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Canadian (TSX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedDec 24, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies13
  • 7D0.5%
  • 3M6.9%
  • 1Y10.4%
  • YTD11.8%

In the last week, Food and Staples Retail has been flat. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 11% in that time. Earnings are forecast to grow by 4.4% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 24 Dec 2025CA$213.1bCA$284.4bCA$9.3b22.5x22.9x0.7x
Fri, 21 Nov 2025CA$209.9bCA$286.6bCA$9.4b21.2x22.4x0.7x
Sun, 19 Oct 2025CA$209.7bCA$284.0bCA$9.0b20x23.4x0.7x
Tue, 16 Sep 2025CA$204.0bCA$281.5bCA$9.0b19.8x22.6x0.7x
Thu, 14 Aug 2025CA$207.8bCA$281.5bCA$8.8b20.2x23.7x0.7x
Sat, 12 Jul 2025CA$207.0bCA$280.8bCA$8.7b20.9x23.7x0.7x
Mon, 09 Jun 2025CA$207.5bCA$283.8bCA$8.7b23.1x23.7x0.7x
Wed, 07 May 2025CA$208.3bCA$284.3bCA$8.8b21.4x23.8x0.7x
Fri, 04 Apr 2025CA$199.9bCA$285.2bCA$8.9b23.3x22.4x0.7x
Sun, 02 Mar 2025CA$189.9bCA$286.1bCA$9.0b22x21.2x0.7x
Tue, 28 Jan 2025CA$190.8bCA$284.5bCA$8.3b19.4x23x0.7x
Thu, 26 Dec 2024CA$197.5bCA$284.4bCA$8.3b20.7x23.8x0.7x
Sat, 23 Nov 2024CA$189.9bCA$280.1bCA$8.4b19.8x22.7x0.7x
Mon, 21 Oct 2024CA$184.5bCA$278.4bCA$8.8b18.8x21.1x0.7x
Wed, 18 Sep 2024CA$188.4bCA$276.9bCA$8.7b19.5x21.7x0.7x
Fri, 16 Aug 2024CA$189.2bCA$274.1bCA$8.9b19x21.3x0.7x
Sun, 14 Jul 2024CA$185.2bCA$272.8bCA$9.0b16.7x20.5x0.7x
Tue, 11 Jun 2024CA$176.4bCA$271.9bCA$9.4b16.3x18.7x0.6x
Thu, 09 May 2024CA$170.6bCA$271.1bCA$9.3b15.5x18.3x0.6x
Sat, 06 Apr 2024CA$165.8bCA$269.4bCA$9.6b15.9x17.3x0.6x
Mon, 04 Mar 2024CA$177.8bCA$270.6bCA$9.7b16.2x18.4x0.7x
Wed, 31 Jan 2024CA$169.9bCA$268.1bCA$9.5b16x17.8x0.6x
Fri, 29 Dec 2023CA$163.5bCA$266.9bCA$9.5b15.7x17.3x0.6x
Sun, 26 Nov 2023CA$164.9bCA$270.1bCA$9.6b16.2x17.2x0.6x
Tue, 24 Oct 2023CA$154.0bCA$267.6bCA$9.7b16.8x15.9x0.6x
Thu, 21 Sep 2023CA$154.3bCA$266.1bCA$9.6b17x16x0.6x
Sat, 19 Aug 2023CA$153.7bCA$270.6bCA$9.6b15.9x16x0.6x
Mon, 17 Jul 2023CA$154.4bCA$265.8bCA$9.4b16.5x16.4x0.6x
Wed, 14 Jun 2023CA$150.2bCA$267.1bCA$9.2b15.3x16.4x0.6x
Fri, 12 May 2023CA$159.5bCA$268.3bCA$9.3b15.8x17.2x0.6x
Sun, 09 Apr 2023CA$162.0bCA$266.7bCA$9.2b16x17.6x0.6x
Tue, 07 Mar 2023CA$155.0bCA$265.3bCA$9.3b15x16.6x0.6x
Thu, 02 Feb 2023CA$150.1bCA$260.3bCA$10.0b14.2x15x0.6x
Sat, 31 Dec 2022CA$153.7bCA$261.6bCA$10.0b13.8x15.3x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

15.3x


Total Market Cap: CA$153.7bTotal Earnings: CA$10.0bTotal Revenue: CA$261.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 19.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Canadian Consumer Retailing industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 22.8x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 19.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.65x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have declined 2.4% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 2.9% 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 Canadian Consumer Staples industry?

CA Market2.23%
Consumer Staples0.50%
Food and Staples Retail0.47%
Big Box Super Stores23.08%
Food Distributors10.96%
Drug Retail0.75%
Food Retail0.46%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Drug Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 46.0%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 10.4% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Distributors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 114% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 11% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 4.3% 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
ATD Alimentation Couche-TardCA$74.392.2%
+CA$1.5b		-7.7%PE19.3x
NWC North WestCA$49.290.5%
+CA$12.4m		-0.4%PE16.4x
SUGR SucroCA$12.252.1%
+CA$6.0m		7.5%PE9.7x
PCRX PharmaCorp RxCA$0.455.9%
+CA$4.2m		-13.5%PE396.1x
STIF Plaid TechnologiesCA$0.3223.1%
+CA$4.0m		n/an/a

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CRRX
CA$3.85
CareRx
7D
-0.5%
1Y
89.7%
L
CA$61.55
Loblaw Companies
7D
-0.1%
1Y
28.9%
FOOD
CA$0.33
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7D
8.2%
1Y
-23.3%
EMP.A
CA$47.27
Empire
7D
-0.1%
1Y
7.5%
GCL
CA$0.03
Colabor Group
7D
-14.3%
1Y
-96.8%

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NWC
CA$49.29
North West
7D
0.5%
1Y
-0.4%

North West (TSE:NWC) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of CA$0.41

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PCRX
CA$0.45
PharmaCorp Rx
7D
5.9%
1Y
-13.5%
ATD
CA$74.39
Alimentation Couche-Tard
7D
2.2%
1Y
-7.7%
YAY
CA$0.10
THS Maple Holdings
7D
-9.1%
1Y
-33.3%
WOLF
CA$1.30
Grey Wolf Animal Health
7D
-0.4%
1Y
12.6%
STIF
CA$0.32
Plaid Technologies
7D
23.1%
1Y
n/a