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South African (JSE) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedMar 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies23
  • 7D0.9%
  • 3M-8.9%
  • 1Y7.2%
  • YTD-7.2%

Over the last 7 days, the Consumer Staples industry has remained flat, although notably Boxer Retail gained 9.8%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 7.0% in that time. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 14% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the South African Consumer Staples Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Mar 2025R602.3bR1.1tR29.0b12.6x20.7x0.6x
Sun, 16 Feb 2025R630.4bR1.1tR28.8b14.1x21.9x0.6x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025R642.9bR1.1tR28.8b15.1x22.3x0.6x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024R665.4bR1.1tR28.8b15.2x23.1x0.6x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024R620.9bR1.0tR24.8b16.4x25x0.6x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024R586.5bR1.0tR29.7b14x19.7x0.6x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024R576.4bR893.0bR28.0b12x20.6x0.6x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024R574.5bR900.0bR27.6b10.8x20.8x0.6x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024R548.1bR886.5bR27.7b10.3x19.8x0.6x
Tue, 28 May 2024R527.3bR989.8bR27.2b11x19.4x0.5x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024R503.3bR988.1bR26.7b10.4x18.8x0.5x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024R524.3bR988.1bR27.0b10x19.4x0.5x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024R526.8bR949.1bR25.4b12.1x20.7x0.6x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024R574.5bR1.1tR24.8b14.1x23.2x0.5x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023R580.4bR1.1tR24.8b14.8x23.4x0.5x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023R554.2bR1.1tR27.3b12.4x20.3x0.5x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023R531.2bR1.0tR28.5b12.3x18.7x0.5x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023R549.3bR1.0tR27.8b12.2x19.8x0.5x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023R553.5bR999.2bR27.0b11.2x20.5x0.6x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023R531.7bR999.2bR27.0b10.8x19.7x0.5x
Wed, 31 May 2023R503.9bR974.5bR26.5b11.4x19x0.5x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023R549.0bR961.1bR27.2b12.9x20.2x0.6x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023R522.7bR960.6bR26.2b12.3x20x0.5x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023R545.4bR922.4bR25.3b13.1x21.5x0.6x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023R551.8bR922.4bR25.3b11.9x21.8x0.6x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022R535.6bR921.8bR25.4b12x21.1x0.6x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022R535.3bR907.6bR23.7b14.2x22.5x0.6x
Wed, 12 Oct 2022R513.2bR900.2bR22.9b11.5x22.4x0.6x
Fri, 09 Sep 2022R533.2bR892.9bR23.0b12.1x23.1x0.6x
Sun, 07 Aug 2022R510.5bR860.4bR22.0b11.8x23.2x0.6x
Tue, 05 Jul 2022R495.7bR860.4bR21.9b11.8x22.6x0.6x
Thu, 02 Jun 2022R519.1bR857.1bR22.2b10.7x23.4x0.6x
Sat, 30 Apr 2022R540.5bR846.9bR21.9b13.2x24.7x0.6x
Mon, 28 Mar 2022R530.6bR846.7bR21.6b13.2x24.6x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

24.6x


Total Market Cap: R530.6bTotal Earnings: R21.6bTotal Revenue: R846.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
South African Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 21.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the South African Consumer Staples 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 21.6x.
  • 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 Staples industry have grown 10% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 8.4% 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 South African Consumer Staples sector?

ZA Market3.02%
Consumer Staples0.93%
Food and Staples Retail0.98%
Food0.76%
Personal Products0%0
Beverage-2.48%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food and Staples Retail industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 25.1x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 15.4%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 11.8% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food and Staples Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 15% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 12% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 8.3% 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
BOX Boxer RetailR72.509.8%
+R3.0b		n/aPE23.1x
BID BidR433.231.8%
+R2.5b		-5.2%PE18.3x
PIK Pick n Pay StoresR28.519.1%
+R1.8b		48.5%PS0.2x
AVI AVIR91.014.1%
+R1.2b		0.07%PE12.6x
SPP SPAR GroupR121.713.3%
+R741.3m		39.9%PE14.2x
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