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Malaysian (KLSE) Consumer Discretionary Sector Analysis

UpdatedFeb 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies128
  • 7D0.3%
  • 3M-2.0%
  • 1Y-8.5%
  • YTD-3.6%

The Consumer Discretionary is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but Genting Malaysia Berhad has stood out, gaining 8.6%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 8.5% in the last year. Earnings are forecast to grow by 16% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Malaysian Consumer Discretionary Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 16 Feb 2025RM 93.2bRM 125.3bRM 4.9b13.4x19x0.7x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025RM 91.7bRM 125.1bRM 4.9b13x18.9x0.7x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024RM 92.4bRM 125.4bRM 4.9b12.9x18.9x0.7x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024RM 98.7bRM 127.0bRM 5.6b12.4x17.6x0.8x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024RM 99.6bRM 126.7bRM 5.6b12.9x17.8x0.8x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024RM 101.6bRM 126.8bRM 5.6b13.1x18.2x0.8x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024RM 105.6bRM 126.0bRM 5.9b14.4x18x0.8x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024RM 104.3bRM 125.9bRM 5.8b14.9x17.8x0.8x
Tue, 28 May 2024RM 105.2bRM 122.9bRM 4.9b15.2x21.4x0.9x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024RM 97.7bRM 122.8bRM 4.9b13.3x20x0.8x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024RM 97.4bRM 122.6bRM 4.9b12.8x19.9x0.8x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024RM 99.3bRM 121.3bRM 4.1b13.5x24x0.8x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024RM 102.5bRM 140.6bRM 4.8b13.6x21.2x0.7x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023RM 101.4bRM 140.8bRM 4.9b12.7x20.9x0.7x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023RM 99.2bRM 138.1bRM 4.1b12.1x23.9x0.7x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023RM 97.7bRM 138.0bRM 4.1b12.2x23.6x0.7x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023RM 99.5bRM 137.7bRM 4.1b12.2x24.1x0.7x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023RM 96.5bRM 135.2bRM 3.4b11.6x28.1x0.7x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023RM 94.8bRM 134.8bRM 3.5b10.9x27x0.7x
Wed, 31 May 2023RM 95.2bRM 134.2bRM 3.7b10.8x25.8x0.7x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023RM 99.7bRM 130.7bRM 3.5b10.9x28.7x0.8x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023RM 97.3bRM 130.7bRM 3.5b10.5x28x0.7x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023RM 106.1bRM 130.9bRM 4.2b10.9x25.3x0.8x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023RM 107.7bRM 131.1bRM 4.1b11.1x26x0.8x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022RM 104.7bRM 130.8bRM 4.1b10.9x25.6x0.8x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022RM 104.1bRM 116.4bRM 1.9b12.3x53.6x0.9x
Wed, 12 Oct 2022RM 100.3bRM 116.0bRM 1.9b12.6x53.8x0.9x
Fri, 09 Sep 2022RM 106.3bRM 115.1bRM 1.8b13.3x60.6x0.9x
Sun, 07 Aug 2022RM 106.2bRM 105.1b-RM 123,146,972.0014.9x-862.2x1x
Tue, 05 Jul 2022RM 101.3bRM 104.8b-RM 193,285,219.0014.6x-524.3x1x
Thu, 02 Jun 2022RM 110.2bRM 104.3b-RM 179,528,954.0015.2x-614x1.1x
Sat, 30 Apr 2022RM 111.9bRM 99.0b-RM 1,096,575,173.0018.6x-102x1.1x
Mon, 28 Mar 2022RM 109.7bRM 99.0b-RM 1,100,777,472.0017.4x-99.6x1.1x
Wed, 23 Feb 2022RM 110.2bRM 95.9b-RM 636,046,785.0015.8x-173.2x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-173.2x


Total Market Cap: RM 110.2bTotal Earnings: -RM 636,046,785.00Total Revenue: RM 95.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Malaysian Consumer Discretionary Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average -88.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Malaysian Consumer Discretionary 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 19.0x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of -89.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.83x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Consumer Discretionary industry have gone up over the last three years, and the industry is now profitable. Revenues have grown 9.3% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by the industry overall, and subsequently profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Malaysian Consumer Discretionary sector?

MY Market-0.45%
Consumer Discretionary0.33%
Hospitality4.91%
Luxury0.73%
Leisure0%0
Online Retail and Ecommerce0%0
Consumer Durables-0.23%
Auto-0.89%
Consumer Services-1.04%
Auto Components-1.35%
Retail Distributors-1.66%
General Merchandise and Department Stores-2.63%
Specialty Stores-5.26%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Consumer Services industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 83.1x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 11.5%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 50.4% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Auto industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 43% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 15% per year.
  • In contrast, the Retail Distributors industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 4.8% 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
GENM Genting Malaysia BerhadRM 2.418.6%
+RM 1.1b
-15.4%PE14.4x
GENTING Genting BerhadRM 3.856.6%
+RM 924.1m
-21.6%PE12.3x
RGB RGB International BhdRM 0.4615.0%
+RM 92.5m
43.8%PE31.7x
ORIENT Oriental Holdings BerhadRM 7.081.0%
+RM 43.4m
10.8%PE11.5x
TOMEI Tomei Consolidated BerhadRM 1.8312.3%
+RM 27.7m
47.6%PE4.6x
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BAUTO

RM 1.27

Bermaz Auto Berhad

7D

-6.6%

1Y

-48.2%

EDUSPEC

RM 0.14

Eduspec Holdings Berhad

7D

11.5%

1Y

93.3%

KOPI

RM 0.84

Oriental Kopi Holdings Berhad

7D

-3.4%

1Y

n/a

BJFOOD

RM 0.35

Berjaya Food Berhad

7D

-5.3%

1Y

-37.2%

SIGN

RM 1.61

Signature International Berhad

7D

1.9%

1Y

84.0%

MBMR

RM 5.77

MBM Resources Berhad

7D

-1.5%

1Y

24.1%

RGB

RM 0.46

RGB International Bhd

7D

15.0%

1Y

43.8%

FEYTECH

RM 0.61

Feytech Holdings Berhad

7D

-10.3%

1Y

n/a

ORIENT

RM 7.08

Oriental Holdings Berhad

7D

1.0%

1Y

10.8%

EG

RM 2.40

EG Industries Berhad

7D

-4.0%

1Y

71.4%

M&A

RM 0.32

M & A Equity Holdings Berhad

7D

3.3%

1Y

-20.3%