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
SMFL Smart for Life, Inc. Packaged Foods 40.00k 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (320.72%) (18.97%) —
WTER Alkaline Water Company Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 490.00k 0.02 0.00% 0.00 (36.47%) 9.50% —
GVHGF Visionary Holdings Inc. Education & Training Services 700.00k 0.01 (50.00%) 0.00 (25.33%) — —
RKDA Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. Packaged Foods 750.00k 0.31 (3.13%) 0.00 (234.53%) (12.22%) —
SISI SHINECO Farm Products 910.00k 0.11 0.00% 0.00 (354.83%) 148.00% —
BSFC Blue Star Foods Corp. Packaged Foods 960.00k 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (164.25%) (61.78%) —
XXII 22nd Century Group, Inc Tobacco 1.03m 1.33 (11.92%) 0.00 (237.82%) (27.43%) —
AAGR African Agriculture Holdings Inc. Farm Products 1.16m 0.00 (100.00%) 0.00 0.00% — —
EDVA Splash Beverage Group, Inc. Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 1.24m 0.19 0.00% 0.00 0.00% (143.00%) —
DTCKF Davis Commodities Limited Farm Products 1.37m 0.28 0.00% 0.90 2.42% — —
MSS Maison Solutions Inc. Grocery Stores 1.56m 1.62 (5.81%) 0.00 (10.12%) 11.17% —
XAGE Longevity Health Holdings, Inc. Household & Personal Products 1.60m 0.16 0.00% 0.00 (404.81%) 60.33% —
CYAN Cyanotech Corporation Packaged Foods 1.65m 0.49 0.00% 0.00 (0.25%) 12.83% —
YHC LQR House Inc. Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 1.70m 1.30 (3.70%) 0.01 (1,589.10%) (49.56%) —
VSA VisionSys AI Inc. Education & Training Services 1.74m 2.74 (7.43%) 0.00 (1.87%) (26.18%) —
MEHA Functional Brands Inc. Packaged Foods 1.92m 0.01 (100.00%) 0.00 (126.93%) — —
STKH Steakholder Foods Ltd. Sponsored ADR Packaged Foods 1.98m 1.72 (1.71%) 0.00 0.00% — —
KIDZ KIDZ AI Inc. Education & Training Services 2.16m 2.50 (4.21%) 0.00 (338.50%) (16.68%) —
RGFC Real Good Food Company, Inc. Packaged Foods 2.18m 0.30 0.00% 0.00 (9.71%) 18.88% —
GNLN Greenlane Holdings, Inc. Tobacco 2.28m 3.07 2.68% 0.00 (4,143.38%) (63.08%) —
EDBL Edible Garden AG Incorporated Farm Products 2.30m 1.24 5.08% 0.00 (173.35%) 12.30% —
ORISF Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Packaged Foods 2.31m 0.21 0.00% — — — —
ATPC Agape ATP Corporation Packaged Foods 2.32m 2.24 0.00% 1.64 (86.53%) 10.82% —
GSUN Golden Sun Technology Group Limited Education & Training Services 2.44m 0.23 0.00% 0.00 (29.24%) — —
SNAX Stryve Foods, Inc. Packaged Foods 3.12m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (79.06%) (4.28%) —
LXEH Lixiang Education Holding Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR Education & Training Services 3.20m 1.68 (6.15%) 5.60 7.42% (24.16%) —
CLEUF China Liberal Education Holdings Limited Education & Training Services 3.47m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (12.29%) 159.15% —
PAVS Paranovus Entertainment Technology Ltd. Packaged Foods 3.77m 4.43 2.31% 0.00 (64.45%) 37.42% —
EPSM Epsium Enterprise Limited Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 3.86m 1.28 (9.86%) — — — —
IBG Innovation Beverage Group Limited Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 4.07m 0.96 (1.03%) — — — —
AGRZ Agroz Inc. Farm Products 4.11m 0.19 (5.00%) — — — —
NCRA Nocera, Inc. Packaged Foods 4.20m 1.80 (3.74%) 0.00 (62.26%) 14.10% —
