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Canadian (TSX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 29, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies13
  • 7D2.3%
  • 3M12.2%
  • 1Y15.9%
  • YTD11.5%

The Food and Staples Retail industry is up 2.3% in the last week, with Alimentation Couche-Tard up 2.2%. Meanwhile, Sucro actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 5.0% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 16%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 4.2% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 29 Jul 2026CA$230.8bCA$295.8bCA$9.5b19.6x24.4x0.8x
Fri, 26 Jun 2026CA$236.8bCA$296.5bCA$9.5b19.7x25x0.8x
Sun, 24 May 2026CA$212.6bCA$288.9bCA$8.7b20.2x24.3x0.7x
Tue, 21 Apr 2026CA$213.1bCA$286.4bCA$8.6b24.1x24.9x0.7x
Thu, 19 Mar 2026CA$223.5bCA$287.0bCA$8.6b26.8x26.1x0.8x
Sat, 14 Feb 2026CA$231.3bCA$284.0bCA$9.3b25.4x25x0.8x
Mon, 12 Jan 2026CA$213.5bCA$286.0bCA$9.4b22.7x22.8x0.7x
Wed, 10 Dec 2025CA$212.1bCA$285.4bCA$9.4b22.7x22.6x0.7x
Fri, 07 Nov 2025CA$202.9bCA$284.8bCA$8.9b20x22.8x0.7x
Sun, 05 Oct 2025CA$202.5bCA$282.8bCA$9.1b19.7x22.3x0.7x
Tue, 02 Sep 2025CA$203.3bCA$281.7bCA$8.8b19.8x23.2x0.7x
Thu, 31 Jul 2025CA$209.4bCA$282.1bCA$8.8b21.3x23.9x0.7x
Sat, 28 Jun 2025CA$205.8bCA$282.2bCA$8.7b23.4x23.5x0.7x
Mon, 26 May 2025CA$205.7bCA$284.0bCA$8.7b23.3x23.5x0.7x
Wed, 23 Apr 2025CA$203.6bCA$283.6bCA$8.9b23.1x22.9x0.7x
Fri, 21 Mar 2025CA$188.6bCA$287.0bCA$9.0b21.8x21x0.7x
Sun, 16 Feb 2025CA$184.2bCA$283.0bCA$8.3b21x22.3x0.7x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025CA$189.8bCA$284.7bCA$8.3b19.2x22.8x0.7x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024CA$199.9bCA$282.9bCA$8.3b21.2x24.2x0.7x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024CA$191.9bCA$279.2bCA$8.8b20x21.8x0.7x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024CA$182.7bCA$276.7bCA$8.7b19.2x21x0.7x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024CA$186.6bCA$272.8bCA$8.8b19.4x21.2x0.7x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024CA$191.2bCA$274.9bCA$9.0b18.2x21.3x0.7x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024CA$175.9bCA$273.1bCA$9.1b16.1x19.4x0.6x
Tue, 28 May 2024CA$177.7bCA$270.3bCA$9.3b15.9x19.1x0.7x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024CA$170.9bCA$270.3bCA$9.5b16.2x17.9x0.6x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024CA$173.5bCA$269.5bCA$9.6b16.4x18.1x0.6x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024CA$172.6bCA$269.0bCA$9.6b16.1x18.1x0.6x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024CA$166.2bCA$268.8bCA$9.6b16.2x17.4x0.6x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023CA$164.6bCA$268.2bCA$9.5b15.5x17.3x0.6x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023CA$166.3bCA$268.9bCA$9.8b16.5x16.9x0.6x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023CA$155.3bCA$267.4bCA$9.7b16.5x16x0.6x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023CA$156.3bCA$271.3bCA$9.6b16.4x16.2x0.6x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023CA$149.5bCA$268.9bCA$9.5b15.4x15.8x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

15.8x


Total Market Cap: CA$149.5bTotal Earnings: CA$9.5bTotal Revenue: CA$268.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 21.2x202420252026
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 24.4x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 21.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.69x.
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 3.2% 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 Market0.66%
Consumer Staples2.15%
Food and Staples Retail2.34%
Big Box Super Stores4.00%
Food Retail2.35%
Drug Retail2.03%
Food Distributors-5.01%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Drug Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 6.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 1.2%, 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 5.7x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 4.3% 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 growth to stay flat 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$91.932.2%
+CA$1.9b		26.5%PE19x
WN George WestonCA$107.243.5%
+CA$1.4b		19.9%PE40.3x
L Loblaw CompaniesCA$66.131.8%
+CA$1.3b		17.3%PE29x
MRU MetroCA$94.822.3%
+CA$450.7m		-10.6%PE20.2x
EMP.A EmpireCA$51.503.4%
+CA$374.1m		-7.5%PE58.3x

Latest News

CHLT
CA$7.00
Custom Health Holdings
7D
16.7%
1Y
n/a
FOOD
CA$0.04
Goodfood Market
7D
-73.3%
1Y
-77.8%
SUGR
CA$10.80
Sucro
7D
-5.0%
1Y
-20.0%
MRU
CA$94.82
Metro
7D
2.3%
1Y
-10.6%
EMP.A
CA$51.50
Empire
7D
3.4%
1Y
-7.5%
WN
CA$107.24
George Weston
7D
3.5%
1Y
19.9%
L
CA$66.13
Loblaw Companies
7D
1.8%
1Y
17.3%
ATD
CA$91.93
Alimentation Couche-Tard
7D
2.2%
1Y
26.5%
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$51.47
North West
7D
0.7%
1Y
6.4%
YAY
CA$0.13
THS Maple Holdings
7D
-16.7%
1Y
-16.7%
WOLF
CA$1.60
Grey Wolf Health
7D
-4.8%
1Y
44.1%
TELY
CA$2.80
TelyRx Holdings
7D
5.7%
1Y
n/a