U.K. (FTSE) Food Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 03, 2025

DataAggregated Company Financials

Companies7

7D-1.8%
3M10.1%
1Y18.6%
YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Food Retail industry has dropped 1.8%, driven by declines in Tesco and Marks and Spencer Group of 1.1% and 3.6%, respectively. On the other hand Virgin Wines UK is actually up 14%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 19%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 11% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Sun, 03 Aug 2025	UK£44.2b	UK£118.2b	UK£2.0b	21.6x	22.6x	0.4x
Tue, 01 Jul 2025	UK£42.1b	UK£118.1b	UK£2.0b	16.4x	21x	0.4x
Thu, 29 May 2025	UK£42.0b	UK£118.1b	UK£2.0b	17.1x	21x	0.4x
Sat, 26 Apr 2025	UK£40.2b	UK£117.7b	UK£2.2b	15.5x	18.1x	0.3x
Mon, 24 Mar 2025	UK£36.3b	UK£117.2b	UK£2.3b	14.3x	16x	0.3x
Wed, 19 Feb 2025	UK£41.1b	UK£119.0b	UK£2.4b	15.1x	17.5x	0.3x
Fri, 17 Jan 2025	UK£39.8b	UK£119.0b	UK£2.4b	13.4x	16.9x	0.3x
Sun, 15 Dec 2024	UK£42.2b	UK£119.0b	UK£2.4b	15.8x	17.9x	0.4x
Tue, 12 Nov 2024	UK£39.3b	UK£118.6b	UK£2.3b	14.7x	17x	0.3x
Thu, 10 Oct 2024	UK£42.8b	UK£118.3b	UK£2.2b	17.9x	19.2x	0.4x
Sat, 07 Sep 2024	UK£41.7b	UK£117.3b	UK£2.1b	16.3x	19.9x	0.4x
Mon, 05 Aug 2024	UK£38.5b	UK£117.3b	UK£2.1b	15.7x	18.4x	0.3x
Wed, 03 Jul 2024	UK£41.5b	UK£155.0b	UK£3.0b	14.5x	13.8x	0.3x
Fri, 31 May 2024	UK£43.6b	UK£153.8b	UK£3.0b	15x	14.7x	0.3x
Sun, 28 Apr 2024	UK£34.6b	UK£116.7b	UK£2.0b	13.9x	17.6x	0.3x
Tue, 26 Mar 2024	UK£41.9b	UK£147.3b	UK£2.3b	14.6x	18.5x	0.3x
Thu, 22 Feb 2024	UK£35.3b	UK£147.3b	UK£2.1b	13.9x	16.7x	0.2x
Sat, 20 Jan 2024	UK£41.6b	UK£148.6b	UK£2.1b	14.5x	19.5x	0.3x
Mon, 18 Dec 2023	UK£42.3b	UK£147.9b	UK£2.1b	13.8x	19.9x	0.3x
Wed, 15 Nov 2023	UK£39.0b	UK£147.4b	UK£2.1b	13.7x	18.4x	0.3x
Fri, 13 Oct 2023	UK£38.3b	UK£142.8b	UK£2.0b	13.1x	18.7x	0.3x
Sun, 10 Sep 2023	UK£39.2b	UK£141.1b	UK£1.4b	15.7x	28.3x	0.3x
Tue, 08 Aug 2023	UK£38.9b	UK£140.4b	UK£1.4b	15.4x	27.8x	0.3x
Thu, 06 Jul 2023	UK£32.8b	UK£142.0b	UK£1.5b	14.3x	22.5x	0.2x
Sat, 03 Jun 2023	UK£35.4b	UK£145.4b	UK£1.5b	10.1x	23.3x	0.2x
Mon, 01 May 2023	UK£37.1b	UK£144.1b	UK£1.4b	11.6x	26.7x	0.3x
Wed, 29 Mar 2023	UK£31.7b	UK£141.0b	UK£2.1b	10.5x	15.3x	0.2x
Fri, 24 Feb 2023	UK£35.6b	UK£141.3b	UK£2.2b	10.5x	16.3x	0.3x
Sun, 22 Jan 2023	UK£34.7b	UK£144.5b	UK£2.2b	9.7x	15.5x	0.2x
Tue, 20 Dec 2022	UK£31.2b	UK£146.7b	UK£2.3b	9x	13.6x	0.2x
Thu, 17 Nov 2022	UK£31.4b	UK£150.7b	UK£2.3b	9x	13.4x	0.2x
Sat, 15 Oct 2022	UK£27.6b	UK£146.9b	UK£2.4b	6.9x	11.6x	0.2x
Mon, 12 Sep 2022	UK£32.7b	UK£145.9b	UK£3.0b	8.2x	11x	0.2x
Wed, 10 Aug 2022	UK£34.7b	UK£106.2b	UK£2.2b	12.2x	16.1x	0.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio

16.1x

Wed, 10 Aug 2022

Current Industry PE

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

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 22.6x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 18.4x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.29x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Food Retail industry have declined 3.0% per year over the last three years.
Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 3.6% 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 decreased profits.