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Canadian (TSX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedOct 22, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies15
  • 7D1.4%
  • 3M-0.3%
  • 1Y14.8%
  • YTD7.8%

The Food and Staples Retail industry is up 1.4% in the last week, with Loblaw Companies up 2.1%. During this same period, the Colabor Group underperformed, falling 53%. This means that the industry has gained 15% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 4.9% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 23 Oct 2025CA$206.9bCA$283.8bCA$8.9b19.8x23.1x0.7x
Sat, 20 Sep 2025CA$199.6bCA$281.6bCA$9.0b19.7x22.1x0.7x
Mon, 18 Aug 2025CA$205.4bCA$282.1bCA$8.8b20x23.3x0.7x
Wed, 16 Jul 2025CA$205.6bCA$281.2bCA$8.7b20.6x23.5x0.7x
Fri, 13 Jun 2025CA$207.0bCA$283.1bCA$8.7b23.1x23.8x0.7x
Sun, 11 May 2025CA$203.5bCA$285.5bCA$8.8b21.1x23.1x0.7x
Tue, 08 Apr 2025CA$196.2bCA$286.4bCA$9.0b22.2x21.9x0.7x
Thu, 06 Mar 2025CA$186.9bCA$283.7bCA$9.1b21.9x20.5x0.7x
Sat, 01 Feb 2025CA$190.8bCA$285.9bCA$8.4b19.4x22.8x0.7x
Mon, 30 Dec 2024CA$197.0bCA$284.8bCA$8.3b20.5x23.7x0.7x
Wed, 27 Nov 2024CA$189.2bCA$282.2bCA$8.2b20.7x23x0.7x
Fri, 25 Oct 2024CA$182.6bCA$278.8bCA$8.8b18.4x20.8x0.7x
Sun, 22 Sep 2024CA$184.9bCA$276.6bCA$8.7b19.8x21.3x0.7x
Tue, 20 Aug 2024CA$191.5bCA$273.4bCA$8.8b18.9x21.7x0.7x
Thu, 18 Jul 2024CA$185.7bCA$273.2bCA$9.1b16.9x20.5x0.7x
Sat, 15 Jun 2024CA$176.2bCA$271.7bCA$9.4b16.2x18.7x0.6x
Mon, 13 May 2024CA$172.3bCA$270.7bCA$9.3b15.6x18.5x0.6x
Wed, 10 Apr 2024CA$169.1bCA$269.2bCA$9.6b16x17.7x0.6x
Fri, 08 Mar 2024CA$180.7bCA$269.9bCA$9.6b16.4x18.8x0.7x
Sun, 04 Feb 2024CA$170.0bCA$268.8bCA$9.5b16.1x17.8x0.6x
Tue, 02 Jan 2024CA$165.0bCA$267.0bCA$9.5b15.8x17.4x0.6x
Thu, 30 Nov 2023CA$163.4bCA$269.2bCA$9.6b16.1x17x0.6x
Sat, 28 Oct 2023CA$152.6bCA$268.9bCA$9.7b15.8x15.7x0.6x
Mon, 25 Sep 2023CA$153.0bCA$266.1bCA$9.6b16.8x15.9x0.6x
Wed, 23 Aug 2023CA$150.8bCA$270.7bCA$9.6b16.1x15.7x0.6x
Fri, 21 Jul 2023CA$154.3bCA$265.4bCA$9.4b16.5x16.4x0.6x
Sun, 18 Jun 2023CA$149.7bCA$266.3bCA$9.2b16.9x16.4x0.6x
Tue, 16 May 2023CA$158.3bCA$268.1bCA$9.3b15.8x17.1x0.6x
Thu, 13 Apr 2023CA$162.2bCA$266.1bCA$9.2b16x17.7x0.6x
Sat, 11 Mar 2023CA$150.6bCA$266.8bCA$9.4b14.5x16.1x0.6x
Mon, 06 Feb 2023CA$149.8bCA$261.1bCA$10.0b14x14.9x0.6x
Wed, 04 Jan 2023CA$153.7bCA$262.6bCA$10.1b13.8x15.3x0.6x
Fri, 02 Dec 2022CA$157.0bCA$260.5bCA$10.0b13.7x15.7x0.6x
Sun, 30 Oct 2022CA$150.8bCA$255.1bCA$9.2b13.1x16.5x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

16.5x


Total Market Cap: CA$150.8bTotal Earnings: CA$9.2bTotal Revenue: CA$255.1bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 19.3x202320242025
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 23.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 19.3x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.64x.
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 3.6% 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-2.27%
Consumer Staples1.46%
Food and Staples Retail1.44%
Food Retail1.46%
Drug Retail-3.15%
Big Box Super Stores-5.26%
Food Distributors-8.32%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 19.2x.
    • Analysts expect its future annual earnings growth (4.8%) to be largely in line with prior year's earnings growth.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Drug Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 45% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 11% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 4.8% 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$58.812.4%
+CA$1.6b		35.1%PE28.4x
WN George WestonCA$89.693.4%
+CA$1.1b		21.6%PE33.7x
ATD Alimentation Couche-TardCA$73.900.7%
+CA$470.3m		0.6%PE19.3x
MRU MetroCA$95.821.4%
+CA$288.2m		14.6%PE20.2x
EMP.A EmpireCA$48.581.8%
+CA$197.9m		20.5%PE15.9x

Latest News

ATD
CA$73.90
Alimentation Couche-Tard
7D
0.7%
1Y
0.6%

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Oct 22
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GCL
CA$0.31
Colabor Group
7D
-49.2%
1Y
-71.3%
SUGR
CA$11.05
Sucro
7D
-6.0%
1Y
25.6%
STIF
CA$1.75
Plaid Technologies
7D
-3.3%
1Y
n/a
WN
CA$89.69
George Weston
7D
3.4%
1Y
21.6%
MRU
CA$95.82
Metro
7D
1.4%
1Y
14.6%
L
CA$58.81
Loblaw Companies
7D
2.4%
1Y
35.1%
YAY
CA$0.11
THS Maple Holdings
7D
4.8%
1Y
-42.1%
EMP.A
CA$48.58
Empire
7D
1.8%
1Y
20.5%

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RUM
CA$0.09
Rocky Mountain Liquor
7D
-5.3%
1Y
-30.8%

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Oct 09
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FOOD
CA$0.30
Goodfood Market
7D
1.7%
1Y
13.2%

There's Reason For Concern Over Goodfood Market Corp.'s (TSE:FOOD) Massive 27% Price Jump

Oct 01
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NWC
CA$46.94
North West
7D
2.0%
1Y
-7.4%
CRRX
CA$3.53
CareRx
7D
-0.8%
1Y
72.2%
JIVA
CA$0.04
JIVA Technologies
7D
-27.3%
1Y
-92.2%
WOLF
CA$1.34
Grey Wolf Animal Health
7D
-4.3%
1Y
57.6%

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Aug 30
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