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Canadian (TSX) Food Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 17, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D0.6%
  • 3M14.6%
  • 1Y24.3%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Food Retail industry has remained flat, although notably Empire declined by 5.4%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 24% in that time. Looking forward, earnings are expected to remain mostly flat in the next few years.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 17 Mar 2024CA$177.7bCA$266.7bCA$9.6b16.4x18.5x0.7x
Tue, 13 Feb 2024CA$168.0bCA$264.9bCA$9.5b16.2x17.7x0.6x
Thu, 11 Jan 2024CA$164.6bCA$264.1bCA$9.5b15.8x17.4x0.6x
Sat, 09 Dec 2023CA$162.0bCA$265.4bCA$9.6b15.4x16.9x0.6x
Mon, 06 Nov 2023CA$161.9bCA$264.2bCA$9.7b15.3x16.7x0.6x
Wed, 04 Oct 2023CA$152.1bCA$264.2bCA$9.7b16.4x15.6x0.6x
Fri, 01 Sep 2023CA$153.0bCA$267.0bCA$9.6b16.5x15.9x0.6x
Sun, 30 Jul 2023CA$150.8bCA$263.6bCA$9.6b15.9x15.6x0.6x
Tue, 27 Jun 2023CA$150.9bCA$262.3bCA$9.2b16.7x16.3x0.6x
Thu, 25 May 2023CA$154.5bCA$265.9bCA$9.4b16.4x16.5x0.6x
Sat, 22 Apr 2023CA$160.6bCA$264.0bCA$9.3b15.5x17.3x0.6x
Mon, 20 Mar 2023CA$147.7bCA$265.1bCA$9.3b13.9x15.8x0.6x
Wed, 15 Feb 2023CA$153.5bCA$257.7bCA$10.1b14.1x15.3x0.6x
Fri, 13 Jan 2023CA$152.2bCA$257.5bCA$10.0b13.9x15.2x0.6x
Sun, 11 Dec 2022CA$158.5bCA$259.0bCA$10.1b14.6x15.7x0.6x
Tue, 08 Nov 2022CA$149.0bCA$251.4bCA$9.2b13.3x16.2x0.6x
Thu, 06 Oct 2022CA$204.2bCA$341.9bCA$12.9b14x15.8x0.6x
Sat, 03 Sep 2022CA$149.6bCA$248.5bCA$9.1b13.3x16.5x0.6x
Mon, 01 Aug 2022CA$147.5bCA$239.5bCA$8.3b17x17.8x0.6x
Wed, 29 Jun 2022CA$144.3bCA$234.2bCA$8.4b15.3x17.1x0.6x
Fri, 27 May 2022CA$145.8bCA$233.0bCA$8.4b16.2x17.3x0.6x
Sun, 24 Apr 2022CA$150.0bCA$232.2bCA$7.8b16.7x19.2x0.6x
Tue, 22 Mar 2022CA$144.6bCA$231.3bCA$7.8b15.8x18.6x0.6x
Thu, 17 Feb 2022CA$136.1bCA$227.2bCA$7.1b16.2x19.3x0.6x
Sat, 15 Jan 2022CA$136.1bCA$226.4bCA$7.0b16.5x19.4x0.6x
Mon, 13 Dec 2021CA$134.2bCA$227.4bCA$7.0b15.9x19.1x0.6x
Wed, 10 Nov 2021CA$133.5bCA$220.5bCA$7.0b15.8x19.1x0.6x
Fri, 08 Oct 2021CA$129.7bCA$220.8bCA$7.1b15.3x18.4x0.6x
Sun, 05 Sep 2021CA$133.4bCA$221.0bCA$7.1b16x18.9x0.6x
Tue, 03 Aug 2021CA$133.5bCA$221.0bCA$7.1b16.3x18.9x0.6x
Fri, 07 May 2021CA$111.3bCA$214.6bCA$6.5b15.6x17x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17x


Total Market Cap: CA$112.1bTotal Earnings: CA$6.6bTotal Revenue: CA$212.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 17.2x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Canadian Food Retail 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 17.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.60x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Retail industry have grown 13% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.8% 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 Market0.45%
Consumer Staples0.33%
Food and Staples Retail0.57%
Food Retail0.57%
Drug Retail1.54%
Big Box Super Stores0%
Food Distributors-0.60%
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
ATD Alimentation Couche-TardCA$83.721.4%
+CA$1.1b
35.9%PE19.4x
L Loblaw CompaniesCA$150.641.3%
+CA$598.2m
29.8%PE22.3x
RUM Rocky Mountain LiquorCA$0.129.1%
+CA$478.3k
-14.3%PE21.1x
FOOD Goodfood MarketCA$0.262.0%
+CA$396.8k
-55.9%PS0.1x
VEGA PlantX LifeCA$0.04512.5%
+CA$152.1k
-90.0%PS0.1x
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