Indian (NIFTY) Food Distributors Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Indian Food Distributors Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 26 Aug 2026	₹126.7b	₹111.0b	₹2.8b	18.3x	44.6x	1.1x
Fri, 24 Jul 2026	₹109.3b	₹108.5b	₹2.6b	22.7x	42.4x	1x
Sun, 21 Jun 2026	₹86.8b	₹107.4b	₹2.5b	20.8x	34.9x	0.8x
Tue, 19 May 2026	₹73.5b	₹105.4b	₹2.3b	23.8x	31.9x	0.7x
Thu, 16 Apr 2026	₹55.5b	₹103.7b	₹2.2b	20.6x	25.1x	0.5x
Sat, 14 Mar 2026	₹51.0b	₹103.7b	₹2.2b	28.7x	23.6x	0.5x
Mon, 09 Feb 2026	₹59.8b	₹102.8b	₹2.0b	24.6x	29.9x	0.6x
Wed, 07 Jan 2026	₹59.6b	₹99.9b	₹1.8b	24.2x	33.5x	0.6x
Fri, 05 Dec 2025	₹63.3b	₹101.1b	₹1.9b	24.8x	33.4x	0.6x
Sun, 02 Nov 2025	₹56.9b	₹89.8b	₹1.3b	21.5x	45.1x	0.6x
Tue, 30 Sep 2025	₹57.7b	₹85.7b	₹1.2b	19.5x	49.9x	0.7x
Thu, 28 Aug 2025	₹60.9b	₹85.8b	₹1.0b	22.1x	58.9x	0.7x
Sat, 26 Jul 2025	₹61.9b	₹91.9b	₹1.2b	33.9x	51x	0.7x
Mon, 23 Jun 2025	₹62.7b	₹89.9b	₹981.9m	45.6x	63.9x	0.7x
Wed, 21 May 2025	₹67.9b	₹87.4b	₹1.6b	24.9x	43.2x	0.8x
Fri, 18 Apr 2025	₹67.9b	₹87.3b	₹1.6b	24.3x	43.8x	0.8x
Sun, 16 Mar 2025	₹66.1b	₹87.1b	₹1.5b	30x	42.6x	0.8x
Tue, 11 Feb 2025	₹74.1b	₹91.0b	₹1.7b	33.9x	44.2x	0.8x
Thu, 09 Jan 2025	₹91.3b	₹89.5b	₹1.7b	41.6x	53.1x	1x
Sat, 07 Dec 2024	₹83.4b	₹89.4b	₹1.7b	38.6x	48.6x	0.9x
Mon, 04 Nov 2024	₹78.3b	₹88.8b	₹1.8b	38.3x	43.5x	0.9x
Wed, 02 Oct 2024	₹62.6b	₹85.9b	₹1.6b	33.9x	39.3x	0.7x
Fri, 30 Aug 2024	₹86.7b	₹80.7b	₹1.5b	34x	56x	1.1x
Sun, 28 Jul 2024	₹87.6b	₹74.1b	₹1.2b	40.8x	71x	1.2x
Tue, 25 Jun 2024	₹67.7b	₹71.7b	₹1.0b	40.4x	65.4x	0.9x
Thu, 23 May 2024	₹53.4b	₹75.1b	₹819.0m	40.5x	65.2x	0.7x
Sat, 20 Apr 2024	₹35.0b	₹74.9b	₹717.6m	32.8x	48.8x	0.5x
Mon, 18 Mar 2024	₹26.8b	₹74.9b	₹717.6m	27.7x	37.3x	0.4x
Wed, 14 Feb 2024	₹28.1b	₹74.8b	₹734.1m	29.3x	38.2x	0.4x
Fri, 12 Jan 2024	₹25.3b	₹73.8b	₹908.6m	22.5x	27.9x	0.3x
Sun, 10 Dec 2023	₹23.2b	₹73.8b	₹908.6m	22.3x	25.6x	0.3x
Tue, 07 Nov 2023	₹22.3b	₹74.7b	₹872.9m	29.7x	25.6x	0.3x
Thu, 05 Oct 2023	₹23.2b	₹74.6b	₹846.1m	43.7x	27.4x	0.3x
Sat, 02 Sep 2023	₹23.2b	₹76.8b	₹917.2m	43x	25.3x	0.3x

Current Industry PE

Investors are relatively neutral on the Indian Food Distributors industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 43.0x.

The 3-year average PS ratio of 0.68x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.1x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Food Distributors industry have grown 46% 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 Comparison

How does Indian Food Distributors compare with similar industries?


IN Market	0.48%
Consumer Staples	0.15%
Food and Staples Retail	-1.44%
Food Distributors	3.25%
Drug Retail	2.00%
Big Box Super Stores	0%	0
Food Retail	-1.77%

Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

Company	Last Price	7D	1Y	Valuation
512065 Mrugesh Trading	₹94.88	11.1% +₹6.9b	n/a	PS552.2x
519031 Shah Foods	₹402.95	19.9% +₹1.6b	n/a	PE69x
540829 Chandrima Mercantiles	₹11.13	70.4% +₹1.5b	233.9%	PE66x
SAKUMA Sakuma Exports	₹1.79	15.5% +₹376.3m	-32.2%	PE26.3x
CKKRETAIL C K K Retail Mart	₹160.00	9.6% +₹271.2m	n/a	PE29.4x

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Earnings have declined by 37% per year over the past 5 years. This is considered a major risk. Ultimately, shareholders want to see a good return on their investment and that generally comes from sharing in the company's profits. If profits are declining over an extended period, then in most cases the share price will decline over time unless the company can turn around its fortunes. A trend of falling earnings can be very difficult to turn around. If the company is well already established it may also be a sign the company has matured and is in decline. In addition, if the company pays dividends it will also likely need to reduce or cut them, striking a dual blow to total shareholder returns. Currently, the following risks have been identified for the company: Major Risks Earnings have declined by 37% per year over the past 5 years. Market cap is less than US$10m (₹66.4m market cap, or US$694.2k). Minor Risk Share price has been volatile over the past 3 months (8.2% average weekly change).

Indian (NIFTY) Food Distributors Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Industry Comparison

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Latest News

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 20%

Upcoming dividend of ₹1.50 per share

Ruchi Infrastructure Limited, Annual General Meeting, Sep 22, 2026

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Uma Exports Limited announced that it expects to receive INR 135.9 million in funding from Uma Agro Exports Private Limited and other investors.

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 17%

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

First quarter 2027 earnings released: EPS: ₹0.37 (vs ₹0.84 in 1Q 2026)

Sarda Proteins Ltd has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of INR 900 million.

Mrugesh Trading Limited to Report Q1, 2027 Results on Aug 11, 2026

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Gujjubhai Industries Limited to Report Q1, 2027 Results on Aug 12, 2026

Cropster Agro Limited to Report Q1, 2027 Results on Aug 10, 2026

Executive Director recently bought ₹203k worth of stock

Third quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: ₹0.37 (vs ₹1.52 in 3Q 2025)