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U.S. Food Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 02, 2023
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies17
  • 7D0.9%
  • 3M-6.3%
  • 1Y-7.2%
  • YTD-3.3%

In the last week, the Food Distributors industry is flat overall, with SpartanNash standing out by going down 9.2%. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 7.2% over the past 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 19% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 02 Jun 2023US$60.3bUS$224.3bUS$2.5b23.4x23.7x0.3x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023US$63.6bUS$221.1bUS$2.3b32.1x27.7x0.3x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023US$61.6bUS$221.1bUS$2.3b30.6x27x0.3x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023US$64.4bUS$220.4bUS$2.4b25.2x27.3x0.3x
Sat, 21 Jan 2023US$63.7bUS$214.1bUS$2.3b25.5x27.4x0.3x
Mon, 19 Dec 2022US$63.9bUS$214.1bUS$2.3b24.8x27.5x0.3x
Wed, 16 Nov 2022US$66.3bUS$213.6bUS$2.3b24.8x28.5x0.3x
Fri, 14 Oct 2022US$57.3bUS$204.4bUS$2.1b23.3x26.9x0.3x
Sun, 11 Sep 2022US$64.6bUS$207.6bUS$2.1b28.5x30.3x0.3x
Tue, 09 Aug 2022US$66.7bUS$196.4bUS$1.7b31.2x38.7x0.3x
Thu, 07 Jul 2022US$64.4bUS$195.0bUS$1.7b31.4x38.6x0.3x
Sat, 04 Jun 2022US$64.2bUS$194.4bUS$1.6b31.3x38.9x0.3x
Mon, 02 May 2022US$66.8bUS$182.2bUS$1.4b19.6x48.1x0.4x
Wed, 30 Mar 2022US$65.1bUS$182.0bUS$1.4b18.3x47.9x0.4x
Fri, 25 Feb 2022US$66.6bUS$181.6bUS$1.3b15.5x49.6x0.4x
Sun, 23 Jan 2022US$60.2bUS$167.6bUS$1.1b15.6x54.1x0.4x
Tue, 21 Dec 2021US$56.7bUS$167.6bUS$1.1b14.8x51x0.3x
Thu, 18 Nov 2021US$60.3bUS$167.3bUS$1.0b23.9x58x0.4x
Sat, 16 Oct 2021US$64.0bUS$156.1bUS$782.9m17.4x81.8x0.4x
Mon, 13 Sep 2021US$58.3bUS$156.2bUS$741.0m13.7x78.7x0.4x
Wed, 11 Aug 2021US$59.4bUS$156.1bUS$789.1m14.1x75.2x0.4x
Sun, 06 Jun 2021US$62.6bUS$140.6b-US$338,167,911.9914.4x-185x0.4x
Wed, 10 Mar 2021US$60.9bUS$142.3b-US$918,034,011.4313.9x-66.3x0.4x
Tue, 01 Dec 2020US$16.7bUS$95.2b-US$480,424,152.899.8x-34.7x0.2x
Fri, 04 Sep 2020US$13.8bUS$94.7b-US$727,690,012.8418.8x-18.9x0.1x
Mon, 08 Jun 2020US$39.1bUS$157.2bUS$1.1b29.2x36.1x0.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

36.1x


Total Market Cap: US$39.1bTotal Earnings: US$1.1bTotal Revenue: US$157.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -3.8x202120222023
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 higher than its 3-year average PE of -3.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.32x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Distributors industry have grown 33% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 13% 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 Market1.80%
Consumer Staples-0.70%
Food and Staples Retail-0.35%
Food Distributors0.93%
Drug Retail1.20%
Big Box Super Stores-0.048%
Food Retail-5.66%
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
SYY SyscoUS$71.281.1%
+US$390.1m
-15.5%PE23.4x
USFD US Foods HoldingUS$40.593.3%
+US$322.4m
23.0%PE31.6x
PFGC Performance Food GroupUS$55.650.3%
+US$25.0m
29.0%PE26.9x
CHEF Chefs' WarehouseUS$30.810.3%
+US$4.0m
-13.4%PE43.9x
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USFD

US$40.59

US Foods Holding

7D

3.3%

1Y

23.0%

UNFI

US$26.23

United Natural Foods

7D

-3.5%

1Y

-40.2%

SPTN

US$21.34

SpartanNash

7D

-9.2%

1Y

-40.4%

ANDE

US$39.35

Andersons

7D

-3.0%

1Y

2.0%

HFFG

US$3.46

HF Foods Group

7D

-0.3%

1Y

-33.8%

CHEF

US$30.81

Chefs' Warehouse

7D

0.3%

1Y

-13.4%

SYY

US$71.28

Sysco

7D

1.1%

1Y

-15.5%

WILC

US$12.76

G. Willi-Food International

7D

-0.5%

1Y

-21.3%