German (DAX) Food Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 14 May 2025	€5.6b	€13.4b	€300.9m	15.2x	18.5x	0.4x
Fri, 11 Apr 2025	€5.5b	€13.4b	€307.9m	13.7x	17.9x	0.4x
Sun, 09 Mar 2025	€5.6b	€13.4b	€301.0m	12.4x	18.5x	0.4x
Tue, 04 Feb 2025	€5.5b	€13.4b	€327.3m	12.1x	16.9x	0.4x
Thu, 02 Jan 2025	€5.3b	€13.7b	€617.3m	8.4x	8.7x	0.4x
Sat, 30 Nov 2024	€5.6b	€13.7b	€616.2m	11x	9.1x	0.4x
Mon, 28 Oct 2024	€5.8b	€13.7b	€600.7m	11.7x	9.7x	0.4x
Wed, 25 Sep 2024	€5.7b	€14.0b	€726.6m	12.2x	7.9x	0.4x
Fri, 23 Aug 2024	€6.0b	€14.0b	€726.6m	11.6x	8.3x	0.4x
Sun, 21 Jul 2024	€6.0b	€14.0b	€719.2m	11.5x	8.3x	0.4x
Tue, 18 Jun 2024	€6.3b	€14.1b	€803.6m	10.4x	7.8x	0.4x
Thu, 16 May 2024	€6.1b	€13.9b	€880.1m	13x	7x	0.4x
Sat, 13 Apr 2024	€5.8b	€13.8b	€789.5m	16.5x	7.3x	0.4x
Mon, 11 Mar 2024	€5.6b	€13.7b	€758.4m	15.6x	7.4x	0.4x
Wed, 07 Feb 2024	€5.9b	€13.8b	€776.2m	14.6x	7.6x	0.4x
Fri, 05 Jan 2024	€7.6b	€18.0b	€665.3m	14.8x	11.5x	0.4x
Sun, 03 Dec 2023	€7.6b	€18.0b	€664.8m	14x	11.5x	0.4x
Tue, 31 Oct 2023	€7.7b	€18.0b	€674.1m	13.7x	11.4x	0.4x
Thu, 28 Sep 2023	€7.8b	€17.8b	€564.3m	13x	13.8x	0.4x
Sat, 26 Aug 2023	€8.0b	€17.8b	€569.6m	12.6x	14.1x	0.5x
Mon, 24 Jul 2023	€8.5b	€17.7b	€579.9m	12.4x	14.6x	0.5x
Wed, 21 Jun 2023	€8.6b	€17.5b	€495.4m	14.9x	17.3x	0.5x
Fri, 19 May 2023	€9.0b	€17.0b	€397.8m	17.2x	22.5x	0.5x
Sun, 16 Apr 2023	€8.4b	€16.8b	€359.1m	17.5x	23.5x	0.5x
Tue, 14 Mar 2023	€8.4b	€16.7b	€358.6m	17.7x	23.3x	0.5x
Thu, 09 Feb 2023	€8.4b	€16.6b	€349.9m	19.2x	24x	0.5x
Sat, 07 Jan 2023	€8.9b	€16.2b	€229.1m	21.9x	39x	0.6x
Mon, 05 Dec 2022	€8.4b	€16.2b	€225.9m	20.9x	37.3x	0.5x
Wed, 02 Nov 2022	€7.9b	€16.3b	€225.9m	18.5x	35x	0.5x
Fri, 30 Sep 2022	€6.1b	€11.1b	€312.4m	18.3x	19.5x	0.6x
Sun, 28 Aug 2022	€6.7b	€11.0b	€308.4m	20.1x	21.7x	0.6x
Tue, 26 Jul 2022	€6.6b	€11.1b	€313.3m	20.8x	21.2x	0.6x
Thu, 23 Jun 2022	€7.0b	€10.6b	€246.7m	20.3x	28.2x	0.7x
Sat, 21 May 2022	€6.4b	€10.1b	€256.6m	20x	25.1x	0.6x

Current Industry PE

Investors are optimistic on the German Food industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 18.5x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 16.7x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.47x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Food industry have grown 5.4% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 9.7% 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 Market	1.39%
Consumer Staples	0.25%
Food	-2.84%
Packaged Foods and Meats	-1.86%
Agricultural Products	-4.64%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 18.8x.

Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 47.2%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 11.8% per year.

Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 16.1x.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 47% over the next 5 years.
This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 12% per year.

In contrast, the Agricultural Products industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Company	Last Price	7D	1Y	Valuation
NLM FRoSTA	€85.80	0.9% +€5.5m	32.0%	PE13.9x
OEL ADM Hamburg	€216.00	0.9% +€1.5m	-16.9%	PS0.3x
VEZ Veganz Group	€11.50	2.2% +€313.0k	-25.8%	PS1x

Company

Last Price

Valuation

NLM FRoSTA

€85.80

0.9%
+€5.5m

32.0%

PE13.9x

OEL ADM Hamburg

€216.00

0.9%
+€1.5m

-16.9%