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Consumer Defensive
#7 by market capFood, beverages, household staples and discount retail. 133 US-listed equities across 12 industries; the sector accounts for 4.5% of tracked equity market cap and 3.7% of daily volume.
Market cap
$3.781T
+2.16%
$79.73B · 1D
Sector weight
4.5%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$26.36B
3.7% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$2.756T
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$122.908B
4.5% net margin
P/E (TTM)
30.7×
Market 30.4×
Dividend yield
2.4%
Market 1.3%
Employees
6.2M
Across 133 companies
Industry breakdown
Share of sector market cap · 12 industries
Concentration
Share of sector market cap by constituent
HHI index
980.4
Mega caps
5
Median cap
$2.556B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 30.7× · market 20.1×
P/S: 1.4× · market 2.7×
EV / EBITDA: 15.2× · market 12.9×
Operating margin: 7.5% · market 8.5%
Dividend yield: 2.4% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 0.9% P/E premium to the all-equities market.
Returns vs. market
Cap-weighted price return · spread in percentage points
| Period | Sector | Market | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | +2.16% | -0.49% | +2.65% |
| 1 week | +4.29% | +1.37% | +2.92% |
| 1 month | +1.13% | +0.52% | +0.61% |
| 3 months | -1.68% | +1.79% | -3.47% |
| Year to date | +4.07% | +12.39% | -8.33% |
| 1 year | +4.51% | +13.52% | -9.01% |
Constituents
133 equities
Walmart Inc. WMT · US | Discount Stores | $880.279B | 23.3% | $110.56 | +2.22% | +6.04% | +4.25% | $2.626B | 38.7× |
Costco Wholesale Corp COST · US | Discount Stores | $420.382B | 11.1% | $947.92 | +0.60% | +3.61% | +4.15% | $2.153B | 47.6× |
The Coca-Cola Company KO · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $377.674B | 10% | $87.77 | +2.27% | +1.94% | -0.67% | $1.394B | 27.6× |
The Procter & Gamble Company PG · US | Household & Personal Products | $349.95B | 9.3% | $150.59 | +1.87% | +4.61% | +3.44% | $1.814B | 21.8× |
| Tobacco | $312.5B | 8.3% | $200.50 | +4.05% | +6.55% | +8.54% | $1.107B | 28.8× | |
PepsiCo, Inc. PEP · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $175.411B | 4.6% | $128.34 | +3.73% | +2.18% | -7.30% | $3.078B | 20.1× |
Altria Group, Inc. MO · US | Tobacco | $119.253B | 3.2% | $71.42 | +2.94% | +6.68% | +4.77% | $832.39M | 15× |
Monster Beverage Corporation MNST · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $85.509B | 2.3% | $43.65 | +1.80% | +3.58% | +1.16% | $374.52M | 40.2× |
| Confectioners | $77.879B | 2.1% | $60.67 | +2.17% | +5.04% | -1.56% | $466.86M | 39.6× | |
Target Corp. TGT · US | Discount Stores | $70.288B | 1.9% | $154.76 | +2.54% | -1.24% | -4.89% | $647.67M | 20.4× |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL · US | Household & Personal Products | $70.231B | 1.9% | $88.10 | +1.02% | +4.22% | -0.35% | $359.5M | 34.5× |
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. KDP · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $42.527B | 1.1% | $31.26 | +2.36% | +1.86% | -3.96% | $454.22M | 23.2× |
JBS N.V. Class A Common Stock JBS · US | Packaged Foods | $41.935B | 1.1% | $12.75 | +4.17% | +17.40% | -0.93% | $93.25M | 37.6× |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM · US | Farm Products | $39.738B | 1.1% | $82.45 | +1.37% | +3.69% | -2.43% | $248.09M | 22.5× |
The Kroger Co. KR · US | Grocery Stores | $37.863B | 1% | $61.41 | +3.65% | +3.25% | +7.36% | $509.81M | 36× |
Sysco Corp. SYY · US | Food Distribution | $37.465B | 1% | $78.20 | +1.84% | +0.55% | -2.05% | $376.02M | 31.1× |
| Household & Personal Products | $34.125B | 0.9% | $94.32 | -0.14% | +4.58% | -7.25% | $369.88M | 187.5× | |
Kenvue Inc. KVUE · US | Household & Personal Products | $34.04B | 0.9% | $17.73 | +1.14% | +2.96% | -3.59% | $412.53M | 21× |
The Hershey Company Common Stock HSY · US | Confectioners | $32.657B | 0.9% | $162.54 | +1.37% | +2.03% | -6.19% | $256.54M | 21.9× |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB · US | Household & Personal Products | $32.504B | 0.9% | $97.74 | +1.31% | +3.60% | -5.04% | $614.53M | 16.6× |
Dollar General Corp. DG · US | Discount Stores | $27.416B | 0.7% | $124.27 | +1.74% | +4.49% | -2.82% | $294.59M | 16.1× |
The Kraft Heinz Company KHC · US | Packaged Foods | $26.661B | 0.7% | $22.48 | +2.28% | +0.09% | -9.72% | $703.77M | -7.9× |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. CHD · US | Household & Personal Products | $23.175B | 0.6% | $97.73 | +1.01% | +3.85% | +1.23% | $164.79M | 42.8× |
Dollar Tree Inc. DLTR · US | Discount Stores | $22.262B | 0.6% | $118.62 | +2.00% | +3.66% | -4.37% | $277.87M | 13.8× |
| Beverages - Brewers | $21.202B | 0.6% | $123.63 | +4.43% | +9.42% | +2.19% | $651.05M | 11.6× |