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U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies63
  • 7D-5.2%
  • 3M6.8%
  • 1Y40.4%
  • YTD8.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has dropped 5.2%, driven by a pullback from Walmart of 7.5%. On the other hand Dollar Tree is actually up 5.9%. In the past year, the industry has gained 40%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 10% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025US$1.6tUS$1.8tUS$31.4b29.2x51.5x0.9x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025US$1.5tUS$1.8tUS$31.8b27x45.6x0.8x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024US$1.5tUS$1.8tUS$32.0b25.1x46.8x0.8x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024US$1.4tUS$1.8tUS$26.0b22x53.9x0.8x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024US$1.3tUS$1.8tUS$28.9b21.9x46.1x0.7x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024US$1.3tUS$1.8tUS$28.0b20.4x46x0.7x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024US$1.2tUS$1.8tUS$31.1b20.9x38.1x0.7x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024US$1.2tUS$1.8tUS$31.4b21x39x0.7x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024US$1.2tUS$1.8tUS$30.9b22.5x38.8x0.7x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024US$1.1tUS$1.7tUS$27.3b18.9x41.2x0.6x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024US$1.1tUS$1.7tUS$34.0b20x33.8x0.7x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024US$1.1tUS$1.7tUS$35.5b19.3x31.3x0.6x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024US$1.0tUS$1.7tUS$35.7b20.6x29.1x0.6x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023US$1.0tUS$1.7tUS$31.9b20.4x31.9x0.6x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023US$949.7bUS$1.7tUS$30.1b19.2x31.5x0.5x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023US$941.4bUS$1.7tUS$31.0b19.4x30.4x0.5x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023US$957.4bUS$1.7tUS$30.4b19.9x31.4x0.6x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023US$981.2bUS$1.7tUS$28.1b20.8x34.9x0.6x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023US$943.2bUS$1.7tUS$27.9b20.3x33.8x0.6x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023US$920.0bUS$1.7tUS$28.0b19x32.9x0.5x
Wed, 03 May 2023US$954.9bUS$1.7tUS$28.6b20.8x33.4x0.6x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023US$934.0bUS$1.7tUS$28.5b19.5x32.8x0.6x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023US$768.0bUS$1.5tUS$22.1b20.1x34.8x0.5x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023US$774.0bUS$1.5tUS$19.3b19.7x40x0.5x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022US$767.4bUS$1.5tUS$26.8b19.1x28.6x0.5x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022US$819.0bUS$1.5tUS$26.8b19.9x30.6x0.6x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022US$715.8bUS$1.4tUS$30.3b18x23.6x0.5x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022US$796.1bUS$1.4tUS$30.9b18.1x25.8x0.6x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022US$771.9bUS$1.4tUS$29.3b18.8x26.4x0.5x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022US$744.2bUS$1.4tUS$28.8b18.9x25.9x0.5x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022US$738.2bUS$1.4tUS$28.9b18.1x25.6x0.5x
Thu, 05 May 2022US$847.2bUS$1.4tUS$29.2b20.1x29x0.6x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022US$864.8bUS$1.4tUS$28.0b19.9x30.9x0.6x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022US$795.3bUS$1.4tUS$27.3b17.3x29.2x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

29.2x


Total Market Cap: US$795.3bTotal Earnings: US$27.3bTotal Revenue: US$1.4tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 34.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the American Consumer Retailing industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 51.5x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 34.7x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.62x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 4.8% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 9.5% 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 U.S. Consumer Staples industry?

US Market-0.41%
Consumer Staples-2.29%
Food and Staples Retail-5.16%
Drug Retail6.69%
Food Distributors-0.66%
Food Retail-2.00%
Big Box Super Stores-5.70%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Big Box Super Stores industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 33.9x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 9.1%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 17.9% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Drug Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 88% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Food Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 8.8% 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
DLTR Dollar TreeUS$76.295.9%
+US$920.4m		-47.3%PS0.5x
DG Dollar GeneralUS$76.134.5%
+US$723.6m		-46.2%PE12.5x
CART MaplebearUS$52.555.1%
+US$657.7m		75.9%PE31x
WBA Walgreens Boots AllianceUS$10.517.8%
+US$656.8m		-51.3%PS0.06x
ANDE AndersonsUS$46.1713.2%
+US$180.1m		-11.3%PE13.7x
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US$97.21

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7D

-7.5%

1Y

66.3%

ANDE

US$46.17

Andersons

7D

13.2%

1Y

-11.3%

SFM

US$169.80

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7D

-3.7%

1Y

215.8%

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US$420.54

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-5.0%

1Y

42.8%

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CHEF

US$64.95

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7D

2.8%

1Y

76.8%

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US$71.65

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7D

0.8%

1Y

40.6%

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WBA

US$10.51

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7D

7.8%

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DLTR

US$76.29

Dollar Tree

7D

5.9%

1Y

-47.3%

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KR

US$64.39

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7D

-1.9%

1Y

34.6%

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DG

US$76.13

Dollar General

7D

4.5%

1Y

-46.2%

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PFGC

US$84.53

Performance Food Group

7D

-3.9%

1Y

12.6%

TBBB

US$28.42

BBB Foods

7D

1.5%

1Y

36.7%

CART

US$52.55

Maplebear

7D

5.1%

1Y

75.9%

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US$1,034.83

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7D

-3.9%

1Y

40.9%

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BJ

US$103.60

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings

7D

-3.1%

1Y

49.2%

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US$20.56

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7D

-3.7%

1Y

-3.4%

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