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Canadian (TSX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 14, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies14
  • 7D3.3%
  • 3M9.7%
  • 1Y16.4%
  • YTD9.7%

The Food and Staples Retail industry is up 3.3% in the last week, with Loblaw Companies up 5.3%. Meanwhile, Custom Health Holdings actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 23% in the last week. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 16%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 4.2% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 15 Jul 2026CA$229.9bCA$296.2bCA$9.5b19.5x24.3x0.8x
Fri, 12 Jun 2026CA$227.0bCA$290.0bCA$8.8b20.2x25.9x0.8x
Sun, 10 May 2026CA$210.6bCA$287.3bCA$8.7b20.4x24.2x0.7x
Tue, 07 Apr 2026CA$220.1bCA$288.4bCA$8.6b25.3x25.5x0.8x
Thu, 05 Mar 2026CA$223.2bCA$284.3bCA$9.4b24.6x23.7x0.8x
Sat, 31 Jan 2026CA$208.3bCA$284.0bCA$9.3b22x22.5x0.7x
Mon, 29 Dec 2025CA$211.7bCA$284.2bCA$9.3b22.4x22.7x0.7x
Wed, 26 Nov 2025CA$217.0bCA$287.2bCA$9.4b21.2x23x0.8x
Fri, 24 Oct 2025CA$208.2bCA$283.8bCA$8.9b19.5x23.3x0.7x
Sun, 21 Sep 2025CA$202.6bCA$281.6bCA$9.0b19.7x22.4x0.7x
Tue, 19 Aug 2025CA$207.0bCA$282.1bCA$8.8b18.4x23.5x0.7x
Thu, 17 Jul 2025CA$202.5bCA$281.0bCA$8.7b20.8x23.2x0.7x
Sat, 14 Jun 2025CA$209.5bCA$282.9bCA$8.7b23x24.1x0.7x
Mon, 12 May 2025CA$203.5bCA$285.5bCA$8.8b21.1x23.1x0.7x
Wed, 09 Apr 2025CA$190.9bCA$286.5bCA$9.0b22.2x21.3x0.7x
Fri, 07 Mar 2025CA$188.9bCA$283.5bCA$9.1b22.1x20.8x0.7x
Sun, 02 Feb 2025CA$189.8bCA$285.9bCA$8.4b19.4x22.7x0.7x
Tue, 31 Dec 2024CA$197.0bCA$284.4bCA$8.3b20.3x23.7x0.7x
Thu, 28 Nov 2024CA$191.2bCA$281.8bCA$8.2b21.6x23.2x0.7x
Sat, 26 Oct 2024CA$180.8bCA$279.0bCA$8.8b18.4x20.6x0.6x
Mon, 23 Sep 2024CA$184.9bCA$276.6bCA$8.7b19.8x21.3x0.7x
Wed, 21 Aug 2024CA$189.0bCA$273.3bCA$8.8b18.6x21.4x0.7x
Fri, 19 Jul 2024CA$184.9bCA$273.3bCA$9.1b17x20.4x0.7x
Sun, 16 Jun 2024CA$172.4bCA$271.7bCA$9.4b16.1x18.3x0.6x
Tue, 14 May 2024CA$172.0bCA$270.6bCA$9.3b15.6x18.4x0.6x
Thu, 11 Apr 2024CA$168.9bCA$270.0bCA$9.6b15.9x17.6x0.6x
Sat, 09 Mar 2024CA$177.9bCA$270.1bCA$9.6b16.4x18.4x0.7x
Mon, 05 Feb 2024CA$170.0bCA$268.8bCA$9.5b16.1x17.8x0.6x
Wed, 03 Jan 2024CA$165.1bCA$267.6bCA$9.5b15.8x17.4x0.6x
Fri, 01 Dec 2023CA$161.1bCA$269.0bCA$9.6b16x16.8x0.6x
Sun, 29 Oct 2023CA$152.6bCA$268.9bCA$9.7b15.8x15.7x0.6x
Tue, 26 Sep 2023CA$152.1bCA$266.0bCA$9.6b16.8x15.8x0.6x
Thu, 24 Aug 2023CA$152.1bCA$270.5bCA$9.6b16.2x15.9x0.6x
Sat, 22 Jul 2023CA$155.3bCA$265.8bCA$9.4b16.7x16.5x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

16.5x


Total Market Cap: CA$155.3bTotal Earnings: CA$9.4bTotal Revenue: CA$265.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 21.1x202420252026
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 24.3x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 21.1x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.68x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 3.7% 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 and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Canadian Consumer Staples industry?

CA Market-0.069%
Consumer Staples2.93%
Food and Staples Retail3.30%
Food Distributors15.08%
Food Retail3.32%
Big Box Super Stores-6.15%
Drug Retail-8.94%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Drug Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 5.4x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings decline of 54.6%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 192.9% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food Distributors industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 5.6x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 4.2% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 5.9% per year.
  • In contrast, the Drug Retail industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 55% 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
L Loblaw CompaniesCA$64.181.8%
+CA$1.3b		16.5%PE28.2x
MRU MetroCA$93.563.9%
+CA$716.1m		-10.1%PE19.9x
WN George WestonCA$100.951.6%
+CA$593.5m		14.9%PE37.9x
NWC North WestCA$50.792.9%
+CA$68.6m		5.9%PE17.2x
TELY TelyRx HoldingsCA$3.0025.0%
+CA$29.3m		n/aPS1.9x

Latest News

PCRX
CA$0.50
PharmaCorp Rx
7D
1.0%
1Y
-2.0%
CHLT
CA$6.44
Custom Health Holdings
7D
9.2%
1Y
n/a
EMP.A
CA$48.85
Empire
7D
-0.2%
1Y
-12.1%
WN
CA$100.95
George Weston
7D
1.6%
1Y
14.9%
L
CA$64.18
Loblaw Companies
7D
1.8%
1Y
16.5%
CRRX
CA$3.38
CareRx
7D
-3.4%
1Y
17.0%
ATD
CA$90.53
Alimentation Couche-Tard
7D
-1.4%
1Y
32.9%
Narrative Update • Jun 30

ATD: Record Q4 Execution And U.S. Momentum May Support Further Upside

The analyst price target for Alimentation Couche-Tard has been raised from about CA$93 to roughly CA$102. Analysts attribute the change to updated models around the recent fiscal Q4 report and continued supportive views from firms maintaining Outperform or equivalent ratings.
NWC
CA$50.79
North West
7D
2.9%
1Y
5.9%
MRU
CA$93.56
Metro
7D
3.9%
1Y
-10.1%
SUGR
CA$11.17
Sucro
7D
9.1%
1Y
-14.1%
STIF
CA$0.30
Plaid Technologies
7D
-3.2%
1Y
n/a
YAY
CA$0.15
THS Maple Holdings
7D
-6.3%
1Y
0%
WOLF
CA$1.60
Grey Wolf Health
7D
-10.1%
1Y
52.4%
TELY
CA$3.00
TelyRx Holdings
7D
25.0%
1Y
n/a
RUM
CA$0.07
Rocky Mountain Liquor
7D
-6.7%
1Y
-17.6%