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Indian (NIFTY) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies350
  • 7D-1.3%
  • 3M-7.8%
  • 1Y-4.4%
  • YTD-8.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Consumer Staples industry has dropped 2.1%, driven by pullbacks in Hindustan Unilever and Varun Beverages of 3.2% and 8.8%, respectively. On the other hand Godfrey Phillips India is actually up 20%. The industry has fallen 4.4% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 16% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025₹29.6t₹7.0t₹664.9b24.9x44.5x4.2x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025₹31.1t₹6.9t₹668.4b29x46.6x4.5x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024₹32.4t₹6.9t₹668.3b32.3x48.5x4.7x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024₹32.1t₹6.9t₹667.4b30.8x48.2x4.7x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024₹35.4t₹6.8t₹657.1b34.9x53.9x5.2x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024₹36.7t₹6.8t₹654.4b36.6x56x5.4x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024₹35.1t₹6.7t₹649.8b33.7x53.9x5.2x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024₹33.1t₹6.6t₹635.7b34.7x52.1x5x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024₹30.7t₹6.6t₹624.1b31x49.2x4.7x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024₹30.8t₹6.5t₹620.8b31.6x49.7x4.8x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024₹30.0t₹6.4t₹617.9b27.1x48.6x4.7x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024₹30.6t₹6.4t₹616.1b31.9x49.7x4.8x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024₹30.9t₹6.4t₹601.4b32.6x51.4x4.8x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023₹30.6t₹6.4t₹599.8b31.3x51x4.8x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023₹29.2t₹6.4t₹600.4b29.3x48.7x4.6x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023₹29.3t₹6.3t₹600.5b30.9x48.7x4.6x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023₹29.1t₹6.5t₹600.4b30.9x48.4x4.5x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023₹28.7t₹6.5t₹595.7b28.5x48.2x4.4x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023₹28.9t₹6.4t₹589.7b28.8x49x4.5x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023₹27.9t₹6.4t₹588.7b27.8x47.4x4.4x
Wed, 03 May 2023₹26.3t₹6.1t₹591.9b24.8x44.5x4.3x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023₹25.1t₹6.1t₹578.8b22.9x43.4x4.1x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023₹25.2t₹6.0t₹576.6b24.9x43.7x4.2x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023₹25.5t₹5.9t₹554.1b28.6x46.1x4.3x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022₹26.4t₹5.9t₹551.1b26.7x47.9x4.5x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022₹25.5t₹5.9t₹550.7b26.7x46.3x4.3x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022₹25.6t₹5.7t₹518.2b24.8x49.4x4.5x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022₹26.2t₹5.7t₹518.0b25.9x50.5x4.6x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022₹25.3t₹5.7t₹515.5b26.1x49x4.5x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022₹24.1t₹5.4t₹499.6b24.5x48.2x4.5x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022₹22.9t₹5.3t₹499.9b23.7x45.8x4.3x
Thu, 05 May 2022₹22.9t₹5.2t₹495.8b23.5x46.2x4.4x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022₹22.3t₹5.1t₹488.8b22.6x45.7x4.4x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022₹21.7t₹5.1t₹488.4b21.6x44.4x4.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

44.4x


Total Market Cap: ₹21.7tTotal Earnings: ₹488.4bTotal Revenue: ₹5.1tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Indian Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 48.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Indian Consumer Staples 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 44.5x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 48.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 4.6x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 11% 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 Indian Consumer Staples sector?

IN Market-0.74%
Consumer Staples-1.30%
Food0.53%
Tobacco-0.87%
Personal Products-1.58%
Food and Staples Retail-2.02%
Household Products-2.75%
Beverage-4.86%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food and Staples Retail industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 116x.
    • Analysts expect its future annual earnings growth (20.6%) to be largely in line with prior year's earnings growth.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Tobacco industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 26.0x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Beverage industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 22% over the next 5 years.
  • This is roughly in line with its past earnings growth rate.
  • In contrast, the Tobacco industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 10% 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
AWL Adani Wilmar₹260.3510.1%
+₹31.1b
-33.2%PE28.4x
BIKAJI Bikaji Foods International₹675.3016.9%
+₹24.4b
28.0%PE62x
507815 Gillette India₹8.24k8.7%
+₹21.4b
26.7%PE56.6x
500790 Nestlé India₹2.22k1.0%
+₹20.2b
-14.2%PE65.3x
PATANJALI Patanjali Foods₹1.86k2.8%
+₹18.1b
12.7%PE58.5x
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