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German (DAX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 16, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies5
  • 7D0.06%
  • 3M-10.0%
  • 1Y-47.1%
  • YTD0.2%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has remained flat. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 47% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 76% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 16 Jan 2026€4.5b€43.6b-€428,058,000.0018.9x-10.6x0.1x
Sun, 14 Dec 2025€4.4b€43.6b-€428,058,000.0018x-10.2x0.1x
Tue, 11 Nov 2025€4.4b€43.2b-€403,020,000.0017.2x-10.9x0.1x
Thu, 09 Oct 2025€5.1b€43.3b-€386,890,000.0018.3x-13.1x0.1x
Sat, 06 Sep 2025€4.9b€43.3b-€386,890,000.0018.2x-12.8x0.1x
Mon, 04 Aug 2025€5.6b€43.5b-€389,665,000.0016.2x-14.4x0.1x
Wed, 02 Jul 2025€5.4b€43.0b-€345,285,000.0017.1x-15.6x0.1x
Fri, 30 May 2025€6.3b€43.0b-€345,285,000.0017.9x-18.4x0.1x
Sun, 27 Apr 2025€6.2b€42.8b-€339,530,000.0016.4x-18.2x0.1x
Tue, 25 Mar 2025€6.0b€42.8b-€342,485,000.0018.6x-17.6x0.1x
Thu, 20 Feb 2025€6.8b€42.7b-€304,090,000.0018.3x-22.3x0.2x
Sat, 18 Jan 2025€6.2b€42.2b-€249,090,000.0017.8x-25x0.1x
Mon, 16 Dec 2024€6.9b€42.2b-€249,090,000.0018x-27.6x0.2x
Wed, 13 Nov 2024€6.9b€42.1b-€332,058,000.0027.3x-20.8x0.2x
Fri, 11 Oct 2024€6.4b€42.0b-€294,427,000.0029.5x-21.7x0.2x
Sun, 08 Sep 2024€5.5b€42.0b-€294,427,000.0030.2x-18.6x0.1x
Tue, 06 Aug 2024€5.4b€41.6b-€76,840,000.0025.7x-69.6x0.1x
Thu, 04 Jul 2024€5.1b€41.5b-€77,131,000.0026.2x-66.4x0.1x
Sat, 01 Jun 2024€5.4b€41.5b-€77,131,000.0028.4x-69.6x0.1x
Mon, 29 Apr 2024€5.9b€41.5b€10.4m33.7x571.7x0.1x
Wed, 27 Mar 2024€6.1b€41.3b€70.6m29.8x86.3x0.1x
Fri, 23 Feb 2024€6.9b€41.1b€96.3m31.8x71.5x0.2x
Sun, 21 Jan 2024€6.9b€41.0b€488.3m18.1x14.1x0.2x
Tue, 19 Dec 2023€7.5b€41.0b€488.3m17.8x15.4x0.2x
Thu, 16 Nov 2023€8.3b€41.1b€683.3m20.7x12.2x0.2x
Sat, 14 Oct 2023€8.9b€41.0b€680.8m15x13.1x0.2x
Mon, 11 Sep 2023€10.1b€41.0b€668.1m15.4x15.1x0.2x
Wed, 09 Aug 2023€9.7b€41.3b€203.4m15.8x47.7x0.2x
Fri, 07 Jul 2023€9.1b€41.2b€197.1m15.8x46x0.2x
Sun, 04 Jun 2023€8.5b€41.2b€197.1m16.4x43x0.2x
Tue, 02 May 2023€9.1b€40.4b€10.1m16.3x901.5x0.2x
Thu, 30 Mar 2023€7.8b€40.3b€76.1m14.4x102.6x0.2x
Sat, 25 Feb 2023€8.4b€40.0b€56.8m14.5x148.3x0.2x
Mon, 23 Jan 2023€9.1b€39.5b-€270,208,000.0014.1x-33.8x0.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-33.8x


Total Market Cap: €9.1bTotal Earnings: -€270,208,000.00Total Revenue: €39.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
German Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 19.2x202420252026
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 0.16x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have deteriorated over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 3.3% 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 caused losses to expand.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the German Consumer Staples industry?

DE Market0.55%
Consumer Staples3.55%
Food and Staples Retail0.064%
Food Retail1.86%
Food Distributors0%0
Drug Retail-1.29%
Industry PE
    Forecasted Growth
    • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 94% over the next 5 years.
    • This is better than its past earnings decline of 16% per year.
    • In contrast, the Drug Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 62% 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€5.862.2%
    +€16.5m
    -54.3%PS0.1x
    HAW Hawesko Holding€20.801.5%
    +€2.7m
    -17.1%PE19.2x