Consumer Defensive Stocks
✓ Ranked directly from Yahoo Finance data · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026 · Updated: 28 October 2026
All 117 companies in our Consumer Defensive listing.
Largest by Market Cap
| # | Ticker | Company | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WMT | Walmart Inc. | $852.63B |
| 2 | COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | $406.11B |
| 3 | KO | The Coca-Cola Company | $378.93B |
| 4 | PG | The Procter & Gamble Company | $340.13B |
| 5 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | $284.49B |
| 6 | PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | $188.00B |
| 7 | BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | $158.22B |
| 8 | MO | Altria Group, Inc. | $115.01B |
| 9 | ULVR | Unilever PLC | £102.56B |
| 10 | BATS | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | £88.84B |
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- Why is this sector considered "defensive"?
- Consumer Defensive companies — food, beverages, household and personal care products — sell staples that people keep buying regardless of economic conditions, so their revenue tends to be more stable through recessions than more discretionary sectors.
- Why do defensive stocks often have lower growth than cyclical ones?
- Demand for staples doesn't expand much in good times the way discretionary spending does, so revenue growth here tends to be steadier but slower — the trade-off is stability rather than acceleration. See our Consumer Cyclical sector page for the contrast.
- Do consumer defensive stocks typically pay higher dividends?
- Many do — stable, predictable cash flows make consistent dividend payments easier to sustain than in more volatile sectors. See our highest dividend yield list to check.
- Why might a defensive stock still have a high P/E ratio?
- Investors sometimes pay a premium for earnings stability itself, especially during periods of economic uncertainty when predictable cash flow becomes more valuable. See our P/E ratio glossary entry.
- Where does this sector data come from?
- Data is sourced directly from Yahoo Finance as a periodic snapshot, dated on this page. This is a reference tool for research, not investment advice.
All Consumer Defensive Stocks
| # | Ticker | Company | Price | Market Cap | P/E | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WMT | Walmart Inc. | $107.14 | $852.63B | 38.82 | 0.92% |
| 2 | COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | $915.74 | $406.11B | 46.09 | 0.64% |
| 3 | KO | The Coca-Cola Company | $88.07 | $378.93B | 26.45 | 2.41% |
| 4 | PG | The Procter & Gamble Company | $146.44 | $340.13B | 22.12 | 2.97% |
| 5 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | $182.53 | $284.49B | 25.07 | 3.22% |
| 6 | PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | $137.63 | $188.00B | 18.06 | 4.30% |
| 7 | BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | $80.35 | $158.22B | 17.32 | 1.67% |
| 8 | MO | Altria Group, Inc. | $68.88 | $115.01B | 14.50 | 6.45% |
| 9 | ULVR | Unilever PLC | £47.63 | £102.56B | 21.75 | 3.46% |
| 10 | BATS | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | £41.25 | £88.84B | 14.18 | 5.94% |
| 11 | MNST | Monster Beverage Corporation | $43.82 | $85.85B | 40.57 | — |
| 12 | MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. | $61.28 | $78.21B | 22.45 | 3.39% |
| 13 | TGT | Target Corporation | $164.44 | $74.70B | 17.06 | 2.82% |
| 14 | CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | $88.77 | $70.77B | 34.95 | 2.39% |
| 15 | KDP | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | $32.59 | $44.35B | 32.92 | 2.82% |
| 16 | ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | $84.61 | $40.78B | 23.12 | 2.46% |
| 17 | SYY | Sysco Corporation | $80.05 | $38.35B | 21.87 | 2.71% |
| 18 | EL | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. | $103.86 | $37.58B | 207.72 | 1.35% |
