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German (DAX) Specialty Stores Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 08, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D-5.1%
  • 3M-2.7%
  • 1Y-11.2%
  • YTD-7.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Specialty Stores industry has dropped 5.1%, driven by declines in Zalando and AUTO1 Group of 13% and 12%, respectively. Meanwhile, zooplus actually outperformed within the industry, gaining 5.3% in the last week. However, the industry is down 11% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 26% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the German Specialty Stores Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 08 Feb 2026€23.7b€64.4b€799.5m17x29.6x0.4x
Tue, 06 Jan 2026€25.6b€64.4b€799.5m19.3x32x0.4x
Thu, 04 Dec 2025€24.5b€64.1b€901.8m18.5x27.2x0.4x
Sat, 01 Nov 2025€27.5b€65.0b€785.2m20.4x35x0.4x
Mon, 29 Sep 2025€28.2b€64.8b€793.3m21.2x35.5x0.4x
Wed, 27 Aug 2025€28.4b€64.4b€760.5m20.9x37.3x0.4x
Fri, 25 Jul 2025€28.1b€64.1b€605.8m14.6x46.4x0.4x
Sun, 22 Jun 2025€26.2b€64.0b€595.2m13.9x44.1x0.4x
Tue, 20 May 2025€28.5b€64.0b€610.4m14.9x46.7x0.4x
Thu, 17 Apr 2025€26.6b€63.3b€682.0m19x39.1x0.4x
Sat, 15 Mar 2025€26.9b€62.9b€606.8m16.1x44.4x0.4x
Mon, 10 Feb 2025€28.1b€62.0b€414.3m23x67.8x0.5x
Wed, 08 Jan 2025€25.5b€62.0b€408.9m20.6x62.4x0.4x
Fri, 06 Dec 2024€25.5b€62.6b€338.2m11.3x75.4x0.4x
Sun, 03 Nov 2024€22.4b€61.6b€305.1m10.7x73.5x0.4x
Tue, 01 Oct 2024€23.4b€61.5b€291.6m17.2x80.2x0.4x
Thu, 29 Aug 2024€20.8b€61.3b€226.6m21.8x91.7x0.3x
Sat, 27 Jul 2024€20.3b€60.6b€163.3m24.3x124.5x0.3x
Mon, 24 Jun 2024€20.0b€60.6b€120.1m24.6x166.3x0.3x
Wed, 22 May 2024€19.0b€56.4b€43.5m29.3x436x0.3x
Fri, 19 Apr 2024€18.5b€56.0b-€233,360,503.0030x-79.1x0.3x
Sun, 17 Mar 2024€16.5b€56.1b-€205,256,503.0030.3x-80.2x0.3x
Tue, 13 Feb 2024€15.9b€56.4b-€166,356,503.0029.5x-95.3x0.3x
Thu, 11 Jan 2024€16.7b€57.1b-€278,356,503.0031.3x-60.1x0.3x
Sat, 09 Dec 2023€17.6b€57.1b-€168,456,503.0041.8x-104.4x0.3x
Mon, 06 Nov 2023€17.2b€57.5b-€250,687,836.0045.3x-68.6x0.3x
Wed, 04 Oct 2023€17.4b€57.5b-€267,992,836.0047.1x-64.9x0.3x
Fri, 01 Sep 2023€20.6b€57.9b-€284,481,836.0054.5x-72.5x0.4x
Sun, 30 Jul 2023€22.3b€58.2b-€257,666,173.0014.1x-86.6x0.4x
Tue, 27 Jun 2023€20.4b€60.3b-€298,017,222.0013.9x-68.5x0.3x
Thu, 25 May 2023€20.9b€60.3b-€261,182,557.0014.1x-79.9x0.3x
Sat, 22 Apr 2023€22.8b€59.6b-€129,022,557.009.3x-176.8x0.4x
Mon, 20 Mar 2023€21.5b€59.7b-€87,056,557.009.3x-247.3x0.4x
Wed, 15 Feb 2023€8.9b€42.2b€348.1m9.1x25.4x0.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

25.4x


Total Market Cap: €8.9bTotal Earnings: €348.1mTotal Revenue: €42.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
German Specialty Stores Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 8.2x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the German Specialty Retail industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 29.6x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 8.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.36x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Specialty Retail industry have grown 32% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 15% 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 German Consumer Discretionary industry?

DE Market0.83%
Consumer Discretionary0.12%
Specialty Stores-5.09%
Home Furnishing Retail15.33%
Specialty Stores3.26%
Computer and Electronics Retail1.03%
Home Improvement Retail-0.14%
Automotive Retail-12.12%
Apparel Retail-12.32%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Home Furnishing Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 55.5% and investors are willing to pay a premium for that growth.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Home Furnishing Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 56% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Home Improvement Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 6.5% 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
ZO1 zooplus€240.005.3%
+€85.8m
-11.1%n/a
DOU Douglas€11.246.0%
+€68.9m
-44.7%PE6.9x
FIE Fielmann Group€42.101.7%
+€58.8m
-3.3%PE19.4x
WEW Westwing Group€16.5515.3%
+€41.4m
121.8%PE135.6x
HBH HORNBACH Holding KGaA€82.402.1%
+€27.1m
11.5%PE9.8x

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