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Indian (NIFTY) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 12, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies51
  • 7D-0.7%
  • 3M2.4%
  • 1Y-16.9%
  • YTD14.3%

Last week, the Food and Staples Retail industry hasn't moved much but Cropster Agro is up 3.9% in that time. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 17% in the last year. Earnings are forecast to grow by 19% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 12 Aug 2025₹2.9t₹788.9b₹30.4b37.6x95.1x3.7x
Thu, 10 Jul 2025₹2.9t₹763.7b₹29.8b46.9x97.3x3.8x
Sat, 07 Jun 2025₹2.9t₹763.7b₹29.9b47.9x97.4x3.8x
Mon, 05 May 2025₹2.8t₹739.1b₹30.3b24.7x92.7x3.8x
Wed, 02 Apr 2025₹2.8t₹739.0b₹30.3b28.8x91.3x3.7x
Fri, 28 Feb 2025₹2.4t₹738.1b₹30.2b34.6x80.7x3.3x
Sun, 26 Jan 2025₹2.5t₹739.8b₹30.1b36.7x83x3.4x
Tue, 24 Dec 2024₹2.5t₹715.3b₹29.8b40.3x82.4x3.4x
Thu, 21 Nov 2024₹2.6t₹714.5b₹29.8b34.8x87.8x3.7x
Sat, 19 Oct 2024₹2.8t₹711.6b₹29.6b36.2x93.3x3.9x
Mon, 16 Sep 2024₹3.5t₹685.6b₹29.1b35.5x121.8x5.2x
Wed, 14 Aug 2024₹3.4t₹680.1b₹28.9b38.2x117.5x5x
Fri, 12 Jul 2024₹3.4t₹652.0b₹27.3b42.3x123x5.1x
Sun, 09 Jun 2024₹3.2t₹651.2b₹27.2b36.4x119x5x
Tue, 07 May 2024₹3.1t₹653.0b₹27.0b34.8x116.2x4.8x
Thu, 04 Apr 2024₹3.0t₹629.2b₹25.8b33.7x117.3x4.8x
Sat, 02 Mar 2024₹2.6t₹629.0b₹25.8b31.4x102.6x4.2x
Mon, 29 Jan 2024₹2.6t₹624.6b₹26.1b31.7x98x4.1x
Wed, 27 Dec 2023₹2.7t₹604.1b₹25.0b32.1x109.6x4.5x
Fri, 24 Nov 2023₹2.6t₹604.1b₹25.0b34.5x105.3x4.4x
Sun, 22 Oct 2023₹2.6t₹599.1b₹24.8b51.7x103.4x4.3x
Tue, 19 Sep 2023₹2.6t₹579.2b₹25.4b47.2x102.1x4.5x
Thu, 17 Aug 2023₹2.4t₹581.4b₹25.5b45.2x94.7x4.2x
Sat, 15 Jul 2023₹2.6t₹566.6b₹25.3b40.4x104x4.6x
Mon, 12 Jun 2023₹2.5t₹565.6b₹25.2b45.1x98.2x4.4x
Wed, 10 May 2023₹2.5t₹546.2b₹25.2b30.4x98.8x4.6x
Fri, 07 Apr 2023₹2.4t₹546.0b₹25.2b30.6x94.1x4.3x
Sun, 05 Mar 2023₹2.4t₹545.9b₹25.2b28.3x93.4x4.3x
Tue, 31 Jan 2023₹2.4t₹541.3b₹25.1b32.1x95.7x4.4x
Thu, 29 Dec 2022₹2.7t₹517.3b₹24.7b40.5x109.5x5.2x
Sat, 26 Nov 2022₹2.6t₹516.1b₹24.7b36.8x106.7x5.1x
Mon, 24 Oct 2022₹2.8t₹512.3b₹24.8b33.1x113.6x5.5x
Wed, 21 Sep 2022₹2.9t₹481.9b₹22.2b32.9x131.7x6.1x
Fri, 19 Aug 2022₹3.0t₹481.9b₹22.2b27.3x135.2x6.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

135.2x


Total Market Cap: ₹3.0tTotal Earnings: ₹22.2bTotal Revenue: ₹481.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Indian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 104.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Indian 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 94.8x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 105x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 4.5x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 3.6x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 11% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 18% 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 industry?

IN Market-1.17%
Consumer Staples-1.27%
Food and Staples Retail-0.67%
Big Box Super Stores0%0
Food Retail-0.31%
Food Distributors-0.56%
Drug Retail-9.64%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 117x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 19.3%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 25.9% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food Distributors industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 36.0x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Drug Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 20% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 134% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 19% 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
523105 Cropster Agro₹16.683.9%
+₹520.8m
68.0%PE107.8x
532070 Sumuka Agro Industries₹236.0010.7%
+₹162.0m
4.1%PE70.1x
544213 Aelea Commodities₹171.803.0%
+₹100.8m
-12.3%PE302x
540829 Chandrima Mercantiles₹50.288.2%
+₹84.2m
57.3%PE153.1x
543546 Healthy Life Agritec₹55.616.7%
+₹77.0m
47.4%PE37.6x

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