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Consumer Defensive stocks

The Consumer Defensive sector has 253 US-listed companies on stockrow across 12 industries, with a combined market value of $4.79T. Walmart Inc. (WMT) is the largest at $1.01T, followed by Costco Wholesale Corporation and CocaCola Company (The). The median Consumer Defensive stock trades at 17.2× trailing earnings, in line with the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 1.92% (market: 1.06%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 4.10%, the lowest of all 11 sectors. 82 of the 253 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.92%.

Consumer Defensive medians

Metric Sector Market
P/E 17.2× 17.9×
P/S 0.8× 1.9×
P/B 1.7× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 15.1× 14.1×
EV/EBITDA 9.5× 10.9×
EV/Sales 1.0× 2.1×
Earnings yield 2.79% 1.55%
Free cash flow yield 3.47% 0.93%
Gross margin 34.6% 45.1%
Operating margin 1.70% 0.00%
Net margin 1.92% 1.06%
Free cash flow margin 1.51% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.42% 0.51%
Return on assets 0.45% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.96% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.10% 7.58%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 5.88% 14.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.84% 8.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.2× 0.1×
Current ratio 1.5× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 0.6× 0.6×
Dividend yield 2.74% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.5× 0.3×
Market cap $633.7M $676.4M

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Ticker Company Industry Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
WMT Walmart Inc. Discount Stores 1.01t 127.90 (0.98%) 46.17 3.00% 6.16% 0.76%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation Discount Stores 472.19b 1,063.07 1.59% 51.16 3.04% 10.14% 0.54%
KO CocaCola Company (The) Beverages Non Alcoholic 411.82b 95.94 0.15% 28.11 28.65% 7.11% 2.19%
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) Household & Personal Products 387.30b 167.08 (0.14%) 24.72 18.14% 3.52% 2.59%
PM Philip Morris International Inc. Tobacco 314.07b 201.98 (4.40%) 29.49 24.76% 7.87% 2.98%
PEP PepsiCo, Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 194.48b 142.65 0.16% 17.92 11.09% 6.36% 4.07%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Beverages Brewers 149.06b 85.14 1.76% 16.40 15.42% 9.19% 1.58%
UL Unilever PLC Household & Personal Products 145.87b 67.64 1.08% 11.41 12.03% 5.30% 3.29%
BTI British American Tobacco p.l.c. Tobacco 135.59b 63.11 0.22% 8.02 25.86% (0.01%) 5.27%
MO Altria Group, Inc. Tobacco 129.05b 77.63 (0.49%) 16.05 34.43% 0.47% 5.53%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation Beverages Non Alcoholic 93.70b 47.90 (1.74%) 43.95 23.08% 20.37% —
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. Confectioners 84.58b 66.68 (1.04%) 20.87 10.22% 5.98% 3.03%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company Household & Personal Products 78.45b 98.63 (0.13%) 37.83 9.65% 5.91% 2.14%
TGT Target Corporation Discount Stores 71.76b 157.83 (3.23%) 16.30 4.08% 1.95% 2.90%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation Household & Personal Products 67.78b 110.65 1.71% 18.82 11.79% 0.71% 4.61%
DEO Diageo plc Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 55.78b 100.14 2.50% 26.10 21.50% 25.19% 2.00%
CCEP Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Beverages Non Alcoholic 51.48b 117.47 1.41% 16.00 9.08% 41.44% 2.06%
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc Beverages Non Alcoholic 50.20b 36.90 0.30% 30.76 6.46% 42.99% 2.49%
ABEV Ambev S.A. Beverages Brewers 42.33b 2.80 1.45% 13.65 18.93% 1.54% 4.32%
KR The Kroger Co. Grocery Stores 41.00b 69.46 0.71% 37.55 0.73% (5.78%) 2.07%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Household & Personal Products 39.00b 108.45 (3.20%) 106.19 2.41% 5.79% 1.29%
SYY Sysco Corporation Food Distribution 37.01b 75.26 (2.18%) 20.00 2.12% 3.80% 2.90%
