Belgian (BEL20) Consumer Discretionary Sector Analysis

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Belgian Consumer Discretionary Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Sun, 16 Feb 2025	€9.1b	€8.8b	€429.4m	11.6x	21.1x	1x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025	€8.6b	€8.8b	€429.4m	11.2x	20.1x	1x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024	€9.3b	€8.8b	€429.4m	11.4x	21.7x	1.1x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024	€11.1b	€8.8b	€429.4m	11.5x	25.8x	1.3x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024	€10.7b	€8.7b	€423.3m	19.3x	25.3x	1.2x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024	€12.0b	€8.5b	€542.6m	17.5x	22.1x	1.4x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024	€11.6b	€8.5b	€522.0m	22.3x	22.2x	1.4x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024	€11.0b	€8.5b	€522.8m	27.5x	21x	1.3x
Tue, 28 May 2024	€11.3b	€8.5b	€523.1m	27.8x	21.5x	1.3x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024	€11.5b	€8.5b	€523.1m	27.9x	21.9x	1.3x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024	€11.2b	€8.5b	€525.3m	27.7x	21.4x	1.3x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024	€9.7b	€7.5b	€459.0m	27.5x	21.1x	1.3x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024	€9.9b	€7.5b	€459.0m	27.8x	21.6x	1.3x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023	€9.5b	€7.5b	€459.0m	27.3x	20.7x	1.3x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023	€8.5b	€7.4b	€458.6m	18.3x	18.6x	1.1x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023	€8.7b	€7.4b	€458.6m	18.8x	19x	1.2x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023	€8.7b	€5.3b	€353.0m	24.6x	24.5x	1.6x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023	€8.9b	€5.3b	€356.7m	25.3x	25x	1.7x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023	€9.1b	€5.3b	€356.7m	25.9x	25.6x	1.7x
Wed, 31 May 2023	€9.3b	€5.3b	€356.7m	26.3x	26x	1.8x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023	€9.5b	€5.3b	€356.7m	26.9x	26.5x	1.8x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023	€9.5b	€5.3b	€356.6m	27.1x	26.8x	1.8x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023	€10.4b	€3.9b	€287.0m	37.3x	36.2x	2.7x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023	€10.0b	€3.9b	€287.0m	36x	34.9x	2.6x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022	€9.8b	€3.9b	€287.0m	35.4x	34.3x	2.5x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022	€9.7b	€3.9b	€287.0m	34.7x	33.8x	2.5x
Wed, 12 Oct 2022	€8.6b	€3.9b	€285.6m	21.1x	30x	2.2x
Fri, 09 Sep 2022	€8.9b	€3.9b	€285.6m	22.3x	31.1x	2.3x
Sun, 07 Aug 2022	€9.1b	€3.8b	€269.0m	24.4x	33.8x	2.4x
Tue, 05 Jul 2022	€7.8b	€3.8b	€269.0m	21.2x	29x	2x
Thu, 02 Jun 2022	€8.7b	€3.8b	€270.1m	31.8x	32x	2.3x
Sat, 30 Apr 2022	€8.9b	€3.8b	€270.1m	32.6x	33.1x	2.3x
Mon, 28 Mar 2022	€8.5b	€3.8b	€266.0m	31x	32.1x	2.2x
Wed, 23 Feb 2022	€8.3b	€4.5b	€332.5m	31.4x	24.8x	1.8x

Current Industry PE

Investors are pessimistic on the Belgian Consumer Discretionary 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 21.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 26.2x.

The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.7x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.0x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Consumer Discretionary industry have grown 8.9% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 25% 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 Belgian Consumer Discretionary sector?


BE Market	0.70%
Consumer Discretionary	1.64%
Retail Distributors	1.70%
Luxury	0.81%
Auto Components	0%	0
Auto	0%	0
Leisure	0%	0
Hospitality	0%	0
Consumer Services	0%	0
Online Retail and Ecommerce	0%	0
Specialty Stores	0%	0
General Merchandise and Department Stores	0%	0
Consumer Durables	-2.29%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Consumer Services industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 35.1x.

It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.

Investors are most pessimistic about the Hospitality industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 4.3x.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Retail Distributors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 27% over the next 5 years.
This is better than its past earnings decline of 12% per year.