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Hong Kong (HSI) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies36
  • 7D13.0%
  • 3M17.9%
  • 1Y1.2%
  • YTD30.5%

In the last week, the Food and Staples Retail industry is up 13%, with Ping An Healthcare and Technology leading the way, up 26%. Meanwhile, East Buy Holding actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 10% in the last week. Overall in the last year, the industry is flat. Looking forward, 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
Fri, 21 Feb 2025HK$281.2bHK$261.0bHK$1.1b14x262.1x1.1x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025HK$210.9bHK$259.3bHK$1.3b19.2x158.3x0.8x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024HK$227.7bHK$260.5bHK$1.4b18.3x166.3x0.9x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024HK$237.0bHK$261.8bHK$1.1b11x211.1x0.9x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024HK$252.7bHK$267.5bHK$578.2m12.3x437.1x0.9x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024HK$197.0bHK$267.6bHK$660.8m11.9x298.2x0.7x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024HK$201.5bHK$264.3bHK$922.7m12.6x218.4x0.8x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024HK$207.0bHK$260.3bHK$954.1m13.1x216.9x0.8x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024HK$234.8bHK$279.4bHK$2.5b12.8x93.1x0.8x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024HK$233.8bHK$287.7bHK$4.0b12.8x58.6x0.8x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024HK$222.9bHK$284.5bHK$1.6b10.8x138.4x0.8x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024HK$246.1bHK$285.7b-HK$110,371,107.6910.1x-2230.1x0.9x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024HK$237.3bHK$287.5b-HK$201,276,613.009.6x-1178.9x0.8x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023HK$280.2bHK$287.6b-HK$167,640,873.008.8x-1671.7x1x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023HK$300.0bHK$281.5b-HK$478,276,267.0010.1x-627.2x1.1x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023HK$271.4bHK$275.6bHK$2.3m15.6x115873.5x1x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023HK$285.7bHK$276.2b-HK$78,961,376.0016.1x-3618.8x1x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023HK$347.4bHK$271.5b-HK$2,251,213,332.0011.4x-154.3x1.3x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023HK$325.1bHK$271.5b-HK$2,233,992,819.0013x-145.5x1.2x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023HK$346.3bHK$276.0b-HK$2,414,664,650.0014.9x-143.4x1.3x
Wed, 03 May 2023HK$389.4bHK$282.3b-HK$4,122,974,625.0013.7x-94.4x1.4x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023HK$417.3bHK$284.9b-HK$3,820,042,353.0020.8x-109.2x1.5x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023HK$96.1bHK$180.0bHK$118.5m11.1x810.5x0.5x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023HK$103.7bHK$183.9bHK$129.2m10.5x802.8x0.6x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022HK$72.6bHK$166.5b-HK$204,759,573.008.5x-354.7x0.4x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022HK$64.8bHK$163.0b-HK$363,444,742.0019.5x-178.4x0.4x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022HK$47.5bHK$164.0b-HK$166,489,852.0014.7x-285x0.3x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022HK$50.3bHK$166.6b-HK$1,262,621,419.0012.1x-39.9x0.3x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022HK$33.0bHK$159.6b-HK$1,148,295,537.0012x-28.7x0.2x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022HK$36.4bHK$159.7b-HK$1,210,021,621.0013x-30.1x0.2x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022HK$34.9bHK$160.1b-HK$1,350,266,973.0010x-25.8x0.2x
Thu, 05 May 2022HK$34.4bHK$172.2bHK$2.1b9.7x16.6x0.2x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022HK$37.7bHK$179.4bHK$2.2b10.1x17.1x0.2x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022HK$40.3bHK$180.5bHK$492.1m9.2x81.8x0.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

81.8x


Total Market Cap: HK$40.3bTotal Earnings: HK$492.1mTotal Revenue: HK$180.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Hong Kong Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 1941x202320242025
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 262x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 2kx.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 0.73x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.1x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 30% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 13% 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 Hong Kong Consumer Staples industry?

HK Market3.24%
Consumer Staples2.26%
Food and Staples Retail13.03%
Drug Retail16.56%
Big Box Super Stores6.33%
Food Retail-3.74%
Food Distributors-3.95%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 54.1x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 80.8%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 11.9% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Big Box Super Stores industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 90% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Drug Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 20% 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
1833 Ping An Healthcare and TechnologyHK$9.3126.5%
+HK$4.2b
-26.5%PS4.1x
6618 JD Health InternationalHK$36.753.4%
+HK$3.8b
19.9%PE41.9x
241 Alibaba Health Information TechnologyHK$6.042.4%
+HK$2.3b
70.6%PE75.2x
6808 Sun Art Retail GroupHK$1.744.8%
+HK$763.2m
37.0%PS0.2x
6086 FangzhouHK$4.1214.4%
+HK$696.9m
n/aPS2.1x
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6618

HK$36.75

JD Health International

7D

3.4%

1Y

19.9%

6086

HK$4.12

Fangzhou

7D

14.4%

1Y

n/a

241

HK$6.04

Alibaba Health Information Technology

7D

2.4%

1Y

70.6%

314

HK$5.29

Sipai Health Technology

7D

5.4%

1Y

-19.8%

1389

HK$0.32

Major Holdings

7D

-7.2%

1Y

107.8%

1797

HK$12.62

East Buy Holding

7D

-10.5%

1Y

-48.5%

2429

HK$2.98

Beijing UBOX Online Technology

7D

-10.8%

1Y

-84.9%

6808

HK$1.74

Sun Art Retail Group

7D

4.8%

1Y

37.0%

980

HK$0.35

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings

7D

-10.3%

1Y

27.3%

948

HK$0.23

Alpha Professional Holdings

7D

-11.9%

1Y

-19.6%

226

HK$0.39

Lippo

7D

-12.5%

1Y

-59.5%

1854

HK$1.20

China Wantian Holdings

7D

3.4%

1Y

-17.8%

2517

HK$1.89

Guoquan Food (Shanghai)

7D

2.2%

1Y

-71.7%