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U.S. Food Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 13, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies25
  • 7D1.0%
  • 3M-2.3%
  • 1Y20.5%
  • YTDn/a

In the last week, the Food Retail industry is up 1.0%, with Kroger up 3.6%. This means that the industry has gained 20% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 8.6% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 14 Mar 2025US$103.1bUS$277.9bUS$5.4b23.3x19.2x0.4x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025US$114.7bUS$279.4bUS$5.4b27.9x21.3x0.4x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025US$106.0bUS$279.4bUS$5.4b26.2x19.7x0.4x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024US$107.6bUS$280.0bUS$5.4b28.5x19.8x0.4x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024US$99.7bUS$279.5bUS$3.5b19.4x28.5x0.4x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024US$96.8bUS$279.1bUS$3.6b20.3x26.9x0.3x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024US$93.7bUS$278.7bUS$3.0b19.2x31.7x0.3x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024US$98.0bUS$285.3bUS$3.2b19.8x30.3x0.3x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024US$86.6bUS$277.8bUS$3.1b16.8x28x0.3x
Tue, 21 May 2024US$87.5bUS$275.0bUS$3.1b17.8x28.3x0.3x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024US$85.9bUS$274.7bUS$2.9b16.2x29.6x0.3x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024US$85.7bUS$274.7bUS$2.9b17.6x29.2x0.3x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024US$74.9bUS$272.3bUS$2.7b15.9x28x0.3x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024US$75.7bUS$272.7bUS$2.3b15.4x33x0.3x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023US$73.9bUS$272.2bUS$2.4b16.7x31.3x0.3x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023US$74.7bUS$272.1bUS$3.9b16.7x19.2x0.3x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023US$75.3bUS$271.6bUS$4.0b16.8x18.8x0.3x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023US$67.2bUS$270.3bUS$4.7b14.7x14.3x0.2x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023US$68.3bUS$270.1bUS$4.8b14.9x14.3x0.3x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023US$64.9bUS$269.3bUS$4.8b14.3x13.6x0.2x
Wed, 24 May 2023US$66.5bUS$268.9bUS$4.5b14.9x14.8x0.2x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023US$65.7bUS$265.3bUS$4.9b14.8x13.5x0.2x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023US$62.8bUS$264.4bUS$4.6b14.5x13.6x0.2x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023US$63.0bUS$261.9bUS$4.6b13.7x13.5x0.2x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023US$63.4bUS$261.8bUS$4.7b13.4x13.6x0.2x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022US$65.0bUS$260.3bUS$4.8b14.2x13.5x0.2x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022US$64.7bUS$261.2bUS$3.8b12.4x17.1x0.2x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022US$64.6bUS$259.8bUS$3.7b12.1x17.5x0.2x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022US$70.2bUS$255.7bUS$3.4b13.8x20.9x0.3x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022US$69.6bUS$255.0bUS$3.0b14.2x23x0.3x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022US$70.6bUS$253.1bUS$2.9b14.2x24x0.3x
Thu, 26 May 2022US$71.9bUS$247.4bUS$2.3b13.2x31.8x0.3x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022US$78.2bUS$246.7bUS$2.5b16.8x31.1x0.3x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022US$77.6bUS$245.2bUS$1.6b17.3x48.2x0.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

48.2x


Total Market Cap: US$77.6bTotal Earnings: US$1.6bTotal Revenue: US$245.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 23.1x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the American Food Retail 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 19.2x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 23.1x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.29x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Retail industry have grown 49% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 4.3% 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 Retail compare with similar industries?

US Market-4.41%
Consumer Staples-5.45%
Food and Staples Retail-9.60%
Food Retail1.05%
Drug Retail3.45%
Food Distributors-3.43%
Big Box Super Stores-10.83%
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
KR KrogerUS$66.103.6%
+US$1.5b
19.1%PE16.3x
ACI Albertsons CompaniesUS$21.191.0%
+US$127.5m
2.8%PE11.8x
GO Grocery Outlet HoldingUS$12.437.8%
+US$87.6m
-53.4%PE30.7x
VLGE.A Village Super MarketUS$33.141.8%
+US$8.8m
21.3%PE9.4x
TBBB BBB FoodsUS$24.520.3%
+US$7.9m
12.7%PE211.9x
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