR$24.75
Molinos Juan Semino
7D
4.9%
1Y
-36.0%
CRES
AR$1,793.00
Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria
7D
-0.4%
1Y
22.0%
CADO
AR$554.00
Carlos Casado
7D
0.5%
1Y
6.7%
MOLA
AR$26,900.00
Molinos Agro
7D
0.4%
1Y
-25.9%
INTR
AR$385.50
Compañía Introductora de Buenos Aires
7D
0.4%
1Y
-8.9%
LEDE
AR$1,020.00
Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola Industrial
7D
3.8%
1Y
-32.2%