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Canadian (TSX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 16, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies14
  • 7D-0.9%
  • 3M10.2%
  • 1Y19.1%
  • YTD4.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has dropped 5.3%, driven by a pullback from Loblaw Companies of 7.0%. Meanwhile, CareRx actually outperformed within the industry, gaining 7.4% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 17%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 4.9% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 16 May 2025CA$198.4bCA$285.8bCA$8.8b20.6x22.5x0.7x
Sun, 13 Apr 2025CA$196.3bCA$283.9bCA$8.9b22.7x22.1x0.7x
Tue, 11 Mar 2025CA$192.4bCA$284.5bCA$9.1b22x21.1x0.7x
Thu, 06 Feb 2025CA$188.9bCA$284.2bCA$8.3b19.4x22.7x0.7x
Sat, 04 Jan 2025CA$195.1bCA$285.0bCA$8.3b20x23.4x0.7x
Mon, 02 Dec 2024CA$195.4bCA$281.7bCA$8.2b21.5x23.8x0.7x
Wed, 30 Oct 2024CA$183.5bCA$279.2bCA$8.8b18.8x20.9x0.7x
Fri, 27 Sep 2024CA$186.3bCA$276.0bCA$8.7b19.7x21.5x0.7x
Sun, 25 Aug 2024CA$187.0bCA$272.5bCA$8.8b18.4x21.2x0.7x
Tue, 23 Jul 2024CA$187.6bCA$273.6bCA$9.1b17.3x20.7x0.7x
Thu, 20 Jun 2024CA$172.2bCA$271.5bCA$9.4b15.8x18.3x0.6x
Sat, 18 May 2024CA$172.8bCA$270.1bCA$9.3b15.7x18.6x0.6x
Mon, 15 Apr 2024CA$167.0bCA$270.7bCA$9.6b15.7x17.4x0.6x
Wed, 13 Mar 2024CA$178.1bCA$270.1bCA$9.6b16.5x18.5x0.7x
Fri, 09 Feb 2024CA$168.5bCA$268.8bCA$9.5b16.3x17.7x0.6x
Sun, 07 Jan 2024CA$165.0bCA$267.8bCA$9.5b15.7x17.4x0.6x
Tue, 05 Dec 2023CA$160.6bCA$268.9bCA$9.6b16.1x16.8x0.6x
Thu, 02 Nov 2023CA$157.3bCA$269.4bCA$9.8b15.3x16x0.6x
Sat, 30 Sep 2023CA$154.0bCA$266.8bCA$9.7b16.4x16x0.6x
Mon, 28 Aug 2023CA$154.4bCA$271.0bCA$9.6b16.6x16.1x0.6x
Wed, 26 Jul 2023CA$154.3bCA$265.4bCA$9.4b16.9x16.4x0.6x
Fri, 23 Jun 2023CA$148.8bCA$265.5bCA$9.1b16.8x16.3x0.6x
Sun, 21 May 2023CA$157.2bCA$268.4bCA$9.3b15.7x17x0.6x
Tue, 18 Apr 2023CA$160.1bCA$265.8bCA$9.2b16.1x17.5x0.6x
Thu, 16 Mar 2023CA$149.5bCA$266.3bCA$9.4b15x16x0.6x
Sat, 11 Feb 2023CA$153.0bCA$260.7bCA$10.0b13.8x15.3x0.6x
Mon, 09 Jan 2023CA$155.8bCA$261.0bCA$10.0b13.9x15.6x0.6x
Wed, 07 Dec 2022CA$155.2bCA$262.0bCA$10.1b13.1x15.4x0.6x
Fri, 04 Nov 2022CA$149.6bCA$255.3bCA$9.2b13x16.3x0.6x
Sun, 02 Oct 2022CA$202.4bCA$345.1bCA$12.9b13.7x15.7x0.6x
Tue, 30 Aug 2022CA$147.4bCA$243.9bCA$8.9b13.2x16.6x0.6x
Thu, 28 Jul 2022CA$147.0bCA$242.1bCA$8.2b13.8x17.8x0.6x
Sat, 25 Jun 2022CA$142.6bCA$206.6bCA$8.4b14x17x0.7x
Mon, 23 May 2022CA$145.8bCA$235.5bCA$8.4b14.2x17.4x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.4x


Total Market Cap: CA$145.8bTotal Earnings: CA$8.4bTotal Revenue: CA$235.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 18.3x202320242025
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 22.7x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 18.3x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.63x.
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 6.7% 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 Market2.08%
Consumer Staples-0.79%
Food and Staples Retail-0.86%
Food Distributors0.35%
Big Box Super Stores0%0
Food Retail-0.86%
Drug Retail-1.92%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 18.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 4.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 4.8% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Distributors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 150% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 14% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 4.7% 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
GCL Colabor GroupCA$0.853.7%
+CA$3.1m		-28.0%PS0.1x
CRRX CareRxCA$2.720.7%
+CA$1.3m		28.3%PS0.5x
YAY THS Maple HoldingsCA$0.148.0%
+CA$603.4k		-32.5%PS0.8x
JIVA JIVA TechnologiesCA$0.0856.3%
+CA$11.4k		-90.0%PS0.1x
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