Australian (ASX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Australian Food and Staples Retail Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Sun, 18 May 2025	AU$80.5b	AU$149.8b	AU$3.5b	24x	22.8x	0.5x
Tue, 15 Apr 2025	AU$78.4b	AU$149.1b	AU$3.5b	23.6x	22.3x	0.5x
Thu, 13 Mar 2025	AU$72.1b	AU$149.1b	AU$3.5b	21.1x	20.5x	0.5x
Sat, 08 Feb 2025	AU$74.8b	AU$147.0b	AU$2.1b	22.8x	36.2x	0.5x
Mon, 06 Jan 2025	AU$75.4b	AU$147.0b	AU$2.1b	22.5x	36.5x	0.5x
Wed, 04 Dec 2024	AU$75.6b	AU$147.0b	AU$2.1b	22.5x	36.6x	0.5x
Fri, 01 Nov 2024	AU$75.1b	AU$146.9b	AU$2.1b	20.1x	35.7x	0.5x
Sun, 29 Sep 2024	AU$79.8b	AU$146.9b	AU$2.1b	20.1x	37.9x	0.5x
Tue, 27 Aug 2024	AU$83.5b	AU$143.0b	AU$1.9b	18.4x	44.4x	0.6x
Thu, 25 Jul 2024	AU$81.5b	AU$142.8b	AU$1.9b	19.1x	43.3x	0.6x
Sat, 22 Jun 2024	AU$79.0b	AU$142.8b	AU$1.9b	18.6x	41.6x	0.6x
Mon, 20 May 2024	AU$75.6b	AU$142.8b	AU$1.9b	18.5x	39.8x	0.5x
Wed, 17 Apr 2024	AU$76.7b	AU$143.9b	AU$2.1b	17x	37.4x	0.5x
Fri, 15 Mar 2024	AU$77.7b	AU$143.9b	AU$2.1b	17.1x	37.9x	0.5x
Sun, 11 Feb 2024	AU$80.1b	AU$140.9b	AU$3.7b	18.5x	21.6x	0.6x
Tue, 09 Jan 2024	AU$80.9b	AU$140.9b	AU$3.7b	18.3x	21.8x	0.6x
Thu, 07 Dec 2023	AU$78.9b	AU$140.9b	AU$3.7b	17.6x	21.3x	0.6x
Sat, 04 Nov 2023	AU$78.1b	AU$141.2b	AU$3.8b	17x	20.7x	0.6x
Mon, 02 Oct 2023	AU$80.9b	AU$141.2b	AU$3.8b	17.8x	21.4x	0.6x
Wed, 30 Aug 2023	AU$82.9b	AU$141.2b	AU$3.8b	18.5x	22x	0.6x
Fri, 28 Jul 2023	AU$88.5b	AU$138.8b	AU$4.0b	20.2x	22.4x	0.6x
Sun, 25 Jun 2023	AU$89.3b	AU$138.8b	AU$3.9b	20.5x	22.7x	0.6x
Tue, 23 May 2023	AU$87.5b	AU$138.8b	AU$3.9b	20.6x	22.2x	0.6x
Thu, 20 Apr 2023	AU$88.4b	AU$138.1b	AU$4.0b	21.6x	22.2x	0.6x
Sat, 18 Mar 2023	AU$85.8b	AU$138.1b	AU$4.0b	21.4x	21.5x	0.6x
Mon, 13 Feb 2023	AU$85.3b	AU$135.8b	AU$3.7b	22.8x	23.1x	0.6x
Wed, 11 Jan 2023	AU$79.6b	AU$135.8b	AU$3.7b	21.1x	21.5x	0.6x
Fri, 09 Dec 2022	AU$82.1b	AU$135.8b	AU$3.7b	21.4x	22.2x	0.6x
Sun, 06 Nov 2022	AU$79.2b	AU$134.2b	AU$3.7b	20.6x	21.7x	0.6x
Tue, 04 Oct 2022	AU$80.1b	AU$134.2b	AU$3.7b	20.7x	21.9x	0.6x
Thu, 01 Sep 2022	AU$85.9b	AU$134.2b	AU$3.7b	22.3x	23.5x	0.6x
Sat, 30 Jul 2022	AU$90.5b	AU$130.7b	AU$3.5b	25.2x	26.2x	0.7x
Mon, 27 Jun 2022	AU$86.1b	AU$130.0b	AU$3.5b	23.9x	24.9x	0.7x
Wed, 25 May 2022	AU$85.1b	AU$130.0b	AU$3.5b	23.7x	24.7x	0.7x

Current Industry PE

Investors are pessimistic on the Australian Consumer Retailing industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 22.8x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 27.8x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.58x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 4.8% 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 and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Trends

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


AU Market	1.33%
Consumer Staples	-3.30%
Food and Staples Retail	-3.49%
Food Distributors	4.38%
Drug Retail	0%	0
Big Box Super Stores	0%	0
Food Retail	-4.01%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 31.3x.

Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 8.4%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 1.3% per year.

Investors are most pessimistic about the Food Distributors industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 11.9x.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Distributors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 9.5% over the next 5 years.
This is better than its past earnings decline of 17% per year.