Consumer Defensive stocks

The Consumer Defensive sector has 259 US-listed companies on stockrow across 12 industries, with a combined market value of $4.28T. Walmart Inc. (WMT) is the largest at $852.5B, followed by Costco Wholesale Corporation and CocaCola Company (The). The median Consumer Defensive stock trades at 16.7× trailing earnings, below the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 1.54% (market: 0.55%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 4.83%. 99 of the 259 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.48%.

Consumer Defensive medians

Metric Sector Market
P/E 16.7× 17.9×
P/S 0.7× 2.0×
P/B 1.7× 1.8×
Price to free cash flow 13.5× 14.0×
EV/EBITDA 9.4× 11.0×
EV/Sales 0.9× 2.2×
Earnings yield 2.79% 1.18%
Free cash flow yield 3.79% 0.48%
Gross margin 34.8% 46.3%
Operating margin 1.81% 0.00%
Net margin 1.54% 0.55%
Free cash flow margin 1.66% 0.00%
Return on equity 3.93% 1.76%
Return on assets 0.35% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.20% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.83% 7.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.3× 0.2×
Current ratio 1.4× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 0.6× 0.6×
Dividend yield 2.48% 2.75%
Payout ratio 0.0× 0.0×
Market cap $579.8M $612.7M

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Ticker Company Industry Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
WMT Walmart Inc. Discount Stores 852.48b 107.98 0.36% 38.98 3.00% 6.16% 1.35%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation Discount Stores 396.68b 922.77 2.84% 46.30 3.01% 9.23% 2.58%
KO CocaCola Company (The) Beverages Non Alcoholic 379.18b 87.81 (0.33%) 26.37 28.56% 6.52% 3.02%
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) Household & Personal Products 338.83b 146.23 0.38% 21.63 18.10% 3.26% 2.41%
PM Philip Morris International Inc. Tobacco 296.25b 190.48 (0.53%) 27.37 25.49% 8.93% 5.94%
PEP PepsiCo, Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 174.47b 128.63 0.37% 16.86 10.78% 5.62% 2.84%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Beverages Brewers 136.06b 78.00 0.75% 16.53 14.90% 7.00% 1.56%
UL Unilever PLC Household & Personal Products 134.15b 62.54 0.47% 10.55 12.03% 5.30% 3.86%
BTI British American Tobacco p.l.c. Tobacco 119.63b 55.63 (0.70%) 7.07 25.86% (0.01%) 9.79%
MO Altria Group, Inc. Tobacco 114.88b 68.82 (0.09%) 14.52 33.91% (0.58%) 9.96%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation Beverages Non Alcoholic 83.59b 43.11 0.91% 39.50 23.08% 20.37% —
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. Confectioners 77.46b 60.25 (1.00%) 21.99 8.86% 6.93% 2.35%
TGT Target Corporation Discount Stores 72.51b 157.45 0.83% 16.27 4.08% 1.95% 2.91%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company Household & Personal Products 68.32b 86.06 0.87% 33.88 9.68% 5.24% 2.41%
DEO Diageo plc Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 48.33b 87.52 0.79% 22.81 21.50% 25.19% 2.71%
CCEP Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Beverages Non Alcoholic 44.59b 101.73 2.29% 13.89 9.08% 41.44% 2.98%
ABEV Ambev S.A. Beverages Brewers 44.16b 2.91 0.00% 16.17 17.51% (4.31%) 5.99%
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc Beverages Non Alcoholic 41.95b 31.95 3.47% 32.27 6.69% 27.48% 2.61%
ADM Archer Daniels Midland Company Farm Products 39.23b 81.12 (0.93%) 22.22 2.16% (0.82%) 3.39%
SYY Sysco Corporation Food Distribution 38.46b 78.46 0.35% 21.44 2.08% 3.91% 2.55%
KR The Kroger Co. Grocery Stores 34.84b 58.74 (0.31%) 31.75 0.73% (5.78%) 2.40%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Household & Personal Products 34.58b 94.47 (0.94%) 185.24 1.21% 5.05% 1.89%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. Household & Personal Products 33.82b 17.80 1.08% 20.46 10.76% 1.76% 1.65%
HSY Hershey Company (The) Confectioners 33.49b 166.37 (0.31%) 18.39 12.24% 7.69% 2.47%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation Household & Personal Products 32.32b 98.43 1.28% 16.74 11.79% 6.01% 4.10%
