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Canadian (TSX) Food Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D-2.4%
  • 3M-3.9%
  • 1Y4.1%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Food Retail industry has remained flat. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 7.3% in that time. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 3.7% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025CA$184.1bCA$280.4bCA$8.2b19.9x22.5x0.7x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025CA$188.2bCA$282.0bCA$8.3b20.5x22.7x0.7x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024CA$199.0bCA$280.4bCA$8.2b21.5x24.1x0.7x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024CA$192.7bCA$276.7bCA$8.8b20.3x21.9x0.7x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024CA$184.6bCA$275.0bCA$8.7b19.7x21.2x0.7x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024CA$185.7bCA$273.5bCA$8.7b20.2x21.3x0.7x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024CA$186.0bCA$271.1bCA$8.9b18.3x20.9x0.7x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024CA$178.8bCA$269.6bCA$9.0b17.8x19.9x0.7x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024CA$176.1bCA$267.3bCA$9.3b16.7x19x0.7x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024CA$171.6bCA$266.9bCA$9.5b16.3x18.1x0.6x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024CA$172.2bCA$266.2bCA$9.5b16.6x18.2x0.6x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024CA$179.2bCA$265.7bCA$9.5b17.1x18.8x0.7x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024CA$169.5bCA$264.4bCA$9.5b16.2x17.8x0.6x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023CA$158.5bCA$263.8bCA$9.5b15.2x16.7x0.6x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023CA$163.5bCA$265.5bCA$9.8b15.8x16.7x0.6x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023CA$155.5bCA$264.1bCA$9.7b17.1x16x0.6x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023CA$155.3bCA$263.4bCA$9.6b16.9x16.1x0.6x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023CA$151.1bCA$265.8bCA$9.5b15.9x15.8x0.6x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023CA$151.0bCA$263.0bCA$9.5b16.5x15.9x0.6x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023CA$154.0bCA$264.7bCA$9.3b17.1x16.5x0.6x
Wed, 03 May 2023CA$162.0bCA$264.6bCA$9.3b16.7x17.4x0.6x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023CA$158.6bCA$263.6bCA$9.3b14.7x17.1x0.6x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023CA$154.7bCA$260.8bCA$9.9b14x15.6x0.6x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023CA$152.9bCA$257.6bCA$10.0b14x15.2x0.6x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022CA$155.2bCA$259.2bCA$10.1b14.1x15.3x0.6x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022CA$149.8bCA$252.3bCA$9.2b13.5x16.2x0.6x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022CA$203.0bCA$343.2bCA$12.9b14x15.7x0.6x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022CA$212.1bCA$336.9bCA$12.7b15x16.7x0.6x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022CA$149.4bCA$239.6bCA$8.8b13.8x16.9x0.6x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022CA$144.9bCA$240.0bCA$8.3b15.6x17.4x0.6x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022CA$149.6bCA$231.5bCA$8.3b17x17.9x0.6x
Thu, 05 May 2022CA$150.0bCA$232.9bCA$7.8b16.7x19.1x0.6x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022CA$148.2bCA$230.9bCA$7.7b16.8x19.1x0.6x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022CA$136.6bCA$227.0bCA$7.5b16.1x18.2x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

18.2x


Total Market Cap: CA$136.6bTotal Earnings: CA$7.5bTotal Revenue: CA$227.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 18x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Canadian Food Retail industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 22.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 18.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.62x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Retail industry have grown 3.3% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.3% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does Canadian Food Retail compare with similar industries?

CA Market-0.52%
Consumer Staples-1.83%
Food and Staples Retail-2.40%
Food Retail-2.42%
Drug Retail6.95%
Food Distributors1.28%
Big Box Super Stores-14.55%
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
NWC North WestCA$47.143.2%
+CA$70.2m		18.7%PE17.2x
MRU MetroCA$92.710.3%
+CA$68.5m		27.1%PE21.3x
EMP.A EmpireCA$42.800.5%
+CA$46.9m		22.4%PE15.1x
JIVA JIVA TechnologiesCA$0.1717.9%
+CA$57.2k		-83.8%PS0.09x
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