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German (DAX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 18, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies5
  • 7D3.5%
  • 3M2.4%
  • 1Y-3.7%
  • YTD4.0%

The Food and Staples Retail is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but HelloFresh has stood out, gaining 16%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 5.9% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 90% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 18 Feb 2025€6.8b€42.7b-€304,090,000.0017.6x-22.3x0.2x
Thu, 16 Jan 2025€6.2b€42.2b-€249,090,000.0017.9x-24.9x0.1x
Sat, 14 Dec 2024€6.9b€42.2b-€249,090,000.0018x-27.6x0.2x
Mon, 11 Nov 2024€7.1b€42.1b-€332,058,000.0027.3x-21.2x0.2x
Wed, 09 Oct 2024€6.3b€42.0b-€294,427,000.0029.5x-21.3x0.1x
Fri, 06 Sep 2024€5.5b€42.0b-€294,427,000.0030.3x-18.8x0.1x
Sun, 04 Aug 2024€5.4b€41.6b-€76,840,000.0026x-69.7x0.1x
Tue, 02 Jul 2024€4.9b€41.5b-€77,131,000.0025.6x-63.8x0.1x
Thu, 30 May 2024€5.3b€41.5b-€77,131,000.0028.3x-68.8x0.1x
Sat, 27 Apr 2024€5.9b€41.5b€10.4m33.7x571.7x0.1x
Mon, 25 Mar 2024€6.1b€41.3b€70.6m29.1x86.4x0.1x
Wed, 21 Feb 2024€6.9b€41.1b€96.3m31.6x71.5x0.2x
Fri, 19 Jan 2024€7.0b€41.0b€488.3m19x14.3x0.2x
Sun, 17 Dec 2023€7.5b€41.0b€488.3m17.8x15.4x0.2x
Tue, 14 Nov 2023€8.0b€41.1b€683.3m19.9x11.8x0.2x
Thu, 12 Oct 2023€9.4b€41.0b€680.8m14.1x13.8x0.2x
Sat, 09 Sep 2023€10.1b€41.0b€668.1m15.4x15.1x0.2x
Mon, 07 Aug 2023€9.8b€41.3b€203.4m15.8x48.3x0.2x
Wed, 05 Jul 2023€9.2b€41.2b€197.1m15.9x46.4x0.2x
Fri, 02 Jun 2023€8.4b€41.2b€197.1m17x42.7x0.2x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023€9.1b€40.4b€10.1m16.3x901.5x0.2x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023€7.5b€40.3b€76.1m14.4x98.8x0.2x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023€8.6b€40.0b€56.8m15.3x151.4x0.2x
Sat, 21 Jan 2023€9.1b€39.5b-€270,208,000.0014.1x-33.8x0.2x
Mon, 19 Dec 2022€7.9b€39.7b€287.8m13.5x27.3x0.2x
Wed, 16 Nov 2022€9.0b€38.6b-€402,208,000.0013.8x-22.3x0.2x
Fri, 14 Oct 2022€7.2b€38.1b-€378,167,000.0014.2x-19x0.2x
Sun, 11 Sep 2022€8.9b€38.1b-€378,167,000.0014.4x-23.5x0.2x
Tue, 09 Aug 2022€10.0b€36.0b€1.1m12.8x9268.9x0.3x
Thu, 07 Jul 2022€10.8b€36.0b€14.7m12.5x733.7x0.3x
Sat, 04 Jun 2022€11.2b€36.0b€14.7m15.6x761.2x0.3x
Mon, 02 May 2022€12.0b€34.8b€189.1m25.8x63.4x0.3x
Wed, 30 Mar 2022€12.6b€34.3b€265.6m21.1x47.5x0.4x
Fri, 25 Feb 2022€13.1b€33.8b€392.0m17.8x33.5x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

33.5x


Total Market Cap: €13.1bTotal Earnings: €392.0mTotal Revenue: €33.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
German Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 138.5x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the German Consumer Retailing industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.21x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Consumer Retailing industry have declined over the last three years, with the industry now making a loss overall.
  • Meanwhile revenues have grown 8.1% 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 German Consumer Staples industry?

DE Market3.28%
Consumer Staples0.12%
Food and Staples Retail3.54%
Food Retail13.96%
Food Distributors1.12%
Big Box Super Stores0%0
Drug Retail-3.65%
Industry PE
    Forecasted Growth
    • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Distributors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 110% over the next 5 years.
    • In contrast, the Drug Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 58% 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
    HFG HelloFresh€13.5216.1%
    +€300.1m
    11.6%PS0.3x
    B4B Metro€5.431.1%
    +€21.8m
    8.4%PS0.06x
    MSH WASGAU Produktions & Handels€9.000.6%
    +€330.0k
    -11.8%PE14.3x
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