| 19 | DGE | Diageo plc | £16.57 | £36.85B | 28.57 | 2.67% |
| 20 | KVUE | Kenvue Inc. | $18.74 | $36.00B | 22.05 | 4.48% |
| 21 | KR | The Kroger Co. | $58.59 | $35.90B | 34.26 | 2.46% |
| 22 | KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | $104.96 | $34.91B | 20.74 | 4.88% |
| 23 | HSY | The Hershey Company | $173.15 | $34.79B | 23.65 | 3.35% |
| 24 | CCEP | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | £78.70 | £34.72B | 20.60 | 2.30% |
| 25 | RKT | Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | £51.14 | £32.45B | 11.54 | 4.23% |
| 26 | TSCO | Tesco PLC | £4.75 | £29.61B | 17.61 | 3.10% |
| 27 | KHC | The Kraft Heinz Company | $24.85 | $29.47B | — | 6.44% |
| 28 | DG | Dollar General Corporation | $133.21 | $29.39B | 17.30 | 1.77% |
| 29 | DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | $131.42 | $24.66B | 16.11 | — |
| 30 | CHD | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | $98.55 | $23.38B | 31.59 | 1.25% |
| 31 | BG | Bunge Global SA | $118.71 | $22.81B | 25.58 | 2.43% |
| 32 | USFD | US Foods Holding Corp. | $104.04 | $22.51B | 32.01 | — |
| 33 | STZ | Constellation Brands, Inc. | $128.18 | $21.89B | 12.21 | 3.21% |
| 34 | GIS | General Mills, Inc. | $38.29 | $20.47B | — | 6.37% |
| 35 | IMB | Imperial Brands PLC | £24.89 | £18.82B | 11.69 | 6.70% |
| 36 | TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | $51.42 | $18.09B | 31.74 | 3.97% |
| 37 | CCH | Coca-Cola HBC AG | £45.34 | £16.52B | 19.29 | 2.29% |
| 38 | PFGC | Performance Food Group Company | $98.63 | $15.49B | 43.07 | — |
| 39 | ABF | Associated British Foods plc | £20.72 | £14.48B | 15.58 | 3.09% |
| 40 | MKC | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | $52.08 | $14.00B | 8.67 | 3.69% |
| 41 | SJM | The J. M. Smucker Company | $126.08 | $13.47B | 58.92 | 3.55% |
| 42 | COKE | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | $189.33 | $12.60B | 25.11 | 0.53% |
| 43 | BF-A | Brown-Forman Corporation | $27.13 | $12.45B | 17.50 | 3.41% |
| 44 | BF-B | Brown-Forman Corporation | $26.73 | $12.27B | 17.25 | 3.46% |
| 45 | HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | $21.54 | $11.85B | 34.74 | 5.43% |
| 46 | BJ | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | $93.19 | $11.77B | 20.39 | — |
| 47 | CLX | The Clorox Company | $93.06 | $11.25B | 19.35 | 5.37% |
| 48 | DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc. | $65.19 | $10.29B | 17.52 | — |
| 49 | BNZL | Bunzl plc | £26.58 | £8.54B | 17.60 | 2.81% |
| 50 | SFM | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. | $81.40 | $7.59B | 15.56 | — |
| 51 | TAP | Molson Coors Beverage Company | $40.50 | $7.55B | — | 4.74% |
| 52 | SBRY | J Sainsbury plc | £3.41 | £7.43B | 18.94 | 4.07% |
| 53 | CAG | Conagra Brands, Inc. | $15.48 | $7.41B | — | 7.91% |
| 54 | PPC | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | $30.48 | $7.26B | 13.31 | — |
| 55 | TAL | TAL Education Group | $12.40 | $6.88B | 7.75 | — |
| 56 | LW | Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | $49.87 | $6.86B | 23.98 | 3.05% |
| 57 | ELF | e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. | $109.67 | $6.47B | 111.91 | — |
| 58 | INGR | Ingredion Incorporated | $101.26 | $6.39B | 11.01 | 3.23% |
| 59 | CPB | The Campbell's Company | $21.38 | $6.38B | 16.32 | 4.68% |
| 60 | ACI | Albertsons Companies, Inc. | $12.55 | $6.09B | 78.44 | 5.42% |
| 61 | PSMT | PriceSmart, Inc. | $174.10 | $5.37B | 33.42 | 0.80% |
| 62 | LAUR | Laureate Education, Inc. | $36.76 | $5.06B | 16.63 | — |
| 63 | CHEF | The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | $114.36 | $4.67B | 54.46 | — |
| 64 | OLLI | Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. | $76.56 | $4.55B | 17.13 | — |
| 65 | LOPE | Grand Canyon Education, Inc. | $152.67 | $3.98B | 18.46 | — |
| 66 | POST | Post Holdings, Inc. | $84.64 | $3.84B | 15.39 | — |
