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 2.7% of daily volume.
Market cap
$3.637T
-0.00%
-$19.01M · 1D
Sector weight
4.4%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$221.93M
2.7% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$2.756T
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$122.908B
4.5% net margin
P/E (TTM)
29.5×
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
960.6
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): 29.5× · 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 3% 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 | -0.00% | +0.54% | -0.54% |
| 1 week | -1.91% | +0.34% | -2.24% |
| 1 month | -4.13% | +1.06% | -5.18% |
| 3 months | -7.23% | +2.39% | -9.62% |
| Year to date | +0.11% | +12.38% | -12.27% |
| 1 year | +0.57% | +13.79% | -13.22% |
Constituents
133 equities

Walmart Inc. WMT · US | Discount Stores | $828.366B | 22.8% | $104.04 | -0.21% | -3.65% | -1.93% | $13.64M | 36.4× |
Costco Wholesale Corporation COST · US | Discount Stores | $407.187B | 11.2% | $918.17 | -0.27% | -0.50% | -1.11% | $14.07M | 46.1× |
The Coca-Cola Company KO · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $369.391B | 10.2% | $85.85 | +0.23% | -2.23% | -2.71% | $12.25M | 27× |
The Procter & Gamble Company PG · US | Household & Personal Products | $337.726B | 9.3% | $145.33 | +0.29% | -0.62% | -1.57% | $6.31M | 21.1× |
| Tobacco | $294.623B | 8.1% | $189.03 | +0.84% | -0.76% | +0.58% | $6.09M | 27.2× | |
PepsiCo, Inc. PEP · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $170.128B | 4.7% | $124.48 | -1.12% | -3.23% | -11.41% | $10.34M | 19.5× |
Altria Group, Inc. MO · US | Tobacco | $112.441B | 3.1% | $67.34 | -0.01% | -2.15% | -3.19% | $4M | 14.1× |
Monster Beverage Corporation MNST · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $84.393B | 2.3% | $43.08 | +0.33% | -0.07% | -3.02% | $4.05M | 39.7× |
| Confectioners | $74.452B | 2% | $58 | -0.33% | -3.73% | -7.13% | $5.49M | 37.8× | |
Target Corp. TGT · US | Discount Stores | $68.796B | 1.9% | $151.48 | -2.90% | -3.79% | -7.27% | $5.68M | 19.9× |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL · US | Household & Personal Products | $68.35B | 1.9% | $85.74 | +1.76% | -0.37% | -4.84% | $7.78M | 33.6× |
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. KDP · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $41.752B | 1.1% | $30.69 | +1.05% | -3.94% | -5.83% | $4.22M | 22.8× |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM · US | Farm Products | $39.188B | 1.1% | $81.31 | +1.07% | +0.23% | -4.77% | $1.15M | 22.1× |
JBS N.V. Class A Common Stock JBS · US | Packaged Foods | $39.123B | 1.1% | $11.90 | +1.93% | +2.85% | -12.11% | $15.65M | 35.1× |
Sysco Corp. SYY · US | Food Distribution | $36.751B | 1% | $76.71 | -1.01% | -2.23% | -6.18% | $1.14M | 30.5× |
The Kroger Co. KR · US | Grocery Stores | $36.155B | 1% | $58.64 | -0.66% | -0.17% | +0.72% | $4.21M | 34.3× |
| Household & Personal Products | $33.85B | 0.9% | $93.56 | +1.73% | -0.96% | -7.50% | $1.91M | 186× | |
Kenvue Inc. KVUE · US | Household & Personal Products | $33.157B | 0.9% | $17.27 | +0.41% | -2.98% | -9.72% | $2.96M | 20.4× |
The Hershey Company Common Stock HSY · US | Confectioners | $32.709B | 0.9% | $162.80 | +1.63% | -2.15% | -8.25% | $2.09M | 22× |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB · US | Household & Personal Products | $31.465B | 0.9% | $94.62 | +0.27% | -3.87% | -13.42% | $1.95M | 16.1× |
Dollar General Corp. DG · US | Discount Stores | $26.108B | 0.7% | $118.34 | -0.50% | -5.21% | -9.59% | $2.61M | 15.3× |
The Kraft Heinz Company KHC · US | Packaged Foods | $26.074B | 0.7% | $21.99 | -0.92% | -6.94% | -16.26% | $2.3M | -7.7× |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. CHD · US | Household & Personal Products | $22.593B | 0.6% | $95.28 | +1.02% | -1.14% | -4.07% | $1.79M | 41.7× |
Dollar Tree Inc. DLTR · US | Discount Stores | $20.918B | 0.6% | $111.46 | -0.62% | -2.29% | -15.50% | $1.53M | 13× |
US Foods Holding Corp. USFD · US | Food Distribution | $20.735B | 0.6% | $95.86 | -1.09% | +2.71% | -8.52% | $751.16K | 28.5× |
