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German (DAX) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 18, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D-2.3%
  • 3M-2.8%
  • 1Y-7.5%
  • YTD-1.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has dropped 3.0%, driven by a pullback from KWS SAAT SE KGaA of 11%. However, the industry is down 8.7% over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 47% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the German Food Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 18 Feb 2025€5.3b€13.4b€301.0m12.1x17.6x0.4x
Thu, 16 Jan 2025€5.4b€13.4b€327.3m12x16.6x0.4x
Sat, 14 Dec 2024€5.5b€13.7b€617.0m8.4x8.9x0.4x
Mon, 11 Nov 2024€5.7b€13.7b€601.9m11.2x9.4x0.4x
Wed, 09 Oct 2024€5.9b€13.7b€730.7m11.5x8.1x0.4x
Fri, 06 Sep 2024€6.0b€14.0b€726.6m11.7x8.3x0.4x
Sun, 04 Aug 2024€6.0b€14.0b€719.2m11.4x8.3x0.4x
Tue, 02 Jul 2024€6.3b€14.0b€809.2m10.8x7.8x0.5x
Thu, 30 May 2024€6.2b€14.1b€798.2m13.4x7.7x0.4x
Sat, 27 Apr 2024€5.6b€13.8b€789.5m16x7.1x0.4x
Mon, 25 Mar 2024€5.6b€13.7b€758.4m15.8x7.3x0.4x
Wed, 21 Feb 2024€5.7b€13.7b€756.0m15.7x7.5x0.4x
Fri, 19 Jan 2024€7.3b€18.3b€689.3m14.2x10.6x0.4x
Sun, 17 Dec 2023€7.5b€18.0b€665.3m14.6x11.3x0.4x
Tue, 14 Nov 2023€7.8b€18.0b€665.0m14x11.7x0.4x
Thu, 12 Oct 2023€7.8b€17.8b€540.5m14.1x14.4x0.4x
Sat, 09 Sep 2023€8.1b€17.8b€569.6m12.7x14.2x0.5x
Mon, 07 Aug 2023€8.3b€17.7b€579.9m12.4x14.4x0.5x
Wed, 05 Jul 2023€8.6b€17.5b€495.4m14.7x17.4x0.5x
Fri, 02 Jun 2023€8.3b€17.4b€500.2m17.3x16.6x0.5x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023€8.9b€16.8b€360.6m17.1x24.8x0.5x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023€8.4b€16.8b€360.1m17.3x23.3x0.5x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023€8.7b€16.7b€358.6m18.3x24.3x0.5x
Sat, 21 Jan 2023€8.5b€16.6b€349.9m19.1x24.4x0.5x
Mon, 19 Dec 2022€8.3b€16.2b€227.3m20.4x36.6x0.5x
Wed, 16 Nov 2022€8.2b€16.2b€228.8m20x35.6x0.5x
Fri, 14 Oct 2022€6.1b€11.2b€310.5m18.2x19.5x0.5x
Sun, 11 Sep 2022€6.6b€11.0b€308.4m19.4x21.5x0.6x
Tue, 09 Aug 2022€6.7b€11.1b€313.3m20.4x21.3x0.6x
Thu, 07 Jul 2022€7.0b€10.5b€247.5m20.2x28.1x0.7x
Sat, 04 Jun 2022€6.6b€10.5b€246.5m20.5x26.8x0.6x
Mon, 02 May 2022€6.8b€10.1b€258.5m21.2x26.4x0.7x
Wed, 30 Mar 2022€6.6b€10.1b€239.1m26.2x27.7x0.7x
Fri, 25 Feb 2022€6.4b€10.1b€235.6m26.4x27x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

27x


Total Market Cap: €6.4bTotal Earnings: €235.6mTotal Revenue: €10.1bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
German Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 17.3x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the German Food 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 17.3x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.49x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have grown 12% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 10% 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 Staples industry?

DE Market3.28%
Consumer Staples0.12%
Food-2.31%
Packaged Foods and Meats1.73%
Agricultural Products-8.50%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 19.0x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 83.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 72.2% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 16.9x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 84% over the next 5 years.
  • This is roughly in line with its past earnings growth rate.
  • In contrast, the Agricultural Products 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
SZU Südzucker€10.682.5%
+€53.1m
-18.2%PE47.4x
NLM FRoSTA€81.5010.1%
+€51.1m
27.7%PE16.3x
H2RB Halloren Schokoladenfabrik€5.9519.0%
+€5.6m
32.2%n/a
OEL ADM Hamburg€220.001.9%
+€3.0m
-16.0%PS0.3x
SMB Schwälbchen Molkerei Jakob Berz€44.400.9%
+€519.4k
5.7%PE6.9x
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KWS

€54.90

KWS SAAT SE KGaA

7D

-8.3%

1Y

18.3%

NLM

€81.50

FRoSTA

7D

10.1%

1Y

27.7%

VEZ

€8.22

Veganz Group

7D

-6.2%

1Y

-57.1%

GTK

€7.15

Tonkens Agrar

7D

-1.4%

1Y

5.9%

H2RB

€5.95

Halloren Schokoladenfabrik

7D

19.0%

1Y

32.2%

SMB

€44.40

Schwälbchen Molkerei Jakob Berz

7D

0.9%

1Y

5.7%

SSH

€52.50

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke

7D

-4.5%

1Y

-25.0%

OEL

€220.00

ADM Hamburg

7D

1.9%

1Y

-16.0%