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Hong Kong (HSI) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 08, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies36
  • 7D9.4%
  • 3M-7.6%
  • 1Y76.1%
  • YTD7.5%

In the last week, the Food and Staples Retail industry is up 9.4%, with JD Health International up 11%. Meanwhile, China Wantian Holdings actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 5.0% in the last week. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 76%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 23% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 08 Jan 2026HK$395.8bHK$280.1bHK$5.1b25.6x78.4x1.4x
Sat, 06 Dec 2025HK$387.2bHK$277.7bHK$5.0b26.5x77.6x1.4x
Mon, 03 Nov 2025HK$397.6bHK$277.4bHK$4.8b29.9x83.5x1.4x
Wed, 01 Oct 2025HK$443.4bHK$277.6bHK$4.8b29.7x93x1.6x
Fri, 29 Aug 2025HK$414.1bHK$279.4bHK$3.2b29.1x131x1.5x
Sun, 27 Jul 2025HK$336.1bHK$276.3bHK$1.8b29.6x182.5x1.2x
Tue, 24 Jun 2025HK$285.8bHK$275.6bHK$1.8b28x160.8x1x
Thu, 22 May 2025HK$290.9bHK$274.5bHK$1.8b28.6x166.2x1.1x
Sat, 19 Apr 2025HK$263.5bHK$266.4b-HK$114,133,308.4123.4x-2308.9x1x
Mon, 17 Mar 2025HK$271.3bHK$265.5bHK$2.7b19.7x101.4x1x
Wed, 12 Feb 2025HK$236.4bHK$259.9bHK$1.1b14.4x222x0.9x
Fri, 10 Jan 2025HK$212.8bHK$259.0bHK$1.3b18.1x160.1x0.8x
Sun, 08 Dec 2024HK$224.7bHK$261.1bHK$1.4b17.2x163.4x0.9x
Tue, 05 Nov 2024HK$231.9bHK$266.9bHK$536.0m11.6x432.6x0.9x
Thu, 03 Oct 2024HK$291.0bHK$269.5bHK$588.4m13.3x494.6x1.1x
Sat, 31 Aug 2024HK$203.5bHK$267.2bHK$717.0m12.2x283.9x0.8x
Mon, 29 Jul 2024HK$194.4bHK$260.9bHK$910.7m13.3x213.4x0.7x
Wed, 26 Jun 2024HK$210.3bHK$260.6bHK$1.0b12.2x208.5x0.8x
Fri, 24 May 2024HK$238.7bHK$280.4bHK$2.4b12.5x97.5x0.9x
Sun, 21 Apr 2024HK$209.2bHK$288.0bHK$4.0b11.7x52.4x0.7x
Tue, 19 Mar 2024HK$246.8bHK$285.5b-HK$98,058,686.7911.4x-2516.5x0.9x
Thu, 15 Feb 2024HK$232.0bHK$286.1b-HK$110,779,492.8210.3x-2094.1x0.8x
Sat, 13 Jan 2024HK$250.8bHK$287.2b-HK$200,186,596.009.7x-1252.7x0.9x
Mon, 11 Dec 2023HK$282.0bHK$287.0b-HK$166,489,776.008.8x-1693.8x1x
Wed, 08 Nov 2023HK$296.2bHK$286.3b-HK$146,427,543.0015.4x-2022.9x1x
Fri, 06 Oct 2023HK$277.9bHK$275.9bHK$2.2m15.6x127212.6x1x
Sun, 03 Sep 2023HK$281.6bHK$278.0b-HK$78,181,392.0015.1x-3601.3x1x
Tue, 01 Aug 2023HK$361.0bHK$272.9b-HK$2,253,146,782.0011.7x-160.2x1.3x
Thu, 29 Jun 2023HK$326.9bHK$270.7b-HK$2,224,467,974.0010.5x-147x1.2x
Sat, 27 May 2023HK$333.1bHK$276.6b-HK$2,420,527,129.0013.9x-137.6x1.2x
Mon, 24 Apr 2023HK$384.4bHK$283.6b-HK$4,133,012,151.0015x-93x1.4x
Wed, 22 Mar 2023HK$404.2bHK$268.8b-HK$1,922,363,718.0016.6x-210.3x1.5x
Fri, 17 Feb 2023HK$97.4bHK$182.4bHK$117.9m11.3x825.8x0.5x
Sun, 15 Jan 2023HK$105.1bHK$205.0bHK$651.2m12.2x161.3x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

161.3x


Total Market Cap: HK$105.1bTotal Earnings: HK$651.2mTotal Revenue: HK$205.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Hong Kong Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 1877.7x202420252026
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 78.4x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 2kx.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.0x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.4x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 98% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 11% 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 Market2.17%
Consumer Staples3.18%
Food and Staples Retail9.37%
Drug Retail10.89%
Food Retail3.50%
Big Box Super Stores1.95%
Food Distributors-0.72%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Drug Retail industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 90.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 16.4%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 70.2% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Big Box Super Stores industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 80% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Drug Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 16% 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$62.0511.8%
+HK$21.0b
118.5%PE37.8x
241 Alibaba Health Information TechnologyHK$5.519.1%
+HK$7.4b
69.5%PE41.4x
1833 Ping An Healthcare and TechnologyHK$16.5617.6%
+HK$5.4b
165.0%PE201.9x
1797 East Buy HoldingHK$19.036.2%
+HK$1.2b
8.0%PE3135.3x
314 Sipai Health TechnologyHK$2.7711.2%
+HK$208.0m
-46.9%PS0.5x

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