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U.S. Food Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedDec 22, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies25
  • 7D-2.6%
  • 3M9.0%
  • 1Y37.8%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Food Retail industry has dropped 2.7%, driven by a pullback from Sprouts Farmers Market of 11%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 38%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 9.0% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 22 Dec 2024US$105.5bUS$279.6bUS$5.4b25.6x19.4x0.4x
Tue, 19 Nov 2024US$103.7bUS$279.8bUS$5.4b24.2x19.2x0.4x
Thu, 17 Oct 2024US$98.5bUS$279.3bUS$3.5b19.5x28.4x0.4x
Sat, 14 Sep 2024US$94.5bUS$279.0bUS$3.6b21.2x26.2x0.3x
Mon, 12 Aug 2024US$91.7bUS$278.6bUS$2.9b19.5x31.2x0.3x
Wed, 10 Jul 2024US$89.1bUS$278.0bUS$3.1b17.6x29x0.3x
Fri, 07 Jun 2024US$86.5bUS$277.6bUS$3.1b17.2x28.3x0.3x
Sun, 05 May 2024US$87.1bUS$274.8bUS$3.0b17.4x29.2x0.3x
Tue, 02 Apr 2024US$88.9bUS$274.7bUS$2.9b16.5x30.4x0.3x
Thu, 29 Feb 2024US$79.7bUS$272.4bUS$2.7b17.1x29.7x0.3x
Sat, 27 Jan 2024US$75.8bUS$272.7bUS$2.6b15.1x29.3x0.3x
Mon, 25 Dec 2023US$74.6bUS$272.3bUS$2.4b16.5x31.2x0.3x
Wed, 22 Nov 2023US$71.7bUS$272.2bUS$2.1b15.9x33.5x0.3x
Fri, 20 Oct 2023US$73.2bUS$272.0bUS$3.9b17x18.9x0.3x
Sun, 17 Sep 2023US$68.8bUS$268.6bUS$3.8b15.2x18x0.3x
Tue, 15 Aug 2023US$68.8bUS$270.3bUS$4.7b15.3x14.6x0.3x
Thu, 13 Jul 2023US$67.7bUS$269.3bUS$4.8b14.7x14.1x0.3x
Sat, 10 Jun 2023US$64.1bUS$268.8bUS$4.5b14.6x14.3x0.2x
Mon, 08 May 2023US$67.0bUS$265.4bUS$4.5b15.9x14.7x0.3x
Wed, 05 Apr 2023US$66.3bUS$264.4bUS$4.6b15.5x14.3x0.3x
Fri, 03 Mar 2023US$62.8bUS$262.2bUS$4.7b14.5x13.5x0.2x
Sun, 29 Jan 2023US$63.1bUS$261.8bUS$4.7b13.5x13.6x0.2x
Tue, 27 Dec 2022US$64.2bUS$260.3bUS$4.8b14.1x13.3x0.2x
Thu, 24 Nov 2022US$65.3bUS$257.1bUS$4.9b13.8x13.4x0.3x
Sat, 22 Oct 2022US$62.1bUS$261.1bUS$3.8b11.9x16.4x0.2x
Mon, 19 Sep 2022US$68.2bUS$259.8bUS$3.7b13.7x18.6x0.3x
Wed, 17 Aug 2022US$71.7bUS$255.7bUS$3.3b14.4x21.5x0.3x
Fri, 15 Jul 2022US$68.7bUS$253.0bUS$3.0b14.2x23.3x0.3x
Sun, 12 Jun 2022US$71.9bUS$249.5bUS$2.3b14.5x31.5x0.3x
Tue, 10 May 2022US$73.4bUS$247.3bUS$2.3b13.6x31.9x0.3x
Thu, 07 Apr 2022US$80.9bUS$245.2bUS$1.6b18.2x50.6x0.3x
Sat, 05 Mar 2022US$80.4bUS$244.1bUS$1.6b17.4x51.4x0.3x
Mon, 31 Jan 2022US$63.3bUS$241.7bUS$971.1m15.4x65.2x0.3x
Wed, 29 Dec 2021US$69.0bUS$240.4bUS$727.2m16.4x94.9x0.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

94.9x


Total Market Cap: US$69.0bTotal Earnings: US$727.2mTotal Revenue: US$240.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 27.2x202220232024
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 19.4x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 27.2x.
  • 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 95% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 5.2% 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-2.37%
Consumer Staples-2.82%
Food and Staples Retail-2.65%
Food Retail-2.62%
Big Box Super Stores-2.54%
Food Distributors-3.86%
Drug Retail-7.96%
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
TBBB BBB FoodsUS$29.452.5%
+US$80.8m
n/aPE254.1x
CART MaplebearUS$42.020.6%
+US$61.7m
76.7%PE24.8x
WNW Meiwu TechnologyUS$2.1432.9%
+US$17.7m
-2.4%PS187.7x
ACI Albertsons CompaniesUS$19.520.1%
+US$11.6m
-13.4%PE11.3x
DDL Dingdong (Cayman)US$4.081.2%
+US$10.9m
163.2%PE32.6x
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CART

US$42.02

Maplebear

7D

0.6%

1Y

76.7%

GO

US$16.73

Grocery Outlet Holding

7D

-12.5%

1Y

-38.9%

KR

US$61.85

Kroger

7D

-0.3%

1Y

37.0%

MSS

US$1.18

Maison Solutions

7D

21.6%

1Y

-22.4%

DDL

US$4.08

Dingdong (Cayman)

7D

1.2%

1Y

163.2%

SFM

US$131.70

Sprouts Farmers Market

7D

-10.9%

1Y

169.7%

WNW

US$2.14

Meiwu Technology

7D

32.9%

1Y

-2.4%

TBBB

US$29.45

BBB Foods

7D

2.5%

1Y

n/a

NGVC

US$39.20

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage

7D

-6.7%

1Y

140.2%

IMKT.A

US$66.34

Ingles Markets

7D

-4.1%

1Y

-22.2%

REBN

US$1.32

Reborn Coffee

7D

5.6%

1Y

-73.3%

APRN

US$12.99

Blue Apron Holdings

7D

0.2%

1Y

-5.9%