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U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 02, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies63
  • 7D2.3%
  • 3M3.2%
  • 1Y30.3%
  • YTD9.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has risen 2.3%, driven by gains from Walmart of 2.5%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 30%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 10% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
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
Sun, 02 Apr 2023US$946.0bUS$1.7tUS$28.5b19.8x33.2x0.6x
Tue, 28 Feb 2023US$764.0bUS$1.5tUS$22.1b19.9x34.6x0.5x
Thu, 26 Jan 2023US$772.6bUS$1.5tUS$19.3b19.8x39.9x0.5x
Sat, 24 Dec 2022US$765.2bUS$1.5tUS$26.8b19x28.5x0.5x
Mon, 21 Nov 2022US$819.0bUS$1.5tUS$26.8b19.9x30.6x0.6x
Wed, 19 Oct 2022US$737.8bUS$1.4tUS$30.3b18.7x24.3x0.5x
Fri, 16 Sep 2022US$757.6bUS$1.4tUS$30.9b17x24.5x0.5x
Sun, 14 Aug 2022US$782.3bUS$1.4tUS$29.6b18.8x26.4x0.6x
Tue, 12 Jul 2022US$742.9bUS$1.4tUS$28.8b19x25.8x0.5x
Thu, 09 Jun 2022US$733.6bUS$1.4tUS$28.9b18.3x25.4x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

25.4x


Total Market Cap: US$733.6bTotal Earnings: US$28.9bTotal Revenue: US$1.4tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 36.1x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the American Consumer Retailing industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 43.4x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 36.1x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.64x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 7.4% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 9.2% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

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

US Market1.70%
Consumer Staples1.94%
Food and Staples Retail2.29%
Food Distributors3.45%
Big Box Super Stores2.43%
Drug Retail0.24%
Food Retail0.13%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Big Box Super Stores industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 34.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 9.2%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 1.3% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Drug Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 89% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Food Retail industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 8.2% 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
WMT WalmartUS$98.722.5%
+US$19.0b		50.0%PE42x
COST Costco WholesaleUS$1.04k3.1%
+US$14.1b		27.6%PE58.8x
SFM Sprouts Farmers MarketUS$172.865.8%
+US$922.8m		119.2%PE37.9x
PFGC Performance Food GroupUS$89.565.8%
+US$764.8m		25.9%PE37.3x
USFD US Foods HoldingUS$79.124.3%
+US$761.1m		49.2%PE34.7x
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