Equities / Sectors / Consumer Defensive
Consumer Defensive
#7 by market capFood, beverages, household staples and discount retail. 133 US-listed equities across 12 industries; the sector accounts for 4.4% of tracked equity market cap and 3.1% of daily volume.
Market cap
$3.655T
+0.48%
$17.349B · 1D
Sector weight
4.4%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$494M
3.1% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$2.756T
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$122.908B
4.5% net margin
P/E (TTM)
29.7×
Market 30.4×
Dividend yield
2.5%
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
962.2
Mega caps
5
Median cap
$2.477B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 29.7× · market 19.9×
P/S: 1.3× · market 2.7×
EV / EBITDA: 14.7× · market 12.9×
Operating margin: 7.5% · market 8.5%
Dividend yield: 2.5% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 2.5% P/E discount to the all-equities market.
Returns vs. market
Cap-weighted price return · spread in percentage points
| Period | Sector | Market | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | +0.48% | +0.54% | -0.06% |
| 1 week | -1.44% | +0.34% | -1.77% |
| 1 month | -3.67% | +1.06% | -4.73% |
| 3 months | -6.79% | +2.39% | -9.17% |
| Year to date | +0.59% | +12.38% | -11.79% |
| 1 year | +1.05% | +13.79% | -12.74% |
Constituents
133 equities
Walmart Inc. WMT · US | Discount Stores | $833.542B | 22.8% | $104.69 | +0.41% | -3.05% | -1.32% | $30.52M | 36.7× |
Costco Wholesale Corporation COST · US | Discount Stores | $409.952B | 11.2% | $924.40 | +0.41% | +0.18% | -0.44% | $32.7M | 46.4× |
The Coca-Cola Company KO · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $371.715B | 10.2% | $86.39 | +0.86% | -1.62% | -2.10% | $31.51M | 27.1× |
The Procter & Gamble Company PG · US | Household & Personal Products | $338.447B | 9.3% | $145.64 | +0.50% | -0.40% | -1.36% | $17.56M | 21.1× |
| Tobacco | $295.293B | 8.1% | $189.46 | +1.07% | -0.54% | +0.81% | $13.28M | 27.2× | |
PepsiCo, Inc. PEP · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $170.955B | 4.7% | $125.08 | -0.64% | -2.76% | -10.99% | $20.46M | 19.6× |
Altria Group, Inc. MO · US | Tobacco | $113.167B | 3.1% | $67.78 | +0.63% | -1.51% | -2.56% | $11.32M | 14.2× |
Monster Beverage Corporation MNST · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $84.853B | 2.3% | $43.32 | +0.87% | +0.49% | -2.48% | $12.35M | 39.9× |
| Confectioners | $74.747B | 2% | $58.23 | +0.07% | -3.35% | -6.76% | $14.61M | 38× | |
Target Corp. TGT · US | Discount Stores | $69.721B | 1.9% | $153.51 | -1.60% | -2.50% | -6.03% | $18.64M | 20.2× |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL · US | Household & Personal Products | $68.294B | 1.9% | $85.67 | +1.67% | -0.45% | -4.92% | $17.87M | 33.5× |
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. KDP · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $41.956B | 1.1% | $30.84 | +1.55% | -3.47% | -5.37% | $10.14M | 22.9× |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM · US | Farm Products | $39.632B | 1.1% | $82.23 | +2.21% | +1.37% | -3.69% | $5.14M | 22.4× |
JBS N.V. Class A Common Stock JBS · US | Packaged Foods | $39.255B | 1.1% | $11.94 | +2.27% | +3.20% | -11.82% | $32.15M | 35.2× |
Sysco Corp. SYY · US | Food Distribution | $36.768B | 1% | $76.75 | -0.96% | -2.18% | -6.13% | $4.47M | 30.5× |
The Kroger Co. KR · US | Grocery Stores | $36.285B | 1% | $58.85 | -0.30% | +0.19% | +1.08% | $8.64M | 34.5× |
| Household & Personal Products | $34.034B | 0.9% | $94.07 | +2.28% | -0.42% | -7.00% | $6.55M | 187× | |
Kenvue Inc. KVUE · US | Household & Personal Products | $33.196B | 0.9% | $17.29 | +0.52% | -2.87% | -9.62% | $7.09M | 20.5× |
The Hershey Company Common Stock HSY · US | Confectioners | $32.552B | 0.9% | $162.02 | +1.14% | -2.62% | -8.69% | $4.84M | 21.9× |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB · US | Household & Personal Products | $31.538B | 0.9% | $94.84 | +0.50% | -3.65% | -13.22% | $4.57M | 16.1× |
Dollar General Corp. DG · US | Discount Stores | $26.491B | 0.7% | $120.08 | +0.95% | -3.81% | -8.26% | $5.06M | 15.6× |
The Kraft Heinz Company KHC · US | Packaged Foods | $25.985B | 0.7% | $21.91 | -1.26% | -7.28% | -16.57% | $5.95M | -7.7× |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. CHD · US | Household & Personal Products | $22.635B | 0.6% | $95.45 | +1.21% | -0.96% | -3.90% | $4.1M | 41.8× |
Dollar Tree Inc. DLTR · US | Discount Stores | $21.209B | 0.6% | $113.01 | +0.76% | -0.93% | -14.33% | $4.32M | 13.2× |
US Foods Holding Corp. USFD · US | Food Distribution | $20.789B | 0.6% | $96.11 | -0.84% | +2.98% | -8.28% | $3.85M | 28.6× |