Malaysian (KLSE) Food Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Thu, 09 Jul 2026	RM 225.8b	RM 159.2b	RM 8.8b	11.1x	25.8x	1.4x
Sat, 06 Jun 2026	RM 218.2b	RM 159.0b	RM 8.7b	11.4x	25x	1.4x
Mon, 04 May 2026	RM 229.4b	RM 161.2b	RM 8.8b	10.8x	26.1x	1.4x
Wed, 01 Apr 2026	RM 227.6b	RM 160.9b	RM 8.8b	10.9x	25.9x	1.4x
Fri, 27 Feb 2026	RM 221.0b	RM 161.2b	RM 13.5b	10.8x	16.3x	1.4x
Sun, 25 Jan 2026	RM 223.0b	RM 159.9b	RM 13.3b	11.1x	16.8x	1.4x
Tue, 23 Dec 2025	RM 219.6b	RM 159.9b	RM 13.3b	10.8x	16.6x	1.4x
Thu, 20 Nov 2025	RM 220.8b	RM 157.4b	RM 13.6b	12.1x	16.2x	1.4x
Sat, 18 Oct 2025	RM 211.0b	RM 156.2b	RM 13.3b	11.7x	15.9x	1.4x
Mon, 15 Sep 2025	RM 204.4b	RM 156.2b	RM 13.3b	11.6x	15.4x	1.3x
Wed, 13 Aug 2025	RM 202.2b	RM 174.7b	RM 13.4b	11.7x	15.1x	1.2x
Fri, 11 Jul 2025	RM 202.0b	RM 174.7b	RM 13.2b	11x	15.3x	1.2x
Sun, 08 Jun 2025	RM 198.7b	RM 174.4b	RM 13.2b	10.6x	15x	1.1x
Tue, 06 May 2025	RM 205.5b	RM 168.6b	RM 12.9b	10.8x	16x	1.2x
Thu, 03 Apr 2025	RM 203.4b	RM 168.5b	RM 12.8b	11.3x	15.9x	1.2x
Sat, 01 Mar 2025	RM 209.3b	RM 166.8b	RM 12.7b	10.9x	16.5x	1.3x
Mon, 27 Jan 2025	RM 209.1b	RM 164.2b	RM 11.9b	11.7x	17.5x	1.3x
Wed, 25 Dec 2024	RM 212.4b	RM 164.2b	RM 11.9b	11.6x	17.8x	1.3x
Fri, 22 Nov 2024	RM 215.0b	RM 162.1b	RM 11.1b	13.4x	19.4x	1.3x
Sun, 20 Oct 2024	RM 214.0b	RM 160.7b	RM 12.0b	12.9x	17.8x	1.3x
Tue, 17 Sep 2024	RM 209.7b	RM 160.5b	RM 12.0b	12.5x	17.5x	1.3x
Thu, 15 Aug 2024	RM 212.2b	RM 157.0b	RM 11.0b	14x	19.4x	1.4x
Sat, 13 Jul 2024	RM 212.0b	RM 157.1b	RM 11.0b	14.2x	19.3x	1.4x
Mon, 10 Jun 2024	RM 213.9b	RM 155.5b	RM 10.8b	14.3x	19.8x	1.4x
Wed, 08 May 2024	RM 219.8b	RM 155.3b	RM 10.1b	14.7x	21.8x	1.4x
Fri, 05 Apr 2024	RM 214.4b	RM 154.8b	RM 10.0b	14.6x	21.4x	1.4x
Sun, 03 Mar 2024	RM 208.3b	RM 154.8b	RM 10.0b	14x	20.8x	1.3x
Tue, 30 Jan 2024	RM 211.2b	RM 158.1b	RM 10.8b	13.1x	19.6x	1.3x
Thu, 28 Dec 2023	RM 206.0b	RM 158.2b	RM 10.8b	13.2x	19.1x	1.3x
Sat, 25 Nov 2023	RM 203.7b	RM 161.5b	RM 10.3b	13.1x	19.9x	1.3x
Mon, 23 Oct 2023	RM 205.6b	RM 162.3b	RM 10.7b	13.4x	19.2x	1.3x
Wed, 20 Sep 2023	RM 207.2b	RM 162.7b	RM 10.7b	13.6x	19.3x	1.3x
Fri, 18 Aug 2023	RM 205.9b	RM 172.8b	RM 13.6b	12.4x	15.2x	1.2x
Sun, 16 Jul 2023	RM 205.7b	RM 173.0b	RM 13.7b	11.7x	15x	1.2x

Current Industry PE

Investors are optimistic on the Malaysian Food industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 25.6x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 18.6x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Food industry have declined 14% per year over the last three years,
Revenues have also declined 2.7% per year.
This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Malaysian Consumer Staples industry?


