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Canadian (TSX) Food Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedNov 24, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies4
  • 7D1.8%
  • 3M3.8%
  • 1Y-1.9%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Food Distributors industry has dropped 2.5%, driven by Ceres Global Ag declining 9.6%. Overall the industry is down 5.0% in 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 48% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Canadian Food Distributors Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 24 Nov 2024CA$433.9mCA$2.8bCA$34.2m13.8x12.7x0.2x
Tue, 22 Oct 2024CA$277.9mCA$2.7bCA$33.2m7.9x8.4x0.1x
Thu, 19 Sep 2024CA$275.0mCA$2.7bCA$32.7m7.1x8.4x0.1x
Sat, 17 Aug 2024CA$291.4mCA$2.7bCA$50.5m8.4x5.8x0.1x
Mon, 15 Jul 2024CA$279.4mCA$2.7bCA$51.0m8.6x5.5x0.1x
Wed, 12 Jun 2024CA$273.2mCA$2.7bCA$51.4m9.5x5.3x0.1x
Fri, 10 May 2024CA$258.4mCA$2.7bCA$34.9m12.7x7.4x0.1x
Sun, 07 Apr 2024CA$255.0mCA$2.7bCA$79.0m10.8x3.2x0.1x
Tue, 05 Mar 2024CA$254.3mCA$2.7bCA$78.9m10.5x3.2x0.1x
Thu, 01 Feb 2024CA$256.2mCA$2.6bCA$74.7m17x3.4x0.1x
Sat, 30 Dec 2023CA$256.2mCA$2.6bCA$72.9m16.9x3.5x0.1x
Mon, 27 Nov 2023CA$260.2mCA$2.6bCA$83.9m17.6x3.1x0.1x
Wed, 25 Oct 2023CA$203.9mCA$2.1b-CA$4,981,076.0017.9x-40.9x0.1x
Fri, 22 Sep 2023CA$183.9mCA$2.0b-CA$4,815,082.0017.6x-38.2x0.09x
Sun, 20 Aug 2023CA$176.1mCA$2.1b-CA$32,088,540.0015.6x-5.5x0.08x
Tue, 18 Jul 2023CA$161.6mCA$2.1b-CA$31,714,904.0015.5x-5.1x0.08x
Thu, 15 Jun 2023CA$149.8mCA$2.1b-CA$32,118,429.0012.7x-4.7x0.07x
Sat, 13 May 2023CA$160.8mCA$2.1b-CA$32,694,377.0012.8x-4.9x0.08x
Mon, 10 Apr 2023CA$154.1mCA$2.0b-CA$32,106,946.0016.6x-4.8x0.08x
Wed, 08 Mar 2023CA$162.9mCA$2.1b-CA$32,730,550.0017.9x-5x0.08x
Fri, 03 Feb 2023CA$165.6mCA$2.0b-CA$20,930,698.0010.3x-7.9x0.08x
Sun, 01 Jan 2023CA$144.7mCA$2.0b-CA$21,443,586.009.2x-6.7x0.07x
Tue, 29 Nov 2022CA$160.5mCA$2.0b-CA$21,251,062.009.4x-7.6x0.08x
Thu, 27 Oct 2022CA$167.9mCA$2.0b-CA$4,717,504.0010.6x-35.6x0.09x
Sat, 24 Sep 2022CA$174.9mCA$2.0b-CA$5,279,679.009.6x-33.1x0.09x
Mon, 22 Aug 2022CA$193.5mCA$1.8bCA$39.8m6.8x4.9x0.1x
Wed, 20 Jul 2022CA$173.7mCA$1.8bCA$39.8m6.4x4.4x0.1x
Fri, 17 Jun 2022CA$212.3mCA$1.8bCA$39.6m7x5.4x0.1x
Sun, 15 May 2022CA$228.1mCA$1.8bCA$39.5m7.3x5.8x0.1x
Tue, 12 Apr 2022CA$242.4mCA$1.6bCA$38.1m7.6x6.4x0.1x
Thu, 10 Mar 2022CA$250.8mCA$1.7bCA$38.7m8.9x6.5x0.2x
Sat, 05 Feb 2022CA$237.6mCA$1.5bCA$30.3m19.6x7.8x0.2x
Mon, 03 Jan 2022CA$249.9mCA$1.5bCA$29.9m19.6x8.3x0.2x
Wed, 01 Dec 2021CA$252.9mCA$1.5bCA$30.3m19.6x8.4x0.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.4x


Total Market Cap: CA$252.9mTotal Earnings: CA$30.3mTotal Revenue: CA$1.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -1.4x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Canadian Food Distributors 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 14.9x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of -1.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.10x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Distributors industry have declined 3.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 23% 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 Comparison

How does Canadian Food Distributors compare with similar industries?

CA Market2.15%
Consumer Staples-0.98%
Food and Staples Retail-1.04%
Food Distributors1.75%
Big Box Super Stores0%
Food Retail-1.04%
Drug Retail-3.55%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
SUGR SucroCA$9.907.0%
+CA$15.3m		-8.3%PE9.8x
GCL Colabor GroupCA$1.023.0%
+CA$3.1m		-11.3%PE27.4x
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