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New Zealand (NZX) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedAug 25, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies16
  • 7D14.2%
  • 3M16.7%
  • 1Y56.2%
  • YTD41.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Consumer Staples industry has risen 14%, driven by gains from Fonterra Co-operative Group of 21%. In the same time, T&G Global was down 9.1%. This means that the industry has gained 56% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 17% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 25 Aug 2025NZ$19.8bNZ$33.9bNZ$1.4b9.3x14.1x0.6x
Wed, 23 Jul 2025NZ$16.9bNZ$33.6bNZ$1.3b11.7x12.7x0.5x
Fri, 20 Jun 2025NZ$17.1bNZ$33.5bNZ$1.3b11.4x13x0.5x
Sun, 18 May 2025NZ$17.0bNZ$33.5bNZ$1.3b11.4x12.9x0.5x
Tue, 15 Apr 2025NZ$16.7bNZ$33.5bNZ$1.3b13.9x12.8x0.5x
Thu, 13 Mar 2025NZ$17.2bNZ$31.9bNZ$1.2b12.9x14.4x0.5x
Sat, 08 Feb 2025NZ$14.9bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.2b10x12.8x0.5x
Mon, 06 Jan 2025NZ$14.1bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.1b15.3x12.3x0.4x
Wed, 04 Dec 2024NZ$14.5bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.1b17.1x12.7x0.5x
Fri, 01 Nov 2024NZ$14.4bNZ$31.7bNZ$1.1b16.6x12.6x0.5x
Sun, 29 Sep 2024NZ$13.7bNZ$31.4bNZ$1.2b17.3x11x0.4x
Tue, 27 Aug 2024NZ$12.9bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.4b13x9x0.4x
Thu, 25 Jul 2024NZ$12.8bNZ$31.6bNZ$1.4b13.3x8.9x0.4x
Sat, 22 Jun 2024NZ$12.3bNZ$30.5bNZ$1.1b9.4x11.5x0.4x
Mon, 20 May 2024NZ$12.6bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.6b10.5x7.9x0.4x
Wed, 17 Apr 2024NZ$11.2bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.6b11.8x7.1x0.4x
Fri, 15 Mar 2024NZ$11.9bNZ$33.0bNZ$1.5b11.1x7.9x0.4x
Sun, 11 Feb 2024NZ$11.3bNZ$33.2bNZ$1.5b10.9x7.3x0.3x
Tue, 09 Jan 2024NZ$11.2bNZ$33.2bNZ$1.5b11.9x7.3x0.3x
Thu, 07 Dec 2023NZ$10.3bNZ$33.2bNZ$1.5b10.7x6.7x0.3x
Sat, 04 Nov 2023NZ$10.7bNZ$33.2bNZ$1.6b11.6x6.7x0.3x
Mon, 02 Oct 2023NZ$11.2bNZ$34.4bNZ$1.6b12.2x6.9x0.3x
Wed, 30 Aug 2023NZ$11.9bNZ$34.7bNZ$1.6b13.1x7.4x0.3x
Fri, 28 Jul 2023NZ$12.8bNZ$34.5bNZ$1.7b13.9x7.7x0.4x
Sun, 25 Jun 2023NZ$12.7bNZ$34.5bNZ$1.6b14.4x7.7x0.4x
Tue, 23 May 2023NZ$12.7bNZ$34.2bNZ$1.2b14.6x10.2x0.4x
Thu, 20 Apr 2023NZ$12.9bNZ$34.2bNZ$1.3b14.4x10.3x0.4x
Sat, 18 Mar 2023NZ$13.6bNZ$34.3bNZ$1.2b14.1x11.5x0.4x
Mon, 13 Feb 2023NZ$14.2bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.0b14.1x14.1x0.4x
Wed, 11 Jan 2023NZ$14.2bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.0b14.5x14.2x0.4x
Fri, 09 Dec 2022NZ$13.7bNZ$31.8bNZ$1.0b14.4x13.7x0.4x
Sun, 06 Nov 2022NZ$13.2bNZ$31.7bNZ$957.4m17.8x13.8x0.4x
Tue, 04 Oct 2022NZ$13.6bNZ$31.7bNZ$957.4m17.5x14.2x0.4x
Thu, 01 Sep 2022NZ$13.8bNZ$30.2bNZ$814.0m18.1x17x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17x


Total Market Cap: NZ$13.8bTotal Earnings: NZ$814.0mTotal Revenue: NZ$30.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
New Zealand Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 10.8x202320242025
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 14.1x 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 0.41x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 25% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 4.2% 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 Market2.17%
Consumer Staples14.20%
Personal Products58.33%
Food14.71%
Beverage-2.23%
Food and Staples Retail-2.33%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Beverage industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 25.7x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 18.9%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 81.9% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Personal Products industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 62% 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
FCG Fonterra Co-operative GroupNZ$5.9518.5%
+NZ$1.5b		70.0%PE8.1x
ATM a2 MilkNZ$9.8810.4%
+NZ$673.3m		53.9%PE35.3x
SML Synlait MilkNZ$0.7938.6%
+NZ$132.7m		102.6%PS0.3x
SCL ScalesNZ$4.894.7%
+NZ$31.7m		38.9%PE22.9x
SEK SeekaNZ$4.246.5%
+NZ$10.9m		47.7%PE6x

Latest News

ATM
NZ$9.88
a2 Milk
7D
10.4%
1Y
53.9%
FCG
NZ$5.95
Fonterra Co-operative Group
7D
18.5%
1Y
70.0%
SEK
NZ$4.24
Seeka
7D
6.5%
1Y
47.7%
SML
NZ$0.79
Synlait Milk
7D
38.6%
1Y
102.6%
TGG
NZ$2.07
T&G Global
7D
-8.0%
1Y
22.5%

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MFB
NZ$0.23
My Food Bag Group
7D
-2.1%
1Y
-2.1%
PGW
NZ$2.42
PGG Wrightson
7D
4.8%
1Y
21.0%
DGL
NZ$3.63
Delegat Group
7D
0.6%
1Y
-27.4%
SCL
NZ$4.89
Scales
7D
4.7%
1Y
38.9%
NZK
NZ$0.21
New Zealand King Salmon Investments
7D
2.4%
1Y
-17.6%