| 67 | IPAR | Interparfums, Inc. | $116.69 | $3.74B | 22.31 | 2.74% |
| 68 | LRN | Stride, Inc. | $84.68 | $3.52B | 11.86 | — |
| 69 | CALM | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | $74.63 | $3.49B | 11.26 | 6.44% |
| 70 | FRPT | Freshpet, Inc. | $70.24 | $3.38B | 18.20 | — |
| 71 | COCO | The Vita Coco Company, Inc. | $55.13 | $3.19B | 30.46 | — |
| 72 | FIZZ | National Beverage Corp. | $32.24 | $3.02B | 16.45 | — |
| 73 | TR | Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | $38.78 | $2.91B | 30.54 | 0.93% |
| 74 | UNFI | United Natural Foods, Inc. | $43.93 | $2.66B | — | — |
| 75 | CENT | Central Garden & Pet Company | $41.71 | $2.61B | 15.45 | — |
| 76 | NWL | Newell Brands Inc. | $6.11 | $2.60B | — | 4.58% |
| 77 | COTY | Coty Inc. | $2.93 | $2.58B | — | — |
| 78 | ANDE | The Andersons, Inc. | $69.31 | $2.35B | 13.41 | 1.15% |
| 79 | CENTA | Central Garden & Pet Company | $36.07 | $2.26B | 13.36 | — |
| 80 | CCU | Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. | $11.88 | $2.20B | 19.80 | 2.94% |
| 81 | SPB | Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | $88.50 | $2.04B | 27.48 | 2.12% |
| 82 | WMK | Weis Markets, Inc. | $71.98 | $1.92B | 17.95 | 1.89% |
| 83 | STRA | Strategic Education, Inc. | $81.59 | $1.81B | 13.62 | 2.94% |
| 84 | SAM | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. | $168.78 | $1.74B | — | — |
| 85 | IMKTA | Ingles Markets, Incorporated | $83.07 | $1.58B | 15.19 | 0.79% |
| 86 | JJSF | J&J Snack Foods Corp. | $84.11 | $1.57B | 32.60 | 3.80% |
| 87 | TPB | Turning Point Brands, Inc. | $75.22 | $1.51B | 32.70 | 0.43% |
| 88 | EPC | Edgewell Personal Care Company | $28.87 | $1.33B | — | 2.08% |
| 89 | FLO | Flowers Foods, Inc. | $6.27 | $1.33B | 24.12 | 7.97% |
| 90 | SENEA | Seneca Foods Corporation | $195.71 | $1.33B | 11.31 | — |
| 91 | DOLE | Dole plc | $14.01 | $1.32B | 18.93 | 2.43% |
| 92 | HLF | Herbalife Ltd. | $12.38 | $1.28B | 7.94 | — |
| 93 | UTI | Universal Technical Institute, Inc. | $22.20 | $1.22B | 36.39 | — |
| 94 | UVV | Universal Corporation | $45.61 | $1.14B | 60.01 | 7.22% |
| 95 | JBSS | John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | $72.43 | $846.68M | 13.77 | 1.30% |
| 96 | APEI | American Public Education, Inc. | $45.36 | $830.16M | 18.36 | — |
| 97 | LINC | Lincoln Educational Services Corporation | $25.64 | $813.34M | 35.12 | — |
| 98 | HELE | Helen of Troy Limited | $28.40 | $661.49M | — | — |
| 99 | NGVC | Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. | $27.93 | $643.67M | 13.62 | 2.15% |
| 100 | VLGEA | Village Super Market, Inc. | $43.37 | $642.29M | 11.82 | 2.31% |
| 101 | PRE | Prenetics Global Limited | $25.44 | $426.87M | — | — |
| 102 | LWAY | Lifeway Foods, Inc. | $25.01 | $377.82M | 36.25 | — |
| 103 | MGPI | MGP Ingredients, Inc. | $16.40 | $351.19M | — | 2.93% |
| 104 | ALCO | Alico, Inc. | $40.43 | $299.93M | 192.52 | 0.49% |
| 105 | USNA | USANA Health Sciences, Inc. | $14.96 | $276.41M | — | — |
| 106 | LMNR | Limoneira Company | $14.99 | $271.80M | — | 2.21% |
| 107 | BGS | B&G Foods, Inc. | $3.29 | $267.40M | — | 11.55% |
| 108 | FC | Franklin Covey Co. | $19.02 | $249.88M | 126.80 | — |
| 109 | NATR | Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. | $14.02 | $246.69M | 14.02 | — |
| 110 | NUS | Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. | $4.84 | $235.59M | — | 4.96% |
| 111 | CHGG | Chegg, Inc. | $0.85 | $94.52M | — | — |
| 112 | LFVN | LifeVantage Corporation | $6.25 | $78.30M | 15.62 | 3.21% |
| 113 | HAIN | The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. | $0.75 | $67.50M | — | — |
| 114 | MTEX | Mannatech, Incorporated | $9.00 | $17.37M | — | — |
| 115 | LTRE | Learning Tree International, Inc. | $0.50 | $6.61M | — | — |
| 116 | NAUH | National American University Holdings, Inc. | $0.07 | $1.73M | 7.00 | — |
| 117 | MEDH | Dazed Inc | $0.00 | $1.48M | — | — |
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