HSY Hershey Company (The) Confectioners 35.66b 176.79 1.31% 15.22 14.63% 6.69% 3.24%
ADM Archer Daniels Midland Company Farm Products 33.54b 70.47 (0.52%) 13.72 2.95% 1.02% 2.94%
DG Dollar General Corporation Discount Stores 30.45b 137.71 (2.77%) 17.82 3.90% 4.77% 1.71%
KHC Kraft Heinz Company Packaged Foods 30.03b 25.23 (0.83%) — (13.99%) (1.53%) 6.34%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Household & Personal Products 26.28b 111.30 (0.65%) 34.09 12.41% 1.70% 1.09%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. Discount Stores 25.88b 137.59 (6.40%) 16.78 8.03% 8.18% —
FMX Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. Beverages Brewers 25.80b 128.99 (0.91%) 19.46 3.89% 26.23% 3.52%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc Beverages Brewers 24.46b 144.50 (0.68%) 12.95 20.90% (4.32%) 2.84%
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. Food Distribution 23.11b 107.40 (2.30%) 29.59 1.97% 3.14% —
TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. Farm Products 20.73b 60.28 0.42% 36.10 1.03% 2.86% 3.38%
GIS General Mills, Inc. Packaged Foods 19.49b 36.36 1.42% — (4.89%) (4.49%) 6.71%
BG Bunge Global SA Farm Products 18.93b 98.07 1.09% 16.48 1.24% 55.50% 2.90%
PFGC Performance Food Group Company Food Distribution 17.31b 110.23 0.60% 43.46 0.57% 5.88% —
BF.A Brown Forman Corporation Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 14.36b 31.78 0.95% 20.50 18.42% (0.84%) —
BF.B Brown-Forman Corporation Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 14.34b 30.99 1.01% 19.99 18.42% (0.84%) —
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company Packaged Foods 14.23b 133.50 0.81% 62.09 2.51% 5.08% 3.31%
COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 14.14b 212.00 3.83% 28.08 7.49% 10.22% 0.47%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. Discount Stores 14.05b 111.08 0.16% 24.10 2.61% 9.09% —
JBS JBS N.V. Packaged Foods 13.72b 12.80 (1.23%) 12.55 1.22% 14.34% —
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Packaged Foods 13.47b 49.87 (1.21%) 9.00 19.39% 13.23% 3.85%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation Packaged Foods 12.44b 22.56 (0.88%) 35.81 2.82% 0.73% 5.19%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. Packaged Foods 12.31b 20.09 (0.25%) — — — —
CLX The Clorox Company Household & Personal Products 12.08b 99.50 0.34% 17.79 9.41% 6.28% 5.01%
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. Education & Training Services 8.37b 54.10 3.90% 16.31 8.44% 20.55% 1.11%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. Discount Stores 8.23b 64.29 (1.20%) — (1.87%) 51.20% —
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. Packaged Foods 8.00b 50.98 (2.52%) 9.51 12.48% 15.95% —
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company Beverages Brewers 7.89b 42.12 (2.36%) 8.92 8.09% (1.58%) 4.53%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. Packaged Foods 7.72b 19.51 (1.06%) 8.48 5.94% (0.60%) 6.09%
CELH Celsius Holdings Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 7.60b 30.33 (1.37%) 33.70 7.26% 49.09% —
LW Lamb Weston Packaged Foods 7.59b 55.36 (2.19%) 29.92 3.85% 2.58% 2.75%
CAG Conagra Brands Packaged Foods 7.40b 15.43 1.05% — (16.95%) (1.80%) 6.80%
CPB The Campbell's Company Packaged Foods 6.99b 23.46 0.86% 17.51 4.14% (4.96%) 6.05%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Packaged Foods 6.81b 28.70 (1.07%) 21.26 1.75% (0.12%) 0.00%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty Household & Personal Products 6.48b 111.13 (2.20%) 76.12 4.47% 39.93% —
ACI Albertsons Companies, Inc. Grocery Stores 6.23b 13.24 (3.64%) — (0.06%) 2.26% 4.98%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated Packaged Foods 6.14b 97.05 (0.32%) 10.44 8.21% (1.38%) 3.39%
KOF Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. Beverages Non Alcoholic 6.03b 114.70 (1.46%) 16.41 7.95% 40.18% 3.77%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. Discount Stores 5.52b 93.03 (1.15%) 20.67 9.79% 14.43% —
