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

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 18 Dec 2024	UK£42.4b	UK£119.7b	UK£2.4b	14.8x	17.9x	0.4x
Fri, 15 Nov 2024	UK£39.2b	UK£119.3b	UK£2.3b	14.9x	16.9x	0.3x
Sun, 13 Oct 2024	UK£42.0b	UK£118.9b	UK£2.2b	16.5x	18.7x	0.4x
Tue, 10 Sep 2024	UK£42.3b	UK£118.0b	UK£2.1b	15.8x	20x	0.4x
Thu, 08 Aug 2024	UK£38.9b	UK£118.0b	UK£2.1b	15x	18.5x	0.3x
Sat, 06 Jul 2024	UK£42.5b	UK£155.7b	UK£3.0b	13.8x	14.1x	0.3x
Mon, 03 Jun 2024	UK£45.3b	UK£159.8b	UK£3.3b	14.1x	13.7x	0.3x
Wed, 01 May 2024	UK£43.0b	UK£154.5b	UK£3.0b	13.6x	14.4x	0.3x
Fri, 29 Mar 2024	UK£44.5b	UK£151.2b	UK£2.7b	14.1x	16.7x	0.3x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024	UK£42.3b	UK£150.0b	UK£2.5b	13x	17x	0.3x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024	UK£39.8b	UK£164.9b	UK£2.8b	12.2x	14.4x	0.2x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023	UK£46.4b	UK£163.9b	UK£2.7b	13.2x	17x	0.3x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023	UK£38.0b	UK£164.3b	UK£2.8b	12.4x	13.8x	0.2x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023	UK£40.0b	UK£158.6b	UK£2.6b	12.3x	15.2x	0.3x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023	UK£42.3b	UK£157.7b	UK£2.0b	15.5x	21.3x	0.3x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023	UK£38.7b	UK£155.8b	UK£1.8b	14.2x	21.1x	0.2x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023	UK£38.3b	UK£157.6b	UK£1.9b	13.8x	20.2x	0.2x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023	UK£38.0b	UK£161.9b	UK£2.0b	11.7x	19x	0.2x
Thu, 04 May 2023	UK£33.4b	UK£129.5b	UK£1.7b	11.6x	19.9x	0.3x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023	UK£35.7b	UK£157.0b	UK£2.5b	11.1x	14x	0.2x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023	UK£36.1b	UK£154.0b	UK£2.4b	10.8x	15.1x	0.2x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023	UK£36.1b	UK£157.1b	UK£2.4b	11x	14.7x	0.2x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022	UK£32.4b	UK£155.9b	UK£2.4b	9.3x	13.3x	0.2x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022	UK£32.6b	UK£163.6b	UK£2.5b	9.3x	12.8x	0.2x
Tue, 18 Oct 2022	UK£27.3b	UK£159.7b	UK£2.6b	7.4x	10.5x	0.2x
Thu, 15 Sep 2022	UK£32.5b	UK£159.1b	UK£3.2b	8.8x	10.2x	0.2x
Sat, 13 Aug 2022	UK£37.8b	UK£158.2b	UK£3.2b	12.4x	11.9x	0.2x
Mon, 11 Jul 2022	UK£34.8b	UK£143.3b	UK£2.9b	12.5x	12x	0.2x
Wed, 08 Jun 2022	UK£35.7b	UK£154.3b	UK£3.1b	11x	11.6x	0.2x
Fri, 06 May 2022	UK£36.3b	UK£152.1b	UK£2.8b	15.1x	13.1x	0.2x
Sun, 03 Apr 2022	UK£40.3b	UK£137.7b	UK£1.9b	18.3x	21.4x	0.3x
Tue, 01 Mar 2022	UK£40.5b	UK£123.1b	UK£1.7b	11.7x	23.5x	0.3x
Thu, 27 Jan 2022	UK£47.9b	UK£128.2b	UK£1.9b	19.4x	24.9x	0.4x
Sat, 25 Dec 2021	UK£49.9b	UK£131.2b	UK£2.0b	19x	25.3x	0.4x

Current Industry PE

Investors are relatively neutral on the British Consumer Retailing 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 16.7x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.27x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 6.1% per year over the last three years.
Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 3.0% per year.
This means that less sales are being generated overall, but since cost of doing business is lower, profits have been increasing.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.K. Consumer Staples industry?


GB Market	-1.18%
Consumer Staples	1.75%
Food and Staples Retail	1.96%
Food Retail	1.97%
Food Distributors	0.15%
Drug Retail	0%
Big Box Super Stores	0%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 18.5x.

Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 7.2%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 35.9% per year.

Investors are most pessimistic about the Food Distributors industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 23.1x.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Distributors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 18% over the next 5 years.
This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 8.7% per year.