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U.K. (FTSE) Food Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedSep 20, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D0.9%
  • 3M17.9%
  • 1Y20.8%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Food Retail industry has remained flat, although notably Marks and Spencer Group gained 4.9%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 21% in that time. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 8.1% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 20 Sep 2024UK£42.2bUK£117.3bUK£2.1b17.3x20.1x0.4x
Sun, 18 Aug 2024UK£39.6bUK£117.3bUK£2.1b15.4x19x0.3x
Tue, 16 Jul 2024UK£42.7bUK£154.9bUK£3.0b14.7x14.2x0.3x
Thu, 13 Jun 2024UK£42.0bUK£154.6bUK£3.0b14.9x14x0.3x
Sat, 11 May 2024UK£42.7bUK£148.7bUK£2.7b14.3x16.1x0.3x
Mon, 08 Apr 2024UK£41.4bUK£147.3bUK£2.3b14.2x18.3x0.3x
Wed, 06 Mar 2024UK£33.9bUK£147.9bUK£2.3b13.5x14.9x0.2x
Fri, 02 Feb 2024UK£40.1bUK£147.9bUK£2.1b13.8x18.9x0.3x
Sun, 31 Dec 2023UK£43.9bUK£148.3bUK£2.1b14.2x20.6x0.3x
Tue, 28 Nov 2023UK£40.5bUK£148.3bUK£2.1b13.2x18.9x0.3x
Thu, 26 Oct 2023UK£36.6bUK£144.1bUK£2.1b12.4x17.7x0.3x
Sat, 23 Sep 2023UK£39.3bUK£141.8bUK£1.4b14.2x28.5x0.3x
Mon, 21 Aug 2023UK£38.1bUK£140.9bUK£1.4b14.4x27x0.3x
Wed, 19 Jul 2023UK£36.9bUK£141.9bUK£1.5b14.4x25.4x0.3x
Fri, 16 Jun 2023UK£32.7bUK£144.5bUK£1.5b10.6x21.8x0.2x
Sun, 14 May 2023UK£37.1bUK£146.3bUK£1.5b10.5x24.7x0.3x
Tue, 11 Apr 2023UK£36.1bUK£140.6bUK£2.0b10.8x18.4x0.3x
Thu, 09 Mar 2023UK£32.6bUK£141.3bUK£2.1b10.5x15.7x0.2x
Sat, 04 Feb 2023UK£36.2bUK£143.7bUK£2.2b10.6x16.2x0.3x
Mon, 02 Jan 2023UK£31.1bUK£142.2bUK£2.2b9x14.1x0.2x
Wed, 30 Nov 2022UK£31.4bUK£150.3bUK£2.3b8.9x13.5x0.2x
Fri, 28 Oct 2022UK£27.9bUK£147.1bUK£2.4b7x11.7x0.2x
Sun, 25 Sep 2022UK£29.0bUK£148.0bUK£3.0b7.7x9.6x0.2x
Tue, 23 Aug 2022UK£36.4bUK£146.4bUK£3.0b10.2x12.2x0.2x
Thu, 21 Jul 2022UK£33.9bUK£147.7bUK£3.0b10.6x11.5x0.2x
Sat, 18 Jun 2022UK£32.9bUK£146.4bUK£2.9b8.8x11.2x0.2x
Mon, 16 May 2022UK£36.1bUK£141.3bUK£2.6b14x14x0.3x
Wed, 13 Apr 2022UK£38.5bUK£129.6bUK£1.7b17.7x22.1x0.3x
Fri, 11 Mar 2022UK£35.9bUK£109.9bUK£1.5b16.1x24.1x0.3x
Sun, 06 Feb 2022UK£46.0bUK£121.6bUK£1.8b18.6x26x0.4x
Tue, 04 Jan 2022UK£48.8bUK£122.1bUK£1.8b20.8x27.5x0.4x
Thu, 02 Dec 2021UK£49.1bUK£122.5bUK£1.8b20.6x27.5x0.4x
Sat, 30 Oct 2021UK£58.0bUK£140.7bUK£1.2b20.1x48.4x0.4x
Mon, 27 Sep 2021UK£56.4bUK£137.5bUK£686.7m25.4x82.1x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

82.1x


Total Market Cap: UK£56.4bTotal Earnings: UK£686.7mTotal Revenue: UK£137.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Food Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 20.8x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British Food Retail 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 20.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.28x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Retail industry have grown 45% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 5.1% per year.
  • This means that less sales are being generated overall, but since cost of doing business is lower, profits have been increasing.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Food Retail compare with similar industries?

GB Market1.14%
Consumer Staples-0.66%
Food and Staples Retail0.91%
Food Retail0.90%
Food Distributors2.09%
Drug Retail0%
Big Box Super Stores0%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
MKS Marks and Spencer GroupUK£3.694.9%
+UK£351.3m
56.4%PE17.3x
OCDO Ocado GroupUK£3.5912.4%
+UK£325.0m
-44.5%PS1x
CBOX Cake Box HoldingsUK£1.710.3%
+UK£200.0k
12.9%PE14.6x
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OCDO

UK£3.59

Ocado Group

7D

12.4%

1Y

-44.5%

WINE

UK£0.51

Naked Wines

7D

-2.4%

1Y

-11.7%

CBOX

UK£1.71

Cake Box Holdings

7D

0.3%

1Y

12.9%

VINO

UK£0.41

Virgin Wines UK

7D

-3.6%

1Y

-12.9%