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Malaysian (KLSE) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 02, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies81
  • 7D-2.3%
  • 3M1.3%
  • 1Y7.0%
  • YTD6.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has dropped 2.3%, driven by a pullback from Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad of 6.0%. Meanwhile, Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad actually outperformed within the industry, gaining 9.1% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 7.0%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 11% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 02 Jun 2024RM212.0bRM154.9bRM10.5b14.5x20.2x1.4x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024RM219.0bRM155.3bRM10.1b14.7x21.7x1.4x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024RM210.4bRM154.8bRM10.0b14.5x21x1.4x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024RM208.0bRM155.6bRM10.2b14.4x20.4x1.3x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024RM208.3bRM158.1bRM10.8b13.2x19.3x1.3x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023RM205.6bRM158.2bRM10.8b13.2x19.1x1.3x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023RM206.8bRM162.4bRM10.7b13.3x19.3x1.3x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023RM202.8bRM162.3bRM10.7b13.4x19x1.2x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023RM205.3bRM162.7bRM10.7b13.6x19.1x1.3x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023RM212.0bRM172.9bRM13.6b12x15.5x1.2x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023RM202.2bRM173.1bRM13.7b11.7x14.8x1.2x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023RM200.6bRM176.3bRM13.7b11.4x14.6x1.1x
Wed, 03 May 2023RM207.7bRM179.4bRM16.3b11.4x12.7x1.2x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023RM208.1bRM179.7bRM16.3b11.3x12.7x1.2x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023RM208.9bRM180.0bRM16.5b12x12.7x1.2x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023RM211.2bRM180.0bRM17.0b11.3x12.4x1.2x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022RM206.7bRM177.6bRM16.6b11.3x12.4x1.2x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022RM204.2bRM172.1bRM16.8b11.5x12.2x1.2x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022RM194.4bRM171.7bRM16.8b10.9x11.6x1.1x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022RM205.5bRM170.9bRM16.8b11.5x12.3x1.2x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022RM208.7bRM160.0bRM15.6b12.2x13.4x1.3x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022RM198.7bRM159.4bRM15.5b11.8x12.8x1.2x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022RM220.4bRM159.2bRM15.5b13.6x14.3x1.4x
Thu, 05 May 2022RM237.1bRM149.5bRM14.1b15.9x16.8x1.6x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022RM222.8bRM149.0bRM14.1b15.2x15.8x1.5x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022RM225.8bRM146.4bRM13.6b15.3x16.6x1.5x
Wed, 26 Jan 2022RM198.3bRM137.0bRM12.6b13.7x15.7x1.4x
Fri, 24 Dec 2021RM196.2bRM136.6bRM12.6b13.8x15.6x1.4x
Sun, 21 Nov 2021RM200.9bRM129.7bRM11.7b14.5x17.2x1.5x
Tue, 19 Oct 2021RM212.9bRM127.5bRM11.2b15.3x19.1x1.7x
Thu, 16 Sep 2021RM203.9bRM127.2bRM11.2b14.8x18.2x1.6x
Sat, 14 Aug 2021RM198.3bRM127.2bRM11.2b14.5x17.7x1.6x
Wed, 09 Jun 2021RM212.6bRM118.6bRM9.6b17.3x22.2x1.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

22.2x


Total Market Cap: RM212.6bTotal Earnings: RM9.6bTotal Revenue: RM118.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Malaysian Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 16.1x202220232024
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 20.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 16.1x.
  • 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 grown 3.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 9.3% 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 Malaysian Consumer Staples industry?

MY Market-1.50%
Consumer Staples-2.09%
Food-2.27%
Packaged Foods and Meats-0.85%
Agricultural Products-3.32%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 24.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 10.7%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 37.8% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 13.2x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 11% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 38% per year.
  • In contrast, the Agricultural Products industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 10% 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
DLADY Dutch Lady Milk Industries BerhadRM36.009.1%
+RM192.0m
43.4%PE25.4x
GCB Guan Chong BerhadRM4.073.3%
+RM152.7m
75.4%PE28.3x
HUPSENG Hup Seng Industries BerhadRM0.947.5%
+RM52.0m
41.7%PE15.1x
KRETAM Kretam Holdings BerhadRM0.602.6%
+RM34.5m
-4.8%PE13.8x
OCB OCB BerhadRM0.9018.4%
+RM14.4m
28.6%PE7.8x
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