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U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 09, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies59
  • 7D-1.7%
  • 3M4.3%
  • 1Y22.1%
  • YTD18.0%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has dropped 1.7%, driven by Walmart declining 3.1%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 22%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 9.4% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
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
Sat, 07 May 2022US$837.3bUS$1.4tUS$29.2b19.2x28.7x0.6x
Mon, 04 Apr 2022US$864.8bUS$1.4tUS$28.3b19.9x30.6x0.6x
Wed, 02 Mar 2022US$796.7bUS$1.4tUS$27.3b17.7x29.2x0.6x
Fri, 28 Jan 2022US$769.0bUS$1.4tUS$21.4b16.6x35.9x0.6x
Sun, 26 Dec 2021US$815.4bUS$1.4tUS$17.2b21.5x47.4x0.6x
Tue, 23 Nov 2021US$829.9bUS$1.4tUS$17.1b23.4x48.4x0.6x
Thu, 21 Oct 2021US$795.9bUS$1.3tUS$19.3b21.1x41.2x0.6x
Sat, 18 Sep 2021US$786.0bUS$1.3tUS$19.4b20.8x40.6x0.6x
Mon, 16 Aug 2021US$802.8bUS$1.3tUS$19.8b20.3x40.6x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

40.6x


Total Market Cap: US$802.8bTotal Earnings: US$19.8bTotal Revenue: US$1.3tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 33.7x202220232024
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 38.3x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 33.7x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.58x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 16% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 10% 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 Market-2.33%
Consumer Staples-0.24%
Food and Staples Retail-1.67%
Big Box Super Stores-1.49%
Food Retail-2.11%
Food Distributors-2.74%
Drug Retail-8.06%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 31.7x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 16.6%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 6.8% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Drug Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 83% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Big Box Super Stores industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 7.9% 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
COST Costco WholesaleUS$854.934.0%
+US$14.6b		51.9%PE52.8x
TBBB BBB FoodsUS$27.035.4%
+US$154.8m		n/aPS1.2x
CASY Casey's General StoresUS$374.760.8%
+US$105.0m		51.4%PE27.7x
CART MaplebearUS$31.901.1%
+US$92.6m		n/aPS2.6x
GO Grocery Outlet HoldingUS$19.604.1%
+US$40.2m		-42.9%PE35.4x
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USFD

US$52.03

US Foods Holding

7D

-3.6%

1Y

26.5%

TBBB

US$27.03

BBB Foods

7D

5.4%

1Y

n/a

WMT

US$67.95

Walmart

7D

-0.7%

1Y

26.5%

DDL

US$1.79

Dingdong (Cayman)

7D

4.1%

1Y

-23.8%

GO

US$19.60

Grocery Outlet Holding

7D

4.1%

1Y

-42.9%

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BJ

US$83.56

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings

7D

-3.8%

1Y

19.8%

CART

US$31.90

Maplebear

7D

1.1%

1Y

n/a

HFFG

US$3.40

HF Foods Group

7D

9.0%

1Y

-35.5%

CASY

US$374.76

Casey's General Stores

7D

0.8%

1Y

51.4%

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COST

US$854.93

Costco Wholesale

7D

4.0%

1Y

51.9%

WBA

US$10.68

Walgreens Boots Alliance

7D

-7.0%

1Y

-63.6%

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Aug 02

DG

US$116.81

Dollar General

7D

-3.9%

1Y

-29.1%

SYY

US$75.63

Sysco

7D

-1.4%

1Y

5.1%

TGT

US$135.50

Target

7D

-2.6%

1Y

3.4%

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DLTR

US$95.05

Dollar Tree

7D

-4.5%

1Y

-35.5%

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Jul 17
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APRN

US$12.99

Blue Apron Holdings

7D

0.2%

1Y

-5.9%