KHC Kraft Heinz Company Packaged Foods 28.45b 23.63 (1.05%) 0.00 (13.64%) (1.62%) 4.38%
DG Dollar General Corporation Discount Stores 27.22b 124.84 1.89% 16.15 3.90% 4.77% 1.65%
FMX Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. Beverages Brewers 23.72b 119.62 1.62% 23.92 3.54% 21.23% 1.49%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Household & Personal Products 22.61b 96.38 1.10% 30.89 11.96% 2.69% 1.14%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. Discount Stores 21.27b 114.07 0.50% 13.91 8.03% 8.18% —
BG Bunge Global SA Farm Products 21.17b 109.00 (0.76%) 21.24 1.10% 80.53% 2.96%
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. Food Distribution 20.30b 93.33 (0.38%) 28.32 1.81% 3.83% —
STZ Constellation Brands Inc Beverages Brewers 19.50b 113.63 (0.53%) 10.83 20.14% (9.99%) 1.46%
GIS General Mills, Inc. Packaged Foods 18.69b 33.64 (3.42%) 0.00 (4.89%) (4.49%) 3.68%
TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. Farm Products 17.84b 50.92 (0.43%) 30.49 1.03% 2.86% 3.60%
PFGC Performance Food Group Company Food Distribution 14.23b 91.55 1.36% 39.63 0.53% 7.17% —
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company Packaged Foods 13.07b 121.00 (0.54%) 56.28 2.51% 5.08% 3.21%
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Packaged Foods 12.88b 47.94 0.25% 7.96 21.91% 9.54% 2.54%
COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 12.65b 190.29 0.28% 25.19 7.15% 10.71% 0.23%
JBS JBS N.V. Packaged Foods 12.17b 11.57 1.85% 11.34 1.22% 14.34% —
BF.A Brown Forman Corporation Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 12.00b 26.69 1.17% 17.23 18.42% (0.84%) 1.44%
BF.B Brown-Forman Corporation Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 12.00b 26.16 1.04% 16.95 18.42% (0.84%) 1.49%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. Packaged Foods 11.80b 18.98 (1.50%) — — — —
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. Discount Stores 11.60b 93.79 2.12% 20.34 2.61% 9.09% —
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation Packaged Foods 10.97b 19.71 (0.66%) 31.29 2.82% 0.73% 3.80%
CLX The Clorox Company Household & Personal Products 9.95b 83.80 2.44% 17.39 8.74% (5.41%) 3.13%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. Packaged Foods 9.74b 61.29 (0.73%) 16.26 9.13% 14.85% —
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. Education & Training Services 8.22b 56.47 (1.07%) 18.32 8.39% 15.53% —
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. Packaged Foods 7.52b 19.04 0.16% 7.05 6.84% 4.25% —
CELH Celsius Holdings Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 7.23b 27.99 (1.55%) 116.63 2.14% 82.86% —
CAG Conagra Brands Packaged Foods 7.03b 14.32 (2.39%) 0.00 (16.99%) (2.85%) 4.94%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company Beverages Brewers 6.85b 35.95 (1.10%) 0.00 (20.81%) (1.77%) 2.71%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Packaged Foods 6.49b 27.82 2.05% 12.10 2.96% 1.42% —
LW Lamb Weston Packaged Foods 6.16b 43.58 (1.78%) 20.75 4.39% 2.50% 1.25%
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Grocery Stores 6.13b 62.49 (4.48%) 11.88 5.58% 7.20% —
INGR Ingredion Incorporated Packaged Foods 6.09b 96.72 0.24% 10.40 8.21% (1.38%) 2.90%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty Household & Personal Products 5.90b 99.51 (1.05%) 99.51 3.38% 31.23% —
CPB The Campbell's Company Packaged Foods 5.90b 19.37 (2.42%) 14.46 4.04% (4.96%) 3.48%
ACI Albertsons Companies, Inc. Grocery Stores 5.82b 11.67 (2.34%) 145.88 0.08% 2.75% 2.16%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. Discount Stores 5.77b 53.56 1.02% 0.00 (3.61%) 48.34% —
KOF Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. Beverages Non Alcoholic 5.72b 110.23 1.17% 17.39 8.05% 36.23% 3.53%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. Discount Stores 5.34b 174.73 0.90% 33.54 2.77% 10.18% 1.26%
