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U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 28, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies64
  • 7D-0.7%
  • 3M6.6%
  • 1Y20.1%
  • YTD12.9%

The Food and Staples Retail industry has stayed flat over the last week. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 20% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 8.9% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 28 Apr 2026US$1.8tUS$1.7tUS$43.2b18x41.4x1x
Thu, 26 Mar 2026US$1.7tUS$1.7tUS$43.8b18.7x38.9x1x
Sat, 21 Feb 2026US$1.8tUS$1.7tUS$44.3b21.9x39.6x1x
Mon, 19 Jan 2026US$1.7tUS$1.7tUS$44.2b21.2x38.2x1x
Wed, 17 Dec 2025US$1.6tUS$1.7tUS$44.4b21.9x36.1x0.9x
Fri, 14 Nov 2025US$1.5tUS$1.7tUS$44.6b19.8x33.8x0.9x
Sun, 12 Oct 2025US$1.5tUS$1.7tUS$44.5b20.5x33.7x0.9x
Tue, 09 Sep 2025US$1.5tUS$1.7tUS$44.1b21x34.6x0.9x
Thu, 07 Aug 2025US$1.5tUS$1.8tUS$35.4b22.3x43.1x0.8x
Sat, 05 Jul 2025US$1.5tUS$1.8tUS$35.5b22.3x43.3x0.8x
Mon, 02 Jun 2025US$1.6tUS$1.8tUS$35.7b23x43.4x0.9x
Wed, 30 Apr 2025US$1.5tUS$1.8tUS$36.0b23.3x41.5x0.8x
Fri, 28 Mar 2025US$1.4tUS$1.8tUS$33.0b24.1x41.9x0.8x
Sun, 23 Feb 2025US$1.5tUS$1.8tUS$31.4b28.1x48.4x0.8x
Tue, 21 Jan 2025US$1.5tUS$1.8tUS$31.8b27x45.6x0.8x
Thu, 19 Dec 2024US$1.5tUS$1.8tUS$32.0b24.8x46.9x0.8x
Sat, 16 Nov 2024US$1.4tUS$1.8tUS$27.8b23x50x0.8x
Mon, 14 Oct 2024US$1.3tUS$1.8tUS$28.9b21.9x46.3x0.8x
Wed, 11 Sep 2024US$1.3tUS$1.8tUS$28.0b20.4x46.5x0.7x
Fri, 09 Aug 2024US$1.2tUS$1.8tUS$30.9b21.5x38.3x0.7x
Sun, 07 Jul 2024US$1.3tUS$1.8tUS$31.4b21.2x39.8x0.7x
Tue, 04 Jun 2024US$1.2tUS$1.8tUS$30.9b22.2x38.8x0.7x
Thu, 02 May 2024US$1.1tUS$1.7tUS$27.3b18.4x40.7x0.6x
Sat, 30 Mar 2024US$1.1tUS$1.7tUS$27.4b19.8x41.9x0.7x
Mon, 26 Feb 2024US$1.1tUS$1.7tUS$35.5b19.3x31.3x0.6x
Wed, 24 Jan 2024US$1.0tUS$1.7tUS$35.7b20.4x29.1x0.6x
Fri, 22 Dec 2023US$1.0tUS$1.7tUS$31.9b20.5x31.4x0.6x
Sun, 19 Nov 2023US$949.8bUS$1.7tUS$30.2b19.2x31.5x0.5x
Tue, 17 Oct 2023US$943.9bUS$1.7tUS$31.0b19.5x30.5x0.6x
Thu, 14 Sep 2023US$957.7bUS$1.7tUS$30.5b19.8x31.4x0.6x
Sat, 12 Aug 2023US$981.8bUS$1.7tUS$28.2b20.6x34.8x0.6x
Mon, 10 Jul 2023US$943.2bUS$1.7tUS$27.9b20.3x33.8x0.6x
Wed, 07 Jun 2023US$922.5bUS$1.7tUS$27.9b18.6x33x0.5x
Fri, 05 May 2023US$944.1bUS$1.7tUS$28.5b20.7x33.1x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

33.1x


Total Market Cap: US$944.1bTotal Earnings: US$28.5bTotal Revenue: US$1.7tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 38.7x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the American Consumer Retailing industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 38.7x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 0.75x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 15% per year over the last three years, while revenues have remained mostly flat.
  • This means that companies overall are more efficiently conducting business since profits are increasing while sales have been flat.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.S. Consumer Staples industry?

US Market0.72%
Consumer Staples-0.20%
Food and Staples Retail-0.75%
Drug Retail0.70%
Big Box Super Stores-0.65%
Food Retail-1.50%
Food Distributors-1.58%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Big Box Super Stores industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 36.1x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 7.9%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 12.2% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Distributors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 19% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 6.9% per year.
  • In contrast, the Big Box Super Stores industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 7.9% 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
CASY Casey's General StoresUS$804.502.9%
+US$838.2m		73.6%PE45.7x
ANDE AndersonsUS$75.974.0%
+US$97.8m		99.2%PE26.8x
CHEF Chefs' WarehouseUS$66.852.0%
+US$54.6m		25.9%PE37.7x
IMKT.A Ingles MarketsUS$90.032.2%
+US$36.5m		48.3%PE18x
GO Grocery Outlet HoldingUS$8.012.6%
+US$25.8m		-50.0%PS0.2x

Latest News

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USFD
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1Y
40.5%

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The analyst price target for US Foods Holding has been adjusted slightly higher, with the model moving by about $0.20. Analysts point to broadly higher Street targets supported by recent research that presents Q4 as a steady quarter and reflects updated views on growth, profitability, and valuation assumptions.
SYY
US$75.36
Sysco
7D
-1.2%
1Y
7.0%
ANDE
US$75.97
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7D
4.0%
1Y
99.2%
WMT
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7D
-0.3%
1Y
34.0%

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CASY
US$804.50
Casey's General Stores
7D
2.9%
1Y
73.6%
GO
US$8.01
Grocery Outlet Holding
7D
2.6%
1Y
-50.0%
PFGC
US$88.67
Performance Food Group
7D
-3.2%
1Y
11.4%

PFGC: Foodservice Share Gains Will Support Future 2026 Margin Expansion

Analysts have slightly raised the modeled fair value for Performance Food Group to about $117.83 per share, with modest tweaks to the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E assumptions after recent Street price target cuts of $1 and $12. Analyst Commentary Recent target cuts of $1 and $12 suggest that analysts are recalibrating expectations rather than completely changing their views on Performance Food Group.
COST
US$998.01
Costco Wholesale
7D
-0.8%
1Y
0.6%

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KR
US$65.90
Kroger
7D
-2.9%
1Y
-6.4%
CHEF
US$66.85
Chefs' Warehouse
7D
2.0%
1Y
25.9%
DG
US$117.35
Dollar General
7D
-7.2%
1Y
26.9%

DG: Leadership Change And 2026 EPS Outlook Will Shape Fairly Balanced Risk

Analysts have kept Dollar General's fair value estimate effectively unchanged at about $116.63. This reflects only very small adjustments to the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E assumptions.
WILC
US$30.95
G. Willi-Food International
7D
5.8%
1Y
106.3%
REBN
US$2.39
Reborn Coffee
7D
-4.4%
1Y
-10.5%
YI
US$6.85
111
7D
3.8%
1Y
-18.4%