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U.K. (FTSE) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 18, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies12
  • 7D0.8%
  • 3M-5.9%
  • 1Y24.9%
  • YTD-6.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has remained flat, although notably Fix Price Group declined by 10%. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 25% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 14% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Food and Staples Retail Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 18 Mar 2024UK£43.0bUK£151.1bUK£2.7b12.6x16.1x0.3x
Wed, 14 Feb 2024UK£40.2bUK£151.3bUK£2.5b12.6x15.9x0.3x
Fri, 12 Jan 2024UK£44.4bUK£164.4bUK£2.8b12.8x16.1x0.3x
Sun, 10 Dec 2023UK£44.6bUK£163.3bUK£2.7b12.7x16.4x0.3x
Tue, 07 Nov 2023UK£40.4bUK£162.6bUK£2.7b11.9x15.1x0.2x
Thu, 05 Oct 2023UK£40.1bUK£156.5bUK£1.9b12.9x20.7x0.3x
Sat, 02 Sep 2023UK£43.1bUK£157.3bUK£1.8b14.4x23.5x0.3x
Mon, 31 Jul 2023UK£43.9bUK£157.5bUK£1.9b14.5x23.4x0.3x
Wed, 28 Jun 2023UK£37.9bUK£160.1bUK£2.0b13.4x19.3x0.2x
Fri, 26 May 2023UK£38.9bUK£161.3bUK£2.0b12.8x19.8x0.2x
Sun, 23 Apr 2023UK£40.2bUK£158.8bUK£2.2b11.4x18x0.3x
Tue, 21 Mar 2023UK£33.4bUK£157.2bUK£2.6b10.1x13.1x0.2x
Thu, 16 Feb 2023UK£35.9bUK£154.6bUK£2.4b11.2x15x0.2x
Sat, 14 Jan 2023UK£35.9bUK£157.9bUK£2.5b10.3x14.6x0.2x
Mon, 12 Dec 2022UK£33.1bUK£161.1bUK£2.5b9.3x13.1x0.2x
Wed, 09 Nov 2022UK£30.9bUK£162.5bUK£2.5b8.2x12.2x0.2x
Fri, 07 Oct 2022UK£26.9bUK£160.1bUK£2.6b7.5x10.4x0.2x
Sun, 04 Sep 2022UK£34.0bUK£158.6bUK£3.2b9.2x10.7x0.2x
Tue, 02 Aug 2022UK£37.6bUK£155.8bUK£3.0b12.4x12.7x0.2x
Thu, 30 Jun 2022UK£34.8bUK£160.1bUK£3.2b11.4x10.9x0.2x
Sat, 28 May 2022UK£36.0bUK£150.7bUK£3.0b11.2x11.9x0.2x
Mon, 25 Apr 2022UK£38.0bUK£143.0bUK£2.3b18.5x16.3x0.3x
Wed, 23 Mar 2022UK£36.7bUK£121.2bUK£1.7b17.8x21.2x0.3x
Fri, 18 Feb 2022UK£47.2bUK£129.8bUK£1.9b13.7x25.1x0.4x
Sun, 16 Jan 2022UK£47.8bUK£129.8bUK£2.0b18.7x24.5x0.4x
Tue, 14 Dec 2021UK£49.6bUK£131.2bUK£2.0b18.8x25.1x0.4x
Thu, 11 Nov 2021UK£60.4bUK£150.6bUK£2.0b18.9x30.7x0.4x
Sat, 09 Oct 2021UK£58.6bUK£148.4bUK£1.3b20.4x44.9x0.4x
Mon, 06 Sep 2021UK£60.3bUK£145.9bUK£854.0m25x70.6x0.4x
Wed, 04 Aug 2021UK£55.9bUK£144.5bUK£924.0m25.1x60.5x0.4x
Sat, 08 May 2021UK£52.8bUK£142.3bUK£997.0m25.8x53x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

53.8x


Total Market Cap: UK£53.7bTotal Earnings: UK£997.0mTotal Revenue: UK£142.3bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 25.4x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Consumer Retailing industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 16.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 25.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.29x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 39% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 2.0% 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 U.K. Consumer Staples industry?

GB Market0.65%
Consumer Staples-0.96%
Food and Staples Retail0.79%
Food Distributors3.53%
Food Retail1.14%
Drug Retail0%
Big Box Super Stores-10.30%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 29.4x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 13.9%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 24.7% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Big Box Super Stores industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 6.1x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 14% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 25% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Distributors industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 4.9% 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
TSCO TescoUK£2.881.9%
+UK£377.3m
15.2%PE14x
OKEY O'Key GroupUS$0.60n/a
US$160.4m
-15.8%PE43.5x
SBRY J SainsburyUK£2.511.1%
+UK£65.3m
-0.2%PE76.1x
OCDO Ocado GroupUK£4.590.5%
+UK£18.0m
10.0%PS1.3x
KITW Kitwave GroupUK£3.423.6%
+UK£8.4m
23.5%PE12.6x
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