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U.S. Packaged Foods and Meats Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 24, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies109
  • 7D-0.02%
  • 3M-10.6%
  • 1Y-9.1%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Packaged Foods and Meats industry has remained flat. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 8.9% in the last year. Earnings are forecast to grow by 13% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 24 Jan 2025US$372.8bUS$303.0bUS$18.1b20.8x20.6x1.2x
Sun, 22 Dec 2024US$391.8bUS$303.3bUS$17.9b21.6x21.9x1.3x
Tue, 19 Nov 2024US$401.1bUS$297.9bUS$17.8b21.1x22.6x1.3x
Thu, 17 Oct 2024US$430.5bUS$297.6bUS$17.7b21.9x24.3x1.4x
Sat, 14 Sep 2024US$435.0bUS$297.1bUS$17.4b22.5x25x1.5x
Mon, 12 Aug 2024US$422.6bUS$296.4bUS$17.5b22.1x24.2x1.4x
Wed, 10 Jul 2024US$394.8bUS$303.7bUS$19.2b18.3x20.6x1.3x
Fri, 07 Jun 2024US$409.3bUS$304.1bUS$18.3b18.2x22.3x1.3x
Sun, 05 May 2024US$421.3bUS$304.0bUS$18.0b17.9x23.4x1.4x
Tue, 02 Apr 2024US$423.7bUS$298.1bUS$18.1b21.4x23.4x1.4x
Thu, 29 Feb 2024US$412.2bUS$300.7bUS$17.7b20.4x23.3x1.4x
Sat, 27 Jan 2024US$427.6bUS$310.2bUS$18.8b19.7x22.8x1.4x
Mon, 25 Dec 2023US$418.1bUS$310.2bUS$18.8b19.2x22.2x1.3x
Wed, 22 Nov 2023US$408.6bUS$310.7bUS$18.9b20x21.6x1.3x
Fri, 20 Oct 2023US$386.4bUS$309.2bUS$19.5b19.7x19.8x1.2x
Sun, 17 Sep 2023US$430.9bUS$305.8bUS$19.5b22.3x22.1x1.4x
Tue, 15 Aug 2023US$451.2bUS$306.2bUS$19.5b19.1x23.2x1.5x
Thu, 13 Jul 2023US$457.3bUS$304.5bUS$19.7b19.4x23.2x1.5x
Sat, 10 Jun 2023US$476.8bUS$309.6bUS$20.1b20.4x23.7x1.5x
Mon, 08 May 2023US$508.9bUS$309.2bUS$22.1b20.9x23x1.6x
Wed, 05 Apr 2023US$485.3bUS$306.0bUS$21.6b20.3x22.5x1.6x
Fri, 03 Mar 2023US$462.1bUS$304.2bUS$21.6b21.3x21.4x1.5x
Sun, 29 Jan 2023US$460.7bUS$301.2bUS$22.0b23.9x21x1.5x
Tue, 27 Dec 2022US$477.0bUS$300.0bUS$21.6b21.6x22.1x1.6x
Thu, 24 Nov 2022US$478.3bUS$299.6bUS$21.6b27.9x22.2x1.6x
Sat, 22 Oct 2022US$440.9bUS$295.0bUS$23.2b25.2x19x1.5x
Mon, 19 Sep 2022US$444.5bUS$294.1bUS$23.0b23.2x19.3x1.5x
Wed, 17 Aug 2022US$479.8bUS$291.6bUS$23.2b22.3x20.7x1.6x
Fri, 15 Jul 2022US$458.2bUS$285.5bUS$22.7b20.1x20.1x1.6x
Sun, 12 Jun 2022US$445.3bUS$285.2bUS$22.5b20.1x19.8x1.6x
Tue, 10 May 2022US$479.6bUS$280.7bUS$21.1b26.9x22.7x1.7x
Thu, 07 Apr 2022US$478.3bUS$277.6bUS$20.7b27.4x23.1x1.7x
Sat, 05 Mar 2022US$476.3bUS$276.2bUS$20.8b26.6x22.9x1.7x
Mon, 31 Jan 2022US$468.8bUS$270.0bUS$21.6b25.5x21.7x1.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

21.7x


Total Market Cap: US$468.8bTotal Earnings: US$21.6bTotal Revenue: US$270.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.S. Packaged Foods and Meats Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 22.1x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the American Packaged Foods and Meats industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 22.1x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.5x 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 declined 5.7% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 3.9% 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, which has decreased profits.

Industry Comparison

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

US Market3.02%
Consumer Staples1.30%
Food-0.087%
Packaged Foods and Meats-0.018%
Agricultural Products-0.57%
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
HRL Hormel FoodsUS$30.863.2%
+US$532.5m		1.4%PE21x
SMPL Simply Good FoodsUS$37.6212.9%
+US$435.4m		-4.6%PE26.8x
PPC Pilgrim's PrideUS$46.693.0%
+US$324.9m		71.0%PE11.2x
MKC McCormickUS$74.761.5%
+US$305.9m		9.0%PE25.4x
GIS General MillsUS$59.560.7%
+US$220.9m		-7.6%PE12.6x
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LW

US$60.51

Lamb Weston Holdings

7D

2.4%

1Y

-42.4%

MKC

US$74.76

McCormick

7D

1.5%

1Y

9.0%

GIS

US$59.56

General Mills

7D

0.7%

1Y

-7.6%

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JJSF

US$138.75

J&J Snack Foods

7D

-4.3%

1Y

-13.7%

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Jan 23
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CPB

US$38.59

Campbell's

7D

-1.7%

1Y

-12.8%

FLO

US$19.89

Flowers Foods

7D

3.4%

1Y

-12.8%

MDLZ

US$56.96

Mondelez International

7D

-1.8%

1Y

-23.5%

PPC

US$46.69

Pilgrim's Pride

7D

3.0%

1Y

71.0%

CAG

US$25.34

Conagra Brands

7D

-1.7%

1Y

-14.6%

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Jan 21
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HRL

US$30.86

Hormel Foods

7D

3.2%

1Y

1.4%

CALM

US$110.48

Cal-Maine Foods

7D

-1.3%

1Y

96.4%

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Jan 16
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NOMD

US$16.57

Nomad Foods

7D

-1.9%

1Y

-4.4%

THS

US$34.24

TreeHouse Foods

7D

-2.2%

1Y

-19.0%

SMPL

US$37.62

Simply Good Foods

7D

12.9%

1Y

-4.6%

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HSY

US$149.89

Hershey

7D

-2.7%

1Y

-20.8%

FRPT

US$158.03

Freshpet

7D

2.0%

1Y

79.6%

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Dec 23
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