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Canadian (TSX) Trade Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies16
  • 7D0.4%
  • 3M4.9%
  • 1Y2.5%
  • YTD7.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Trade Distributors industry has remained flat, although notably Rektron Group gained 22%. Furthermore, the industry has been flat for the past year as well. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 9.3% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Canadian Trade Distributors Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025CA$23.9bCA$34.8bCA$1.5b13.8x15.8x0.7x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025CA$22.5bCA$34.6bCA$1.5b13x15.2x0.6x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024CA$22.4bCA$34.5bCA$1.5b14x15.2x0.7x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024CA$23.3bCA$34.2bCA$1.5b13.9x15.2x0.7x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024CA$24.8bCA$34.1bCA$1.6b12.3x15.5x0.7x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024CA$22.3bCA$34.0bCA$1.6b10.2x13.9x0.7x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024CA$22.7bCA$31.5bCA$1.6b10.9x14.1x0.7x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024CA$23.0bCA$31.4bCA$1.7b9.9x13.9x0.7x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024CA$22.7bCA$31.4bCA$1.7b10.8x13.7x0.7x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024CA$24.4bCA$31.5bCA$1.7b9.7x14.3x0.8x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024CA$24.6bCA$31.5bCA$1.7b10.5x14.3x0.8x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024CA$23.3bCA$31.6bCA$1.7b9.7x13.5x0.7x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024CA$22.9bCA$31.7bCA$1.8b9.6x12.7x0.7x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023CA$23.0bCA$31.7bCA$1.8b9.8x12.7x0.7x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023CA$21.8bCA$31.8bCA$1.8b8.4x12x0.7x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023CA$21.8bCA$31.8bCA$1.8b8.1x12x0.7x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023CA$22.6bCA$31.8bCA$1.8b8.2x12.2x0.7x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023CA$23.2bCA$32.2bCA$1.9b7.4x12.1x0.7x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023CA$21.8bCA$31.8bCA$1.9b7.2x11.6x0.7x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023CA$21.7bCA$31.8bCA$1.9b6.8x11.5x0.7x
Wed, 03 May 2023CA$21.0bCA$32.1bCA$2.0b7.1x10.6x0.7x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023CA$20.2bCA$31.9bCA$1.9b7.2x10.5x0.6x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023CA$21.5bCA$31.7bCA$2.0b7.9x11x0.7x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023CA$20.4bCA$30.8bCA$1.9b7.3x10.6x0.7x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022CA$19.1bCA$30.8bCA$1.9b6.9x9.9x0.6x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022CA$18.9bCA$30.8bCA$1.9b6.7x9.8x0.6x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022CA$17.3bCA$29.6bCA$1.9b6.2x9.2x0.6x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022CA$19.1bCA$29.3bCA$1.9b7.7x10.3x0.7x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022CA$19.4bCA$28.9bCA$1.9b6.8x10.4x0.7x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022CA$18.5bCA$28.0bCA$1.8b4.5x10.1x0.7x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022CA$20.7bCA$27.9bCA$1.8b4.8x11.4x0.7x
Thu, 05 May 2022CA$20.9bCA$26.2bCA$1.7b7.2x12.2x0.8x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022CA$22.5bCA$26.0bCA$1.7b7.2x13.4x0.9x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022CA$22.0bCA$25.4bCA$1.7b8.9x13.3x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

13.3x


Total Market Cap: CA$22.0bTotal Earnings: CA$1.7bTotal Revenue: CA$25.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Canadian Trade Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Canadian Trade Distributors industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 15.8x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 12.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.70x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Trade Distributors industry have declined 3.0% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 11% 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, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Canadian Industrials industry?

CA Market-0.52%
Industrials-0.92%
Trade Distributors0.37%
Trade Companies and Distributors0.37%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
REK.U Rektron GroupUS$4.0221.8%
+US$57.7m		n/aPE29.6x
RUS Russel MetalsCA$42.282.3%
+CA$55.2m		-6.7%PE15x
FTT Finning InternationalCA$44.270.9%
+CA$51.7m		27.0%PE11.8x
GDL GoodfellowCA$12.332.7%
+CA$2.6m		-17.1%PE7.8x
WJX WajaxCA$20.230.3%
+CA$1.3m		-37.7%PE8.3x
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7D

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1Y

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7D

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533.3%

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