Croatian (CROBEX) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Croatian Consumer Staples Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

Current Industry PE: Investors are relatively neutral on the industry at the moment, considering it's trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 13.0x. However, future earnings are expected to decline by 4.7% which could potentially cause the PE ratio to fall below its historical average.

Past Earnings Growth: The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 35% per year over the last three years, while revenues have remained mostly flat. This means that companies overall are more efficiently conducting business since profits are increasing while sales have been flat.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Croatian Consumer Staples sector?

Industry PE: Investors are most optimistic about the Food industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 14.2x. However analysts are expecting annual earnings decline of 4.7%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 0.4% per year. So the market might believe that analysts are underestimating future growth or they expect the Food industry's earnings to deteriorate the least compared to other industries. Meanwhile, investors are most pessimistic about the Household Products industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 17.5x.

Forecasted Growth: Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Food industry since they expect its earnings to decline by only 4.7% per year over the next 5 years, which isn't as bad as the other industries. However, this is a reversal from its past annual earnings growth rate of 0.4% per year.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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