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New Zealand (NZX) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedSep 19, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies17
  • 7D-2.3%
  • 3M15.9%
  • 1Y58.1%
  • YTD41.2%

Over the last 7 days, the Consumer Staples industry has dropped 1.9%, driven by a2 Milk declining 5.6%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 61%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 16% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the New Zealand Consumer Staples Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 19 Sep 2025NZ$19.8bNZ$33.9bNZ$1.4b9.1x13.8x0.6x
Sun, 17 Aug 2025NZ$17.4bNZ$33.7bNZ$1.4b13.8x12.8x0.5x
Tue, 15 Jul 2025NZ$16.4bNZ$33.5bNZ$1.3b11.5x12.4x0.5x
Thu, 12 Jun 2025NZ$17.1bNZ$33.5bNZ$1.3b11.1x13x0.5x
Sat, 10 May 2025NZ$16.8bNZ$33.5bNZ$1.3b13.4x13x0.5x
Mon, 07 Apr 2025NZ$16.6bNZ$33.5bNZ$1.3b13.5x12.8x0.5x
Wed, 05 Mar 2025NZ$17.1bNZ$31.9bNZ$1.2b13.2x14.3x0.5x
Fri, 31 Jan 2025NZ$14.6bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.2b9x12.6x0.5x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024NZ$14.1bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.1b15.1x12.3x0.4x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024NZ$14.4bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.1b15.2x12.6x0.5x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024NZ$14.3bNZ$31.7bNZ$1.1b17.1x12.6x0.5x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024NZ$12.5bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.3b17.3x9.4x0.4x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024NZ$13.0bNZ$31.7bNZ$1.4b13.3x9.2x0.4x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024NZ$12.9bNZ$31.6bNZ$1.4b9.7x8.9x0.4x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024NZ$12.8bNZ$30.5bNZ$1.1b10.7x12x0.4x
Sun, 12 May 2024NZ$11.4bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.6b10.9x7.2x0.4x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024NZ$11.4bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.6b11.7x7.2x0.4x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024NZ$11.7bNZ$33.0bNZ$1.5b11.7x7.8x0.4x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024NZ$11.1bNZ$33.2bNZ$1.5b11.9x7.2x0.3x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024NZ$11.2bNZ$33.2bNZ$1.5b11.6x7.3x0.3x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023NZ$10.4bNZ$33.2bNZ$1.5b11.4x6.7x0.3x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023NZ$10.7bNZ$33.2bNZ$1.6b11.9x6.7x0.3x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023NZ$11.9bNZ$33.5bNZ$1.6b12.6x7.3x0.4x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023NZ$12.3bNZ$34.6bNZ$1.7b16.6x7.4x0.4x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023NZ$12.7bNZ$34.5bNZ$1.6b16.6x7.7x0.4x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023NZ$12.8bNZ$34.5bNZ$1.6b14.7x7.8x0.4x
Mon, 15 May 2023NZ$12.4bNZ$34.2bNZ$1.3b14.5x9.9x0.4x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023NZ$13.0bNZ$34.2bNZ$1.3b14.1x10.4x0.4x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023NZ$13.6bNZ$32.0bNZ$989.1m14.1x13.8x0.4x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023NZ$14.2bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.0b14.3x14.2x0.4x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023NZ$14.1bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.0b14.4x14.1x0.4x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022NZ$13.5bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.0b13.8x13.5x0.4x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022NZ$13.2bNZ$31.7bNZ$957.4m16.5x13.8x0.4x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022NZ$13.9bNZ$31.6bNZ$930.8m17.6x15x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

15x


Total Market Cap: NZ$13.9bTotal Earnings: NZ$930.8mTotal Revenue: NZ$31.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
New Zealand Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 10.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the New Zealander Consumer Staples industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 14.0x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 10.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.42x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 16% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 2.4% 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 New Zealand Consumer Staples sector?

NZ Market-1.15%
Consumer Staples-2.29%
Food and Staples Retail0.30%
Personal Products0%0
Food-2.29%
Beverage-3.18%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 10.3x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 16.6%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 47.3% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Personal Products industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 72% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Food and Staples Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 4.9% 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
SAN SanfordNZ$5.571.6%
+NZ$8.4m		40.3%PE13.9x
LIC Livestock ImprovementNZ$0.983.2%
+NZ$4.3m		-6.7%PE4.6x
NZK New Zealand King Salmon InvestmentsNZ$0.202.1%
+NZ$2.2m		-23.1%PE7.9x
SCL ScalesNZ$5.410.2%
+NZ$1.4m		52.4%PE15.2x
SEK SeekaNZ$4.330.7%
+NZ$1.3m		73.2%PE6.2x

Latest News

ATM
NZ$9.71
a2 Milk
7D
-5.6%
1Y
68.3%
DGL
NZ$4.48
Delegat Group
7D
-3.4%
1Y
-21.3%
SEK
NZ$4.33
Seeka
7D
0.7%
1Y
73.2%
PGW
NZ$2.37
PGG Wrightson
7D
0.4%
1Y
33.9%
SML
NZ$0.70
Synlait Milk
7D
-6.7%
1Y
62.8%
SCL
NZ$5.41
Scales
7D
0.2%
1Y
52.4%
NZK
NZ$0.20
New Zealand King Salmon Investments
7D
2.1%
1Y
-23.1%
FCG
NZ$5.91
Fonterra Co-operative Group
7D
-0.2%
1Y
69.3%
MFB
NZ$0.23
My Food Bag Group
7D
2.2%
1Y
0%
LIC
NZ$0.98
Livestock Improvement
7D
3.2%
1Y
-6.7%
GXH
NZ$0.84
Green Cross Health
7D
-0.6%
1Y
7.0%
SAN
NZ$5.57
Sanford
7D
1.6%
1Y
40.3%