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. Discount Stores 5.03b 162.48 (1.65%) 30.09 2.83% 11.50% 0.86%
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Grocery Stores 4.76b 51.35 (5.61%) 9.78 5.45% 5.25% —
LAUR Laureate Education Education & Training Services 4.52b 33.21 (5.52%) 12.09 20.28% 20.90% —
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Food Distribution 4.49b 103.87 (2.78%) 38.90 2.27% 11.51% —
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. Household & Personal Products 4.33b 135.16 9.38% 25.45 11.33% 2.58% 2.37%
CVSA Covista Inc. Education & Training Services 3.76b 112.87 (9.12%) 15.16 12.84% 9.28% —
POST Post Holdings, Inc. Packaged Foods 3.72b 84.43 (0.49%) 14.24 3.48% 6.20% —
COCO Vita Coco Company, Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 3.63b 63.42 (3.13%) 30.20 15.70% 25.97% —
FIZZ National Beverage Corp. Beverages Non Alcoholic 3.48b 37.07 (1.54%) 19.82 14.81% (1.80%) 0.00%
XXI Twenty One Capital, Inc. Education & Training Services 3.48b 5.37 (7.89%) — 0.00% — —
COTY Coty Household & Personal Products 3.44b 3.93 13.26% — (9.96%) (0.24%) —
TAL TAL Education Group Education & Training Services 3.40b 10.17 2.62% 7.62 22.13% 25.35% —
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Education & Training Services 3.19b 121.86 (19.12%) 12.96 21.85% 5.30% —
LRN Stride, Inc. Education & Training Services 3.15b 75.09 (5.24%) 9.51 13.18% 2.48% —
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. Packaged Foods 3.11b 65.42 (8.23%) 24.29 10.90% 11.75% —
CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Farm Products 3.07b 65.67 (3.53%) 55.18 2.32% (42.51%) 1.64%
MZTI The Marzetti Company Packaged Foods 2.96b 108.80 (2.94%) 17.17 9.04% (0.94%) 3.68%
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Confectioners 2.93b 38.94 (0.46%) 30.32 12.99% 1.65% 0.91%
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. Food Distribution 2.76b 46.16 (4.41%) 33.21 0.27% (1.99%) —
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company Packaged Foods 2.65b 41.06 (1.06%) 15.21 5.39% (1.16%) —
CENT Central Garden & Pet Company Packaged Foods 2.65b 47.89 (1.01%) 17.74 5.39% (1.16%) —
NWL Newell Brands Inc. Household & Personal Products 2.34b 5.49 (6.31%) — (4.42%) 0.79% 5.10%
SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Beverages Brewers 2.28b 223.53 (2.10%) — (3.83%) (3.71%) —
AKO.B Embotelladora Andina S.A. Beverages Non Alcoholic 2.24b 28.40 (1.11%) 13.85 8.35% 7.61% —
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. Education & Training Services 2.15b 11.24 (11.91%) 29.58 3.55% (0.70%) —
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. Packaged Foods 2.05b 14.27 (0.07%) — (2.00%) 1.95% 1.77%
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. Household & Personal Products 2.05b 89.00 (2.81%) 26.89 2.76% 0.82% 2.11%
AKO.A Embotelladora Andina S.A. Beverages Non Alcoholic 1.99b 25.29 1.16% 12.05 8.23% 12.72% —
CCU Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. Beverages Brewers 1.99b 10.78 (1.82%) 17.39 3.62% 1.91% 0.00%
WMK Weis Markets, Inc. Grocery Stores 1.96b 79.08 (0.68%) 19.62 1.96% 4.67% 1.72%
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. Food Distribution 1.87b 55.54 0.34% 9.39 1.84% (4.32%) 1.44%
JJSF J & J Snack Foods Corp. Packaged Foods 1.70b 90.93 (0.09%) 34.71 3.23% (4.69%) 3.52%
NOMD Nomad Foods Limited Packaged Foods 1.68b 12.03 (3.99%) 11.79 4.21% 3.59% 5.65%
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation Education & Training Services 1.66b 26.77 (10.74%) 9.23 21.06% 6.38% 2.32%
YSWY Yesway Inc. Grocery Stores 1.59b 25.04 (0.63%) — 0.00% — —
IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated Grocery Stores 1.57b 84.36 (2.03%) 15.09 1.92% 1.02% 0.78%
HLF Herbalife Ltd Packaged Foods 1.56b 14.94 (2.42%) 8.67 3.41% 6.35% —
FLO Flowers Foods, Inc. Packaged Foods 1.51b 7.04 (0.85%) 27.08 1.06% 2.46% 10.58%
RLX RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR Tobacco 1.48b 1.62 (1.22%) 15.28 21.95% 63.68% —
TPB Turning Point Brands, Inc. Tobacco 1.35b 67.61 (3.96%) 28.41 8.78% 24.49% 0.47%

Updated 5 November 2026