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Italian (Borsa Italiana) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 13, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies6
  • 7D-0.8%
  • 3M4.7%
  • 1Y47.6%
  • YTD3.2%

The Food industry has stayed flat over the last week. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 48% over the past 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 15% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Italian Food Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 13 Apr 2025€2.1b€3.6b€191.4m9.7x10.8x0.6x
Tue, 11 Mar 2025€1.9b€3.1b€200.2m11.6x9.7x0.6x
Thu, 06 Feb 2025€2.1b€3.1b€200.2m13x10.2x0.7x
Sat, 04 Jan 2025€2.0b€3.1b€200.2m13.4x10.1x0.7x
Mon, 02 Dec 2024€1.9b€3.1b€200.2m13.4x9.5x0.6x
Wed, 30 Oct 2024€1.7b€2.6b€37.1m13.4x47x0.7x
Fri, 27 Sep 2024€1.8b€2.6b€26.9m15x67.1x0.7x
Sun, 25 Aug 2024€1.8b€2.6b€25.3m13.8x72.1x0.7x
Tue, 23 Jul 2024€1.8b€2.6b€25.3m15.6x69.2x0.7x
Thu, 20 Jun 2024€1.6b€2.6b€26.0m13.2x60.8x0.6x
Sat, 18 May 2024€1.4b€2.6b€27.2m15x51.8x0.5x
Mon, 15 Apr 2024€1.3b€2.6b€33.1m14.9x40.3x0.5x
Wed, 13 Mar 2024€1.4b€2.6b€39.7m13.5x35.3x0.5x
Fri, 09 Feb 2024€1.5b€2.6b€39.7m15.4x37.7x0.6x
Sun, 07 Jan 2024€1.5b€2.6b€39.7m14.8x37.6x0.6x
Tue, 05 Dec 2023€1.2b€2.6b€39.7m13x29.4x0.4x
Thu, 02 Nov 2023€1.0b€2.6b€31.7m22.5x32.8x0.4x
Sat, 30 Sep 2023€1.1b€2.6b€31.7m22.8x33.4x0.4x
Mon, 28 Aug 2023€1.0b€2.3b€23.4m77.3x44.4x0.5x
Wed, 26 Jul 2023€1.1b€2.3b€23.4m84.7x48.1x0.5x
Fri, 23 Jun 2023€1.1b€2.3b€23.4m80.9x46.3x0.5x
Sun, 21 May 2023€1.1b€2.3b€23.4m81.3x45.7x0.5x
Tue, 18 Apr 2023€1.1b€2.3b€19.3m89.3x56.3x0.5x
Thu, 16 Mar 2023€1.0b€1.8b€500.8k16.2x2087x0.6x
Sat, 11 Feb 2023€1.1b€1.8b€500.8k16.5x2138.3x0.6x
Mon, 09 Jan 2023€1.1b€1.8b€500.8k16.3x2107.3x0.6x
Wed, 07 Dec 2022€1.0b€1.8b€500.8k16.2x2067.1x0.6x
Fri, 04 Nov 2022€996.2m€1.7b€4.8m62.8x206.9x0.6x
Sun, 02 Oct 2022€1.0b€1.7b€4.8m68x213.2x0.6x
Tue, 30 Aug 2022€1.1b€1.3b€13.3m18.6x79.8x0.8x
Thu, 28 Jul 2022€1.1b€1.3b€13.3m19.3x80.7x0.8x
Sat, 25 Jun 2022€1.6b€2.2b€67.3m16.9x23.5x0.7x
Mon, 23 May 2022€1.6b€2.2b€60.0m18.1x26x0.7x
Wed, 20 Apr 2022€1.6b€1.9b€62.0m18.9x25.7x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

25.7x


Total Market Cap: €1.6bTotal Earnings: €62.0mTotal Revenue: €1.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Italian Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 285.5x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Italian Food 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 10.8x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 285x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.60x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have grown 46% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 24% 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 Italian Consumer Staples industry?

IT Market-1.96%
Consumer Staples0.19%
Food-0.84%
Agricultural Products-0.46%
Packaged Foods and Meats-1.32%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Agricultural Products industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts expect its future annual earnings growth (43.2%) to be largely in line with prior year's earnings growth.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 44.3x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Agricultural Products industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 43% over the next 5 years.
  • This is roughly in line with its past earnings growth rate.
  • In contrast, the Packaged Foods and Meats industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 23% 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
MS Misitano & Stracuzzi€2.572.8%
+€2.1m		n/aPE9x
CLI Centrale del Latte d'Italia€2.804.5%
+€1.7m		1.4%PE8.9x
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MS

€2.57

Misitano & Stracuzzi

7D

2.8%

1Y

n/a

NWL

€15.44

Newlat Food

7D

-2.3%

1Y

170.9%

HQF

€0.54

High Quality Food

7D

-4.6%

1Y

-23.8%

Investors Will Want High Quality Food's (BIT:HQF) Growth In ROCE To Persist

Apr 01
Investors Will Want High Quality Food's (BIT:HQF) Growth In ROCE To Persist

CLI

€2.80

Centrale del Latte d'Italia

7D

4.5%

1Y

1.4%

We Think Centrale del Latte d'Italia's (BIT:CLI) Healthy Earnings Might Be Conservative

Nov 19
We Think Centrale del Latte d'Italia's (BIT:CLI) Healthy Earnings Might Be Conservative

BFG

€4.37

B.F

7D

-0.5%

1Y

21.1%

Investors Will Want B.F's (BIT:BFG) Growth In ROCE To Persist

Jul 04
Investors Will Want B.F's (BIT:BFG) Growth In ROCE To Persist