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Canadian (TSX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 07, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies14
  • 7D1.4%
  • 3M10.9%
  • 1Y24.6%
  • YTD7.5%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has risen 1.3%, driven by gains from Loblaw Companies of 3.9%. This means that the industry has gained 24% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 4.6% 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, 07 May 2025CA$208.3bCA$284.3bCA$8.8b21.4x23.8x0.7x
Fri, 04 Apr 2025CA$199.9bCA$285.2bCA$8.9b23.3x22.4x0.7x
Sun, 02 Mar 2025CA$189.9bCA$286.1bCA$9.0b22x21.2x0.7x
Tue, 28 Jan 2025CA$190.8bCA$284.5bCA$8.3b19.4x23x0.7x
Thu, 26 Dec 2024CA$197.5bCA$284.4bCA$8.3b20.7x23.8x0.7x
Sat, 23 Nov 2024CA$189.9bCA$280.1bCA$8.4b19.8x22.7x0.7x
Mon, 21 Oct 2024CA$184.5bCA$278.4bCA$8.8b18.8x21.1x0.7x
Wed, 18 Sep 2024CA$188.4bCA$276.9bCA$8.7b19.5x21.7x0.7x
Fri, 16 Aug 2024CA$189.2bCA$274.1bCA$8.9b19x21.3x0.7x
Sun, 14 Jul 2024CA$185.2bCA$272.8bCA$9.0b16.7x20.5x0.7x
Tue, 11 Jun 2024CA$176.4bCA$271.9bCA$9.4b16.3x18.7x0.6x
Thu, 09 May 2024CA$170.6bCA$271.1bCA$9.3b15.5x18.3x0.6x
Sat, 06 Apr 2024CA$165.8bCA$269.4bCA$9.6b15.9x17.3x0.6x
Mon, 04 Mar 2024CA$177.8bCA$270.6bCA$9.7b16.2x18.4x0.7x
Wed, 31 Jan 2024CA$169.9bCA$268.1bCA$9.5b16x17.8x0.6x
Fri, 29 Dec 2023CA$163.5bCA$266.9bCA$9.5b15.7x17.3x0.6x
Sun, 26 Nov 2023CA$164.9bCA$270.1bCA$9.6b16.2x17.2x0.6x
Tue, 24 Oct 2023CA$154.0bCA$267.6bCA$9.7b16.8x15.9x0.6x
Thu, 21 Sep 2023CA$154.3bCA$266.1bCA$9.6b17x16x0.6x
Sat, 19 Aug 2023CA$153.7bCA$270.6bCA$9.6b15.9x16x0.6x
Mon, 17 Jul 2023CA$154.4bCA$265.8bCA$9.4b16.5x16.4x0.6x
Wed, 14 Jun 2023CA$150.2bCA$267.1bCA$9.2b15.3x16.4x0.6x
Fri, 12 May 2023CA$159.5bCA$268.3bCA$9.3b15.8x17.2x0.6x
Sun, 09 Apr 2023CA$162.0bCA$266.7bCA$9.2b16x17.6x0.6x
Tue, 07 Mar 2023CA$155.0bCA$265.3bCA$9.3b15x16.6x0.6x
Thu, 02 Feb 2023CA$150.1bCA$260.3bCA$10.0b14.2x15x0.6x
Sat, 31 Dec 2022CA$153.7bCA$261.6bCA$10.0b13.8x15.3x0.6x
Mon, 28 Nov 2022CA$154.3bCA$260.1bCA$10.0b13.5x15.5x0.6x
Wed, 26 Oct 2022CA$207.9bCA$344.3bCA$12.8b14.5x16.2x0.6x
Fri, 23 Sep 2022CA$203.6bCA$343.5bCA$12.8b13.8x15.9x0.6x
Sun, 21 Aug 2022CA$154.9bCA$243.8bCA$8.9b14x17.4x0.6x
Tue, 19 Jul 2022CA$145.4bCA$243.0bCA$8.3b13.9x17.5x0.6x
Thu, 16 Jun 2022CA$144.0bCA$236.1bCA$8.4b14.1x17.2x0.6x
Sat, 14 May 2022CA$151.7bCA$236.8bCA$8.4b14.5x18.1x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

18.1x


Total Market Cap: CA$151.7bTotal Earnings: CA$8.4bTotal Revenue: CA$236.8bTotal 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 23.3x 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 0.62x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 2.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.3% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

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

CA Market0.83%
Consumer Staples1.10%
Food and Staples Retail1.40%
Food Retail1.41%
Big Box Super Stores0%0
Food Distributors-0.38%
Drug Retail-5.91%
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 4.6%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 4.8% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Drug Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 76% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Food Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 4.6% 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$226.873.9%
+CA$2.5b		46.8%PE30.8x
WN George WestonCA$269.552.8%
+CA$938.4m		43.9%PE30x
MRU MetroCA$105.822.6%
+CA$585.9m		45.9%PE23.4x
EMP.A EmpireCA$51.503.2%
+CA$336.1m		57.5%PE17.7x
NWC North WestCA$55.972.6%
+CA$67.8m		45.9%PE19.5x
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L

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