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Canadian (TSX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 29, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies13
  • 7D-0.5%
  • 3M5.6%
  • 1Y11.7%
  • YTD5.5%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has dropped 1.7%, driven by Alimentation Couche-Tard declining 1.0%. In the past year, the industry has gained 14%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 3.1% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 29 Mar 2024CA$172.5bCA$269.0bCA$9.5b16.3x18.1x0.6x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024CA$180.3bCA$269.6bCA$9.6b16.4x18.8x0.7x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024CA$170.0bCA$268.7bCA$9.5b16.5x17.8x0.6x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023CA$159.5bCA$267.8bCA$9.5b15.5x16.8x0.6x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023CA$164.6bCA$268.9bCA$9.8b16.4x16.7x0.6x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023CA$156.6bCA$267.4bCA$9.7b16.9x16.2x0.6x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023CA$156.2bCA$266.6bCA$9.5b16.9x16.4x0.6x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023CA$154.4bCA$269.9bCA$9.6b15.2x16.1x0.6x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023CA$152.0bCA$266.2bCA$9.4b16x16.1x0.6x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023CA$155.1bCA$267.9bCA$9.2b16x16.8x0.6x
Thu, 04 May 2023CA$161.5bCA$268.5bCA$9.2b17x17.5x0.6x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023CA$161.1bCA$266.6bCA$9.2b15.9x17.6x0.6x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023CA$156.0bCA$263.9bCA$9.9b13.5x15.8x0.6x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023CA$155.7bCA$260.8bCA$10.0b14.1x15.6x0.6x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022CA$154.9bCA$262.4bCA$10.1b14.1x15.4x0.6x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022CA$151.2bCA$255.2bCA$9.2b13.5x16.5x0.6x
Tue, 18 Oct 2022CA$204.3bCA$346.0bCA$12.9b14x15.8x0.6x
Thu, 15 Sep 2022CA$210.2bCA$340.8bCA$12.7b14.8x16.6x0.6x
Sat, 13 Aug 2022CA$152.0bCA$242.4bCA$8.9b13.6x17.1x0.6x
Mon, 11 Jul 2022CA$146.4bCA$242.5bCA$8.3b14.2x17.7x0.6x
Wed, 08 Jun 2022CA$150.1bCA$233.8bCA$8.3b14.1x18.1x0.6x
Fri, 06 May 2022CA$147.9bCA$235.7bCA$7.9b14.7x18.6x0.6x
Sun, 03 Apr 2022CA$149.7bCA$233.2bCA$7.7b15.1x19.4x0.6x
Tue, 01 Mar 2022CA$135.3bCA$228.9bCA$7.4b15.7x18.2x0.6x
Thu, 27 Jan 2022CA$133.0bCA$228.8bCA$6.9b17.1x19.3x0.6x
Sat, 25 Dec 2021CA$142.6bCA$229.9bCA$6.9b18.2x20.6x0.6x
Mon, 22 Nov 2021CA$137.0bCA$223.8bCA$7.0b15.9x19.6x0.6x
Wed, 20 Oct 2021CA$131.8bCA$221.8bCA$6.8b15.5x19.3x0.6x
Fri, 17 Sep 2021CA$132.4bCA$222.5bCA$6.9b17x19.2x0.6x
Sun, 15 Aug 2021CA$134.0bCA$222.0bCA$6.9b17.7x19.5x0.6x
Thu, 10 Jun 2021CA$117.7bCA$215.2bCA$6.5b19.4x18.1x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.1x


Total Market Cap: CA$112.4bTotal Earnings: CA$6.6bTotal Revenue: CA$213.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 17.5x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Canadian Consumer Retailing industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 17.5x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.60x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 13% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 8.1% 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 Canadian Consumer Staples industry?

CA Market0.47%
Consumer Staples-0.30%
Food and Staples Retail-0.46%
Drug Retail12.64%
Food Distributors1.57%
Big Box Super Stores0%
Food Retail-0.47%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 17.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 3.1%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 4.9% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Drug Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 50% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Food Distributors industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 15% 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
MRU MetroCA$72.720.2%
+CA$36.0m
-0.7%PE16.2x
CRRX CareRxCA$2.0512.6%
+CA$13.8m
-6.8%PS0.3x
EMP.A EmpireCA$33.080.2%
+CA$12.2m
-7.9%PE10.6x
NBLY Neighbourly PharmacyCA$18.540.05%
+CA$6.2m
-13.4%PS1x
SUG SucroCA$7.507.9%
+CA$3.7m
n/aPE0.8x
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ATD

CA$77.31

Alimentation Couche-Tard

7D

-1.0%

1Y

14.4%

SUG

CA$7.50

Sucro

7D

7.9%

1Y

n/a

NWC

CA$39.25

North West

7D

-0.7%

1Y

3.3%

NBLY

CA$18.54

Neighbourly Pharmacy

7D

0.05%

1Y

-13.4%

RUM

CA$0.15

Rocky Mountain Liquor

7D

6.9%

1Y

10.7%

L

CA$150.10

Loblaw Companies

7D

-0.2%

1Y

22.3%

AST

CA$0.015

Astron Connect

7D

-25.0%

1Y

-72.7%

GCL

CA$1.24

Colabor Group

7D

-0.8%

1Y

63.2%

VEGA

CA$0.035

PlantX Life

7D

-12.5%

1Y

-89.9%

FOOD

CA$0.26

Goodfood Market

7D

-1.9%

1Y

-53.6%