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U.S. Food Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 31, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies18
  • 7D1.5%
  • 3M6.0%
  • 1Y7.6%
  • YTDn/a

The Food Distributors industry is up 1.5% in the last week, with US Foods Holding up 4.4%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 7.6%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 17% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. Food Distributors Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 31 Jan 2025US$72.6bUS$230.5bUS$3.1b29.1x23.7x0.3x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024US$73.0bUS$229.6bUS$3.1b27.6x23.8x0.3x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024US$73.1bUS$229.3bUS$3.1b28.3x23.9x0.3x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024US$70.5bUS$228.3bUS$3.0b25x23.5x0.3x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024US$69.2bUS$227.6bUS$3.0b24.6x23.3x0.3x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024US$68.5bUS$227.6bUS$3.0b26.3x23x0.3x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024US$63.8bUS$226.7bUS$3.1b24.8x20.7x0.3x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024US$64.2bUS$226.7bUS$3.1b25.1x20.8x0.3x
Sun, 12 May 2024US$67.5bUS$226.8bUS$3.1b18.3x21.7x0.3x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024US$66.6bUS$226.8bUS$3.1b18.9x21.5x0.3x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024US$69.7bUS$226.9bUS$3.1b18.3x22.3x0.3x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024US$69.3bUS$227.6bUS$3.0b23.1x23.1x0.3x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024US$64.4bUS$226.9bUS$2.7b22.9x23.7x0.3x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023US$62.2bUS$226.9bUS$2.8b23.6x22x0.3x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023US$55.6bUS$226.4bUS$2.8b21.2x20.1x0.2x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023US$59.2bUS$226.3bUS$2.9b23x20.6x0.3x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023US$61.3bUS$225.9bUS$2.9b22.5x21.4x0.3x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023US$63.8bUS$224.7bUS$2.5b28.4x25.8x0.3x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023US$61.7bUS$224.7bUS$2.5b27.2x25x0.3x
Mon, 15 May 2023US$62.4bUS$224.6bUS$2.5b24.5x24.5x0.3x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023US$63.9bUS$221.1bUS$2.3b32x27.8x0.3x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023US$60.8bUS$221.0bUS$2.3b26.7x26.6x0.3x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023US$64.2bUS$216.8bUS$2.3b25.4x28x0.3x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023US$62.0bUS$214.1bUS$2.3b23.6x26.7x0.3x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022US$69.1bUS$213.6bUS$2.3b27.4x29.6x0.3x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022US$65.6bUS$204.6bUS$2.1b23.8x31.2x0.3x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022US$57.1bUS$203.9bUS$2.1b24.2x26.8x0.3x
Wed, 24 Aug 2022US$65.5bUS$207.6bUS$2.1b19.5x30.7x0.3x
Fri, 22 Jul 2022US$66.5bUS$195.0bUS$1.7b31.9x39.9x0.3x
Sun, 19 Jun 2022US$59.3bUS$195.0bUS$1.7b28.7x35.6x0.3x
Tue, 17 May 2022US$64.5bUS$194.2bUS$1.7b19.1x39.1x0.3x
Thu, 14 Apr 2022US$67.8bUS$182.0bUS$1.4b19.4x49.7x0.4x
Sat, 12 Mar 2022US$60.8bUS$181.9bUS$1.4b14.8x44.6x0.3x
Mon, 07 Feb 2022US$61.0bUS$167.6bUS$1.1b15.6x54.9x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

54.9x


Total Market Cap: US$61.0bTotal Earnings: US$1.1bTotal Revenue: US$167.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 27.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the American Food Distributors industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 23.7x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 27.7x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.30x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Distributors industry have grown 40% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 11% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does U.S. Food Distributors compare with similar industries?

US Market-0.49%
Consumer Staples3.20%
Food and Staples Retail4.33%
Food Distributors1.47%
Big Box Super Stores4.53%
Food Retail4.51%
Drug Retail-1.56%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
USFD US Foods HoldingUS$71.724.4%
+US$696.5m
51.8%PE29.1x
PFGC Performance Food GroupUS$90.932.5%
+US$344.3m
23.3%PE33.5x
UNFI United Natural FoodsUS$30.4610.5%
+US$173.2m
89.1%PS0.06x
CHEF Chefs' WarehouseUS$54.531.4%
+US$31.1m
65.3%PE46.3x
SPTN SpartanNashUS$18.453.4%
+US$20.6m
-19.2%PE13.6x
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