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U.S. Packaged Foods and Meats Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 13, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies110
  • 7D0.05%
  • 3M4.7%
  • 1Y-2.7%
  • YTDn/a

In the last week, Packaged Foods and Meats has been flat. Furthermore, the industry has been flat for the past year as well. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 7.7% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.S. Packaged Foods and Meats Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 13 Apr 2025US$394.7bUS$314.3bUS$21.1b20.5x18.7x1.3x
Tue, 11 Mar 2025US$413.0bUS$313.6bUS$20.7b20.7x20x1.3x
Thu, 06 Feb 2025US$379.0bUS$317.8bUS$19.6b19.6x19.4x1.2x
Sat, 04 Jan 2025US$392.6bUS$303.1bUS$17.9b21.4x22x1.3x
Mon, 02 Dec 2024US$415.4bUS$298.3bUS$17.5b22.8x23.7x1.4x
Wed, 30 Oct 2024US$421.8bUS$297.6bUS$17.7b19x23.8x1.4x
Fri, 27 Sep 2024US$432.6bUS$297.7bUS$17.3b21.9x25x1.5x
Sun, 25 Aug 2024US$428.4bUS$296.6bUS$17.5b21.7x24.5x1.4x
Tue, 23 Jul 2024US$404.0bUS$297.7bUS$18.3b19.5x22.1x1.4x
Thu, 20 Jun 2024US$398.1bUS$303.8bUS$19.2b17.8x20.7x1.3x
Sat, 18 May 2024US$430.5bUS$304.3bUS$18.4b19.5x23.4x1.4x
Mon, 15 Apr 2024US$402.2bUS$297.3bUS$17.8b20.4x22.6x1.4x
Wed, 13 Mar 2024US$415.2bUS$298.3bUS$17.7b20x23.4x1.4x
Fri, 09 Feb 2024US$413.8bUS$301.3bUS$17.8b20.8x23.2x1.4x
Sun, 07 Jan 2024US$427.0bUS$310.2bUS$18.7b19.5x22.8x1.4x
Tue, 05 Dec 2023US$410.2bUS$310.6bUS$18.8b19.6x21.8x1.3x
Thu, 02 Nov 2023US$393.6bUS$309.0bUS$19.3b20.1x20.4x1.3x
Sat, 30 Sep 2023US$415.7bUS$308.8bUS$19.3b21.9x21.5x1.3x
Mon, 28 Aug 2023US$437.7bUS$306.3bUS$19.5b21x22.5x1.4x
Wed, 26 Jul 2023US$468.5bUS$305.1bUS$20.0b19x23.4x1.5x
Fri, 23 Jun 2023US$473.9bUS$309.7bUS$20.1b20.3x23.5x1.5x
Sun, 21 May 2023US$492.1bUS$309.6bUS$21.0b20.1x23.4x1.6x
Tue, 18 Apr 2023US$487.2bUS$306.5bUS$21.7b20.3x22.4x1.6x
Thu, 16 Mar 2023US$463.2bUS$304.4bUS$21.5b20.3x21.5x1.5x
Sat, 11 Feb 2023US$462.4bUS$304.0bUS$20.2b24.3x22.9x1.5x
Mon, 09 Jan 2023US$486.5bUS$301.1bUS$22.0b25x22.1x1.6x
Wed, 07 Dec 2022US$478.3bUS$299.4bUS$21.6b25.6x22.2x1.6x
Fri, 04 Nov 2022US$464.7bUS$297.5bUS$22.5b27.3x20.7x1.6x
Sun, 02 Oct 2022US$427.1bUS$294.6bUS$23.3b21.8x18.3x1.4x
Tue, 30 Aug 2022US$468.7bUS$292.8bUS$23.2b24.8x20.2x1.6x
Thu, 28 Jul 2022US$457.1bUS$286.7bUS$22.4b21.9x20.4x1.6x
Sat, 25 Jun 2022US$448.5bUS$285.2bUS$22.4b20.9x20x1.6x
Mon, 23 May 2022US$444.0bUS$283.1bUS$22.2b20.8x20x1.6x
Wed, 20 Apr 2022US$493.3bUS$277.8bUS$20.7b28.6x23.8x1.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

23.8x


Total Market Cap: US$493.3bTotal Earnings: US$20.7bTotal Revenue: US$277.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Packaged Foods and Meats Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 21.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the American Packaged Foods and Meats 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 18.4x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 21.9x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.4x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.2x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Packaged Foods and Meats industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 4.2% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Comparison

How does U.S. Packaged Foods and Meats compare with similar industries?

US Market5.42%
Consumer Staples3.99%
Food0.39%
Packaged Foods and Meats0.045%
Agricultural Products3.28%
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
MDLZ Mondelez InternationalUS$67.051.1%
+US$958.7m
0.5%PE18.8x
HSY HersheyUS$165.652.1%
+US$690.7m
-10.8%PE15.1x
PPC Pilgrim's PrideUS$52.815.7%
+US$673.4m
50.3%PE11.5x
SMPL Simply Good FoodsUS$38.0012.3%
+US$418.7m
19.1%PE26.4x
CALM Cal-Maine FoodsUS$98.997.3%
+US$328.6m
63.7%PE4.9x
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THS

US$23.30

TreeHouse Foods

7D

-10.0%

1Y

-35.8%

PPC

US$52.81

Pilgrim's Pride

7D

5.7%

1Y

50.3%

HRL

US$30.31

Hormel Foods

7D

-1.4%

1Y

-10.7%

SMPL

US$38.00

Simply Good Foods

7D

12.3%

1Y

19.1%

MDLZ

US$67.05

Mondelez International

7D

1.1%

1Y

0.5%

KHC

US$29.33

Kraft Heinz

7D

-1.2%

1Y

-18.4%

CPB

US$38.14

Campbell's

7D

-1.7%

1Y

-9.9%

SJM

US$115.94

J. M. Smucker

7D

0.7%

1Y

5.8%

MKC

US$75.98

McCormick

7D

-0.6%

1Y

5.9%