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Chilean (IPSA) General Merchandise and Department Stores Industry Analysis

UpdatedNov 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies4
  • 7D-0.7%
  • 3M10.1%
  • 1Y73.6%
  • YTD71.6%

Over the last 7 days, the General Merchandise and Department Stores industry has remained flat, although notably Empresas Hites gained 10%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 75% in that time. In the next few years earnings are forecast to be pretty stable.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Chilean General Merchandise and Department Stores Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sat, 15 Nov 2025CL$16.3tCL$15.7tCL$934.1b11.4x17.4x1x
Mon, 13 Oct 2025CL$14.9tCL$15.7tCL$934.1b11.6x15.9x0.9x
Wed, 10 Sep 2025CL$15.2tCL$15.7tCL$934.1b11.6x16.3x1x
Fri, 08 Aug 2025CL$13.2tCL$15.4tCL$673.9b11.5x19.6x0.9x
Sun, 06 Jul 2025CL$13.4tCL$15.4tCL$673.9b11.5x19.9x0.9x
Tue, 03 Jun 2025CL$12.3tCL$15.4tCL$665.7b11.3x18.4x0.8x
Thu, 01 May 2025CL$11.5tCL$15.1tCL$507.0b15.7x22.8x0.8x
Sat, 29 Mar 2025CL$10.8tCL$15.1tCL$489.4b17.1x22.1x0.7x
Mon, 24 Feb 2025CL$10.1tCL$14.6tCL$312.5b24.5x32.2x0.7x
Wed, 22 Jan 2025CL$9.6tCL$14.6tCL$312.5b22.8x30.7x0.7x
Fri, 20 Dec 2024CL$9.4tCL$14.5tCL$283.2b22.5x33x0.6x
Sun, 17 Nov 2024CL$9.2tCL$13.6tCL$274.7b26.8x33.6x0.7x
Tue, 15 Oct 2024CL$9.4tCL$14.4tCL$159.8b36.7x58.7x0.7x
Thu, 12 Sep 2024CL$8.0tCL$14.4tCL$164.4b31.2x48.8x0.6x
Sat, 10 Aug 2024CL$8.5tCL$14.0tCL$61.3b44.9x137.9x0.6x
Mon, 08 Jul 2024CL$8.2tCL$14.0tCL$61.3b44x134.2x0.6x
Wed, 05 Jun 2024CL$7.5tCL$14.0tCL$61.3b40.2x122.9x0.5x
Fri, 03 May 2024CL$6.9tCL$13.8t-CL$65,746,327,000.00105.9x-105.3x0.5x
Sun, 31 Mar 2024CL$6.9tCL$13.8t-CL$65,746,327,000.00106.5x-105.4x0.5x
Tue, 27 Feb 2024CL$6.0tCL$14.0t-CL$201,865,118,000.00n/a-29.8x0.4x
Thu, 25 Jan 2024CL$5.8tCL$14.0t-CL$201,865,118,000.00n/a-28.6x0.4x
Sat, 23 Dec 2023CL$5.9tCL$14.0t-CL$201,865,118,000.00n/a-29.1x0.4x
Mon, 20 Nov 2023CL$5.4tCL$14.1t-CL$174,497,782,000.00n/a-30.8x0.4x
Wed, 18 Oct 2023CL$5.3tCL$14.4t-CL$187,950,742,000.00n/a-28.1x0.4x
Fri, 15 Sep 2023CL$5.7tCL$14.4t-CL$187,950,742,000.00n/a-30.2x0.4x
Sun, 13 Aug 2023CL$6.2tCL$14.9t-CL$103,256,592,000.00n/a-60x0.4x
Tue, 11 Jul 2023CL$5.5tCL$14.9t-CL$103,256,592,000.00n/a-53.3x0.4x
Thu, 08 Jun 2023CL$4.9tCL$14.9t-CL$103,256,592,000.00n/a-47.4x0.3x
Sat, 06 May 2023CL$4.8tCL$15.1tCL$79.7b15.5x60.7x0.3x
Mon, 03 Apr 2023CL$5.0tCL$15.2tCL$158.6b6.6x31.3x0.3x
Wed, 01 Mar 2023CL$5.0tCL$15.4tCL$377.4b6.6x13.1x0.3x
Fri, 27 Jan 2023CL$5.2tCL$15.4tCL$377.4b6.4x13.6x0.3x
Sun, 25 Dec 2022CL$4.5tCL$15.4tCL$377.4b5.5x11.8x0.3x
Tue, 22 Nov 2022CL$4.3tCL$15.5tCL$450.6b2.2x9.6x0.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

9.6x


Total Market Cap: CL$4.3tTotal Earnings: CL$450.6bTotal Revenue: CL$15.5tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Chilean General Merchandise and Department Stores Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.1x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Chilean Multiline Retail industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 17.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 12.1x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 0.55x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Multiline Retail industry have grown 28% per year over the last three years, while revenues have remained mostly flat.
  • This means that companies overall are more efficiently conducting business since profits are increasing while sales have been flat.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Chilean Consumer Discretionary industry?

CL Market-0.43%
Consumer Discretionary-1.68%
General Merchandise and Department Stores-0.71%
Department Stores0%0
Broadline Retail-0.71%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Broadline Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 11.7x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 0.9%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 261.2% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Broadline Retail industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 11.7x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Broadline Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 0.9% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Broadline Retail industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
ABC abcCL$10.229.6%
+CL$5.0b		22.3%PE3.4x
HITES Empresas HitesCL$140.851.7%
+CL$1.6b		76.0%PS0.3x

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HITES
CL$140.85
Empresas Hites
7D
1.7%
1Y
76.0%