LAUR Laureate Education Education & Training Services 5.25b 37.40 (1.86%) 16.70 17.57% 17.89% 4.30%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. Discount Stores 5.02b 84.25 (0.06%) 18.75 9.79% 14.43% —
GHC Graham Holdings Company Education & Training Services 4.85b 1,154.89 0.86% 9.21 10.69% 4.83% 0.94%
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Food Distribution 4.50b 110.27 (0.08%) 45.76 2.09% 11.16% —
CVSA Covista Inc. Education & Training Services 4.23b 120.75 (2.75%) 16.84 12.87% 9.27% 1.11%
TAL TAL Education Group Education & Training Services 4.08b 12.00 (2.05%) 7.30 28.43% 32.40% —
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Education & Training Services 3.94b 147.28 (2.59%) 17.70 19.63% 6.97% —
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. Household & Personal Products 3.71b 117.93 1.85% 22.55 11.17% 2.93% 1.66%
COCO Vita Coco Company, Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 3.40b 58.59 (0.98%) 30.68 15.50% 26.10% —
LRN Stride, Inc. Education & Training Services 3.33b 78.56 (1.85%) 9.92 13.43% 4.69% —
POST Post Holdings, Inc. Packaged Foods 3.26b 73.15 (1.34%) 12.34 3.48% 6.20% —
CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Farm Products 3.24b 67.43 (1.53%) 10.25 10.88% (31.68%) 2.41%
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Confectioners 2.87b 38.04 0.74% 29.62 12.99% 1.65% 1.10%
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. Packaged Foods 2.80b 57.91 (0.69%) 13.92 17.28% 12.77% —
FIZZ National Beverage Corp. Beverages Non Alcoholic 2.80b 29.67 (0.67%) 15.87 14.81% (1.80%) —
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. Food Distribution 2.78b 45.85 (0.65%) 32.99 0.27% (1.99%) —
MZTI The Marzetti Company Packaged Foods 2.76b 100.47 (0.66%) 14.41 9.91% 1.08% 1.89%
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. Education & Training Services 2.62b 12.73 (7.01%) 25.46 4.38% 0.14% —
IBA Industrias Bachoco, S.A. de C.V. Farm Products 2.49b — 0.00% 11.95 2.86% 11.79% 1.94%
AKO.B Embotelladora Andina S.A. Beverages Non Alcoholic 2.39b 30.70 1.35% 14.98 8.35% 7.61% 6.73%
NWL Newell Brands Inc. Household & Personal Products 2.38b 5.43 (2.86%) 0.00 (3.05%) (2.04%) 5.61%
COTY Coty Household & Personal Products 2.32b 2.65 0.76% 0.00 (10.64%) (1.46%) 0.64%
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. Food Distribution 2.27b 66.97 0.27% 12.85 1.62% (5.20%) 1.42%
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company Packaged Foods 2.20b 34.06 (0.38%) 12.61 5.39% (1.16%) 10.80%
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company Packaged Foods 2.20b 39.51 0.00% 14.63 5.39% (1.16%) —
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. Packaged Foods 2.05b 14.24 0.00% 0.00 (2.00%) 1.95% 1.17%
AKO.A Embotelladora Andina S.A. Beverages Non Alcoholic 2.05b 25.97 11.89% 12.67 8.35% 7.61% 8.41%
CCU Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. Beverages Brewers 2.02b 11.00 0.37% 17.69 3.62% 1.91% 4.09%
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation Education & Training Services 1.98b 30.49 (3.76%) 10.85 20.63% 11.68% 1.24%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. Household & Personal Products 1.95b 84.91 0.17% 25.65 2.76% 0.82% 1.96%
WMK Weis Markets, Inc. Grocery Stores 1.79b 72.02 (0.40%) 17.87 1.96% 4.67% 2.24%
STRA Strategic Education Inc. Education & Training Services 1.77b 76.83 (3.75%) 12.49 10.46% 3.53% 2.48%
SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Beverages Brewers 1.71b 163.77 (1.49%) 0.00 (3.64%) (6.06%) —
RLX RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR Tobacco 1.56b 1.68 (1.75%) 15.85 21.95% 63.68% 0.56%
IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated Grocery Stores 1.56b 83.77 (0.40%) 14.99 1.92% 1.02% 0.81%
AGRO Adecoagro S.A. Farm Products 1.53b 10.43 (1.88%) 31.61 3.00% 6.22% 7.49%
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited Packaged Foods 1.49b 10.63 (0.37%) 10.42 4.21% 3.59% —
DMC Del Monte Corporation Farm Products 1.44b 30.71 0.66% 42.65 0.79% (0.21%) 3.14%

Updated 26 September 2026