AQB AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. Farm Products 4.54m 0.95 7.95% 0.00 0.00% (46.90%) —
FAMI Farmmi, Inc. Packaged Foods 4.75m 0.13 0.00% 0.11 3.25% 127.02% —
AMBO Ambow Education Holding Ltd. Education & Training Services 5.64m 2.12 (1.40%) 2.80 21.05% (22.51%) 1.13%
ABVEF Above Food Ingredients Inc. Packaged Foods 5.84m 0.02 0.00% 0.00 0.00% — —
WAFU Wah Fu Education Group Limited Education & Training Services 6.44m 1.49 (5.13%) 4.00 7.44% 56.62% —
BYAH Park Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd. Household & Personal Products 6.54m 2.77 (3.48%) — — — —
EEIQ EpicQuest Education Group International Limited Education & Training Services 6.75m 4.82 17.56% 0.00 (79.73%) — —
CIMG CIMG Inc. Packaged Foods 7.37m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (150.63%) 4,223.71% —
REED Reeds, Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 7.72m 0.65 0.00% 0.00 (63.48%) (19.13%) —
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. Confectioners 8.21m 0.85 (2.30%) 0.00 (19.84%) (7.81%) —
BRSHF Bruush Oral Care Inc. Household & Personal Products 8.68m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (247.19%) — —
WVVI Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. Beverages Wineries & Distilleries 9.21m 1.94 4.86% 0.00 (12.12%) (1.65%) —
TANH Tantech Holdings Ltd. Household & Personal Products 9.68m 14.38 0.48% 0.00 3.01% 18.27% —
NAII Natural Alternatives International, Inc. Packaged Foods 10.86m 1.75 1.16% 0.00 (10.13%) 13.06% —
TWG Top Wealth Group Holding Limited Food Distribution 11.36m 0.16 (23.81%) — — — —
DDC DDC Enterprise Limited Packaged Foods 11.92m 0.20 (4.76%) — — — —
UCFI CN Healthy Food Tech Group Corp Packaged Foods 11.96m 5.51 0.00% 37.08 24.86% — —
ZME Zhangmen Education Inc. Sponsored ADR Education & Training Services 12.01m 0.60 0.00% 0.00 (101.03%) — —
STG Sunlands Technology Group Sponsored ADR Education & Training Services 13.02m 2.92 0.34% 0.84 17.65% (1.72%) —
MTEX Mannatech, Incorporated Food Distribution 13.99m 7.70 6.21% 0.00 (6.90%) (4.97%) 4.47%
BIGGQ Big Lots, Inc. Discount Stores 14.75m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (10.40%) (9.89%) 5.39%
ATTT Raytech Holding Limited Household & Personal Products 15.93m 2.73 (0.73%) — — — —
BRFH Barfresh Food Group Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 16.23m 0.92 (8.00%) 0.00 (17.88%) 82.09% —
SDOT Sadot Group Inc. Farm Products 16.30m 11.01 (1.96%) 0.00 0.00% (64.77%) —
MYND Mynd.ai, Inc. Unsponsored ADR Education & Training Services 16.64m 0.35 0.00% 0.14 13.08% (52.69%) —
EDTK Skillful Craftsman Education Technology Limited Education & Training Services 17.10m 1.05 (1.87%) 0.00 (94.23%) — —
FEDU Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc. Unsponsored ADR Education & Training Services 21.24m 10.00 6.38% 0.00 (30.33%) (60.18%) —
COOT Australian Oilseeds Holdings Limited Packaged Foods 22.66m 0.48 (4.08%) 0.00 (3.11%) — —
JDZG JIADE Limited Education & Training Services 22.81m 4.31 2.62% — — — —
YGFGF YanGuFang International Group Co., Ltd. Packaged Foods 23.46m 0.00 0.00% — — — —
JVA Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Packaged Foods 24.55m 4.06 (0.73%) 4.83 4.86% 8.22% —
LOCL Local Bounti Corporation Farm Products 24.78m 1.09 2.83% 0.00 (130.52%) 17.77% —
IH iHuman Inc. Sponsored ADR Education & Training Services 25.21m 1.15 1.77% 5.75 9.43% (8.09%) —
