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Swiss (SMI) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedMar 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies11
  • 7D1.2%
  • 3M16.8%
  • 1Y-6.0%
  • YTD17.5%

The Consumer Staples industry has stayed flat over the last week. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 6.3% in the last year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 6.8% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Swiss Consumer Staples Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 14 Mar 2025CHF 270.3bCHF 121.0bCHF 12.0b19.7x22.6x2.2x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025CHF 236.7bCHF 120.8bCHF 12.2b22.1x19.3x2x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025CHF 228.0bCHF 120.8bCHF 12.3b20.6x18.6x1.9x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024CHF 235.1bCHF 120.8bCHF 12.2b21.4x19.2x1.9x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024CHF 253.1bCHF 119.3bCHF 12.3b22x20.5x2.1x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024CHF 261.7bCHF 119.3bCHF 12.3b23.6x21.2x2.2x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024CHF 272.6bCHF 119.5bCHF 12.5b24.4x21.8x2.3x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024CHF 275.3bCHF 120.8bCHF 12.5b25.9x22.1x2.3x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024CHF 289.1bCHF 120.6bCHF 12.5b25.7x23.2x2.4x
Tue, 21 May 2024CHF 297.0bCHF 120.7bCHF 12.5b26.7x23.8x2.5x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024CHF 285.7bCHF 120.7bCHF 12.5b25x22.9x2.4x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024CHF 292.2bCHF 120.8bCHF 12.6b22.3x23.2x2.4x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024CHF 297.3bCHF 122.8bCHF 11.0b23x26.9x2.4x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024CHF 305.3bCHF 122.7bCHF 11.0b24.9x27.6x2.5x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023CHF 305.6bCHF 122.7bCHF 11.1b23.9x27.7x2.5x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023CHF 307.5bCHF 122.8bCHF 11.1b24.4x27.8x2.5x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023CHF 317.8bCHF 122.4bCHF 11.0b28.3x29x2.6x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023CHF 326.7bCHF 122.4bCHF 11.0b28.9x29.8x2.7x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023CHF 329.2bCHF 122.2bCHF 10.9b27.1x30.2x2.7x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023CHF 334.2bCHF 121.4bCHF 10.4b26x32x2.8x
Wed, 24 May 2023CHF 345.6bCHF 121.4bCHF 10.4b28.1x33.1x2.8x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023CHF 352.5bCHF 121.4bCHF 10.4b28x33.8x2.9x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023CHF 335.4bCHF 121.4bCHF 10.4b26.9x32.4x2.8x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023CHF 349.5bCHF 117.3bCHF 17.2b23.3x20.3x3x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023CHF 352.9bCHF 117.3bCHF 17.2b22.8x20.6x3x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022CHF 342.4bCHF 117.2bCHF 17.2b22.2x19.9x2.9x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022CHF 340.6bCHF 117.2bCHF 17.2b21.5x19.8x2.9x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022CHF 337.9bCHF 116.7bCHF 17.2b21.3x19.7x2.9x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022CHF 355.1bCHF 116.7bCHF 17.2b23.2x20.7x3x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022CHF 367.3bCHF 116.5bCHF 17.2b26x21.3x3.2x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022CHF 355.4bCHF 112.5bCHF 17.9b26.1x19.9x3.2x
Thu, 26 May 2022CHF 359.2bCHF 112.5bCHF 17.9b25.7x20.1x3.2x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022CHF 393.6bCHF 112.5bCHF 17.9b27.6x22x3.5x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022CHF 382.3bCHF 111.9bCHF 17.9b28.2x21.3x3.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

21.3x


Total Market Cap: CHF 382.3bTotal Earnings: CHF 17.9bTotal Revenue: CHF 111.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Swiss Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 24.1x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Swiss Consumer Staples industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 24.1x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.6x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.2x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have declined 13% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 2.6% 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, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Swiss Consumer Staples sector?

CH Market-1.63%
Consumer Staples1.20%
Food1.23%
Personal Products0%0
Food and Staples Retail-21.29%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 23.7x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 6.8%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 3.7% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food and Staples Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 38% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 9.9% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 6.8% 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
NESN NestléCHF 89.241.6%
+CHF 3.6b		-6.1%PE21.1x
BARN Barry CallebautCHF 1.12k0.6%
+CHF 38.4m		-16.0%PE32.4x
BELL Bell Food GroupCHF 243.000.8%
+CHF 12.6m		-7.8%PE12.3x
EMMN EmmiCHF 810.000.1%
+CHF 5.3m		-12.6%PE19.7x
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