MY Market	0.81%
Consumer Staples	2.53%
Food	2.39%
Agricultural Products	2.91%
Packaged Foods and Meats	1.30%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 16.7x.

Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 1.6%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 8.1% per year.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 24% over the next 5 years.
This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 8.5% per year.

In contrast, the Agricultural Products industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

Company	Last Price	7D	1Y	Valuation
SDG SD Guthrie Berhad	RM 6.12	2.3% +RM 968.2m	28.8%	PE17x
UTDPLT United Plantations Berhad	RM 34.34	4.1% +RM 846.2m	59.1%	PE26x
KLK Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad	RM 21.70	3.4% +RM 801.8m	3.3%	PE21.6x
IOICORP IOI Corporation Berhad	RM 4.33	2.4% +RM 628.5m	11.0%	PE16.8x
PPB PPB Group Berhad	RM 9.46	3.3% +RM 426.8m	-7.3%	PS2.5x

Company

Last Price

Valuation

SDG SD Guthrie Berhad

RM 6.12

2.3%
+RM 968.2m

28.8%

PE17x

UTDPLT United Plantations Berhad

RM 34.34

4.1%
+RM 846.2m

59.1%

PE26x

KLK Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad

RM 21.70

3.4%
+RM 801.8m

3.3%

PE21.6x

IOICORP IOI Corporation Berhad

RM 4.33

2.4%
+RM 628.5m

11.0%

PE16.8x

PPB PPB Group Berhad

RM 9.46

3.3%
+RM 426.8m

-7.3%

PS2.5x

Far East Holdings Berhad Announces Resignation of Tee Lip Jen as Non Independent and Non Executive Alternate Director, Effective June 30, 2026

Far East Holdings Berhad announced that Mr. Tee Lip Jen resigned as Non Independent and Non Executive Alternate Director with effect from June 30, 2026. Reason: Mr. Tee Lip Jen being the Alternate Director to Mr. Tee Kim Tee @ Tee Ching Tee has resigned as Alternate Director of Far East Holdings Berhad following the resignation of his principal, Mr. Tee Kim Tee @ Tee Ching Tee as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 30 June 2026. Mr. Tee Lip Jen, age 43, is a Malaysian male. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He is the Process Engineer in Future Prelude Sdn. Bhd. since 2006 for two (2) years before expanding his experience as a Project Engineer in Future Prelude Sdn. Bhd. In 2012, he was appointed as Executive Director of Future Prelude Sdn. Bhd. In addition, he is the Non-Executive Director in CI Resources Limited (now known as PRL Global Ltd. or "PRL"), a public listed company on Australian Securities Exchange since 2011. He later assumed the role of Executive Director of PRL on July 1, 2023 and serves as a member of Audit & Risk Management Committee and Remuneration & Nomination Committee in PRL. He also sits in the board of Phosphate Resources (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and Phosphate Resources Ltd, which are the wholly owned subsidiaries of PRL. Currently, he is the Engineering Director of Prosper Group companies, where he oversees the engineering and production activities in ten (10) palm oil mills with the processing capacity ranging between 20mt to 70mt of fresh fruit bunch/hour. He is also tasked with overseeing their associated biogas projects with the output capacity ranging between 0.5MW to 2MW/hour.

Malaysian (KLSE) Food Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Industry Trends

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Latest News

Far East Holdings Berhad Announces Resignation of Tee Lip Jen as Non Independent and Non Executive Alternate Director, Effective June 30, 2026

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Upcoming dividend of RM0.20 per share

Insufficient new directors

Upcoming dividend of RM0.06 per share

High number of new and inexperienced directors

SD Guthrie Berhad Announces Appointment of Dr Tomas Koch to Independent and Non Executive Director, Effective June 16, 2026

PPB Group Berhad Announces Appointment of Mr. Goon Kin Wai @ Jeremy Ruan Jianwei as Non-Independent Director, Effective June 4, 2026

Insufficient new directors

Full year 2026 earnings released: EPS: RM0.12 (vs RM0.13 in FY 2025)

Genting Plantations Berhad's (KLSE:GENP) Earnings Offer More Than Meets The Eye

Third quarter 2026 earnings released: RM0.032 loss per share (vs RM0.12 profit in 3Q 2025)

First quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: RM0.003 (vs RM0.014 in 1Q 2025)

Dividend of RM0.30 announced