YQ 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. Sponsored ADR Education & Training Services 25.24m 3.69 0.00% 0.00 (46.36%) 84.99% —
BRLS Borealis Foods Inc. Packaged Foods 28.77m 1.39 3.73% 0.00 (59.81%) 14.96% —
DSY Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited Household & Personal Products 29.79m 3.61 0.28% 20.06 0.00% — —
GNS Genius Group Limited Education & Training Services 30.19m 0.16 0.00% 0.00 (219.48%) 46.92% —
RYET Ruanyun Edai Technology Inc Education & Training Services 31.36m 0.86 2.38% — — — —
BHST BioHarvest Sciences Inc. Packaged Foods 32.87m 1.46 0.69% 0.00 (31.21%) 17.50% —
UG United-Guardian, Inc. Household & Personal Products 33.31m 7.08 (2.34%) 13.11 22.00% 3.23% 1.12%
SRXH SRX Global Inc. Packaged Foods 34.26m 1.70 (1.73%) 0.00 (258.36%) 334.11% —
YOUL Youlife Group Inc. Education & Training Services 34.79m 0.49 (2.00%) 4.08 0.00% — —
PFAI Pinnacle Food Group Limited Farm Products 35.30m 2.99 (0.33%) — — — —
AACG ATA Inc. Education & Training Services 35.53m 0.86 3.61% 0.00 (17.92%) 4.40% —
LSF Laird Superfood, Inc. Packaged Foods 39.40m 3.45 (1.99%) 0.00 (4.62%) 73.26% —
GROV Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. Household & Personal Products 44.84m 1.06 0.95% 0.00 (5.02%) (14.25%) —
HAIN The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Packaged Foods 47.32m 0.50 (3.85%) 0.00 (22.53%) (13.23%) —
RYM RYTHM, Inc. Tobacco 48.25m 21.76 (1.72%) 0.00 (6.20%) 316.07% —
SOWG Sow Good Inc. Confectioners 48.44m 2.26 6.60% 0.00 0.00% (81.88%) —
COE 51Talk Online Education Group Sponsored ADR Education & Training Services 49.29m 11.67 0.86% 0.00 (14.12%) 74.86% —
BRID Bridgford Foods Corporation Packaged Foods 53.55m 5.83 (1.19%) 0.00 (6.36%) 0.38% —
SKIL Skillsoft Corp. Education & Training Services 55.69m 5.95 (2.78%) 0.00 (32.36%) 7.17% —
PME Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. Farm Products 56.46m — 0.00% 0.00 (1.90%) 88.08% —
SLSN Solesence, Inc. Household & Personal Products 57.22m 0.83 2.47% 0.00 (4.42%) (14.05%) —
BOF BranchOut Food Inc. Packaged Foods 63.25m 3.71 (4.63%) 0.00 (56.58%) 42.72% —
DIT AMCON Distributing Company Food Distribution 65.94m 67.56 0.00% 34.77 0.06% 7.48% 0.37%
ISPR Ispire Technology Inc. Tobacco 74.50m 1.35 4.65% 0.00 (34.58%) (24.69%) —
LFVN Lifevantage Corporation Packaged Foods 74.78m 6.26 (0.48%) 15.65 2.78% (20.10%) 2.18%
SKIN SkinHealth Systems Inc. Household & Personal Products 78.38m 0.66 (2.94%) 0.00 (9.80%) (6.46%) —
CHGG Chegg, Inc. Education & Training Services 82.16m 0.73 0.00% 0.00 (19.96%) (47.59%) —
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. Food Distribution 85.17m 1.59 2.58% 0.00 (2.77%) 2.78% —
FTLF FitLife Brands Inc. Packaged Foods 87.15m 9.26 (0.22%) 14.03 6.15% 60.61% —
BUDA Buda Juice Inc. Beverages Non Alcoholic 94.25m 7.15 (4.67%) — 19.47% — —
ZVIA Zevia PBC Beverages Non Alcoholic 102.87m 1.33 0.00% 0.00 (5.34%) 7.22% —
NEW Puxin Limited Education & Training Services 118.82m 1.36 0.00% 0.00 (45.70%) 2.20% —
LGCY Legacy Education Inc. Education & Training Services 120.81m 9.31 (11.18%) 13.90 10.89% 32.10% —
WALD Waldencast PLC Household & Personal Products 134.71m 1.03 0.00% 0.00 0.00% — —
WYHG Wing Yip Food Holdings Group Limited - Sponsored ADR Packaged Foods 149.79m 4.13 0.73% — — — —

Updated 26 September 2026