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Hong Kong (HSI) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 17, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies37
  • 7D14.9%
  • 3M43.0%
  • 1Y101.3%
  • YTD88.5%

In the last week, the Food and Staples Retail industry is up 15%, with JD Health International up 16%. Meanwhile, China Wantian Holdings actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 9.5% in the last week. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 101%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 28% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Hong Kong Food and Staples Retail Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 17 Aug 2025HK$421.6bHK$283.3bHK$2.6b27.5x165x1.5x
Tue, 15 Jul 2025HK$308.6bHK$276.3bHK$1.8b28.1x167.5x1.1x
Thu, 12 Jun 2025HK$294.4bHK$275.7bHK$1.8b28.6x166x1.1x
Sat, 10 May 2025HK$278.5bHK$269.0b-HK$91,064,336.2324.4x-3058.1x1x
Mon, 07 Apr 2025HK$262.6bHK$267.4b-HK$105,159,322.7322.2x-2497.2x1x
Wed, 05 Mar 2025HK$277.0bHK$260.5bHK$1.1b14.1x258.1x1.1x
Fri, 31 Jan 2025HK$233.7bHK$261.8bHK$1.1b13.6x216.5x0.9x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024HK$224.4bHK$259.6bHK$1.3b18.7x168.3x0.9x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024HK$223.6bHK$262.1bHK$1.5b9.3x153.2x0.9x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024HK$241.7bHK$265.4bHK$568.9m11.6x424.9x0.9x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024HK$204.5bHK$268.8bHK$667.6m11.9x306.4x0.8x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024HK$191.0bHK$264.7bHK$1.5b10.8x129.4x0.7x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024HK$196.0bHK$260.3bHK$954.4m12.5x205.3x0.8x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024HK$229.1bHK$278.7bHK$2.5b11.7x91.1x0.8x
Sun, 12 May 2024HK$245.6bHK$287.8bHK$4.0b12.8x61.5x0.9x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024HK$228.3bHK$288.2bHK$4.0b12.6x57.1x0.8x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024HK$229.9bHK$285.7b-HK$98,267,919.9411.2x-2339.2x0.8x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024HK$220.7bHK$289.2b-HK$113,796,836.009.7x-1939.5x0.8x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024HK$286.3bHK$289.4b-HK$202,214,777.009.8x-1415.7x1x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023HK$299.1bHK$285.1b-HK$487,273,948.0010.3x-613.9x1x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023HK$241.2bHK$274.6b-HK$61,028,663.0011.1x-3951.6x0.9x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023HK$279.9bHK$275.8b-HK$78,834,581.0016.1x-3549.9x1x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023HK$274.1bHK$275.8b-HK$808,382,682.009.8x-339x1x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023HK$334.3bHK$271.0b-HK$2,228,241,456.0011.9x-150x1.2x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023HK$361.4bHK$275.1b-HK$2,296,424,047.0017x-157.4x1.3x
Mon, 15 May 2023HK$372.5bHK$280.4b-HK$4,091,446,907.0016.3x-91x1.3x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023HK$426.2bHK$284.0b-HK$4,139,178,694.0020.1x-103x1.5x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023HK$90.7bHK$179.7bHK$126.7m10.8x715.3x0.5x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023HK$92.9bHK$184.5bHK$128.8m11.6x721.1x0.5x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023HK$82.4bHK$168.4b-HK$194,602,053.008.6x-423.5x0.5x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022HK$66.6bHK$162.9b-HK$206,090,792.008.1x-323.3x0.4x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022HK$43.6bHK$162.9b-HK$183,015,135.0013.8x-238.4x0.3x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022HK$49.1bHK$163.5b-HK$1,185,585,973.0015.5x-41.4x0.3x
Wed, 24 Aug 2022HK$31.9bHK$156.8b-HK$1,122,922,442.0011.5x-28.4x0.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-28.4x


Total Market Cap: HK$31.9bTotal Earnings: -HK$1,122,922,442.00Total Revenue: HK$156.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Hong Kong Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 1836x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Hong Kong 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 165x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 2kx.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 0.87x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.5x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Consumer Retailing industry have gone up over the last three years, and the industry is now profitable. Revenues have grown 22% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by the industry overall, and subsequently profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Hong Kong Consumer Staples industry?

HK Market2.10%
Consumer Staples2.73%
Food and Staples Retail14.85%
Food Retail24.78%
Drug Retail14.15%
Big Box Super Stores7.07%
Food Distributors0.98%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Drug Retail industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 95.9x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 16.9%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 71.2% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 91% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 2.2% per year.
  • In contrast, the Drug Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 17% 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
6618 JD Health InternationalHK$61.2516.0%
+HK$27.0b
185.5%PE38.1x
1797 East Buy HoldingHK$41.2439.6%
+HK$12.2b
286.1%PS6.3x
1833 Ping An Healthcare and TechnologyHK$15.5824.4%
+HK$6.6b
39.4%PE379.5x
241 Alibaba Health Information TechnologyHK$5.338.1%
+HK$6.4b
82.5%PE55x
6808 Sun Art Retail GroupHK$2.347.8%
+HK$1.6b
87.2%PE50.6x

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