Consumer Defensive groups staples businesses — food, beverages, household products, and discount retail — under one industry-group label. “Defensive” is the industry grouping, not a promise of stable prices. Combined size is not a sector return. See how the ranking works.
114 U.S.-listed Consumer Defensive companies with a market cap of at least $1B are ranked here by market capitalization, worth a combined $4.66T — 4.70% of the total market tracked on MarketCapLens. The most valuable is Walmart Inc. at $945.58B. As of October 16, 2026. Size ranking for research, not a sector recommendation.
| Industry | Companies | Combined cap | % of sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discount Stores | 9 | $1.54T | 32.99% |
| Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 13 | $877.13B | 18.82% |
| Household & Personal Products | 16 | $757.04B | 16.24% |
| Tobacco | 7 | $579.81B | 12.44% |
| Beverages - Alcoholic | 7 | $300.6B | 6.45% |
| Packaged Foods | 25 | $195.43B |
The largest company, Walmart Inc. (WMT), is 20.29% of Consumer Defensive. The three largest — Walmart Inc. (WMT), Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), and The Coca-Cola Company (KO) — are 38.36% of the sector. The ten largest are 69.03%. Walmart Inc. is classified as Discount Stores, which is also the largest industry in this sector by combined cap.
| Weight |
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| 1 | Walmart Inc.WMT | $945.58B | $118.82 | +0.81% | 20.54M | 20.29% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale CorporationCOST | $438.3B | $989.11 | +1.13% | 2.38M | 9.40% |
| 3 | The Coca-Cola CompanyKO | $404.01B | $93.90 | +2.07% | 22.6M | 8.67% |
| 4 | The Procter & Gamble CompanyPG | $370.02B | $159.31 | +1.42% | 11.62M | 7.94% |
| 5 | Philip Morris International Inc.PM | $319.83B | $205.20 | +2.65% | 6.08M | 6.86% |
| 6 | PepsiCo, Inc.PEP | $179.19B | $131.49 | +2.42% | 10.66M | 3.84% |
| 7 | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NVBUD | $163.26B | $82.59 | +1.61% | 1.83M | 3.50% |
| 8 | Unilever PLCUL | $142.53B | $66.16 | +2.34% | 5.51M | 3.06% |
| 9 | British American Tobacco p.l.c.BTI | $129.03B | $60.00 | +3.45% | 13.32M | 2.77% |
| 10 | Altria Group, Inc.MO | $125.41B | $75.11 | +1.72% | 9.19M | 2.69% |
| 11 | Monster Beverage CorporationMNST | $89.59B | $45.73 | +0.86% | 12.34M | 1.92% |
| 12 | Mondelez International, Inc.MDLZ | $81.57B | $63.91 | +1.40% | 10.07M | 1.75% |
| 13 | Colgate-Palmolive CompanyCL | $75.02B | $94.11 | +1.55% | 5.77M | 1.61% |
| 14 | Target CorporationTGT | $70.07B | $154.24 | -1.53% | 6.19M | 1.50% |
| 15 | Diageo plcDEO | $52.89B | $95.11 | +2.53% | 1.06M | 1.13% |
| 16 | Ambev S.A.ABEV | $50.94B | $3.29 | +0.92% | 23.5M | 1.09% |
| 17 | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLCCCEP | $49.82B | $112.40 | +2.40% | 1.98M | 1.07% |
| 18 | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.KDP | $47.11B | $34.62 | +1.29% | 14.27M | 1.01% |
| 19 | Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.FMX | $43.08B | $126.46 | +4.52% | 1.53M | 0.92% |
| 20 | Sysco CorporationSYY | $40.45B | $82.22 | +0.09% | 2.51M | 0.87% |
| 21 | Archer-Daniels-Midland CompanyADM | $39.81B | $82.61 | -0.39% | 2.85M | 0.85% |
| 22 | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EL | $37.88B | $104.54 | -2.47% | 2.85M | 0.81% |
| 23 | The Kroger Co.KR | $37.58B | $63.63 | +1.47% | 6.52M | 0.81% |
| 24 | Kenvue Inc.KVUE | $36.32B | $18.91 | +1.29% | 27.66M | 0.78% |
| 25 | Kimberly-Clark CorporationKMB | $35.11B | $105.57 | +1.44% | 4.35M | 0.75% |
| 26 | The Hershey CompanyHSY | $34.32B | $170.83 | +1.27% | 1.97M | 0.74% |
| 27 | Dollar General CorporationDG | $29.66B | $134.43 | +0.40% | 2.35M | 0.64% |
| 28 | Jbs N.V.JBS | $28.9B | $13.03 | +2.44% | 6.83M | 0.62% |
| 29 | The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC | $28.08B | $23.68 | +1.72% | 13.67M | 0.60% |
| 30 | Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.KOF | $24.99B | $118.95 | +2.84% | 325.93K | 0.54% |
| 31 | Church & Dwight Co., Inc.CHD | $24.79B | $104.53 | +1.41% | 2.54M | 0.53% |
| 32 | Dollar Tree, Inc.DLTR | $23.3B | $124.18 | -0.18% | 2.05M | 0.50% |
| 33 | Constellation Brands, Inc.STZ | $22.23B | $131.35 | +1.37% | 2.37M | 0.48% |
| 34 | US Foods Holding Corp.USFD | $22.06B | $101.96 | +0.48% | 1.48M | 0.47% |
| 35 | Bunge Global S.A.BG | $20.39B | $106.14 | -0.81% | 1.7M | 0.44% |
| 36 | Tyson Foods, Inc.TSN | $19.31B | $54.90 | +1.59% | 2.72M | 0.41% |
| 37 | General Mills, Inc.GIS | $17.71B | $33.13 | +0.76% | 9.13M | 0.38% |
| 38 | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.COKE | $16.52B | $210.33 | +2.83% | 467.81K | 0.35% |
| 39 | Performance Food Group CoPFGC | $15.36B | $97.78 | +0.48% | 1.48M | 0.33% |
| 40 | The J. M. Smucker CompanySJM | $13.61B | $127.43 | +1.19% | 1.6M | 0.29% |
| 41 | Brown-Forman CorporationBF-B | $13.35B | $28.88 | +1.05% | 3.48M | 0.29% |
| 42 | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.BJ | $13B | $102.95 | -0.31% | 3.04M | 0.28% |
| 43 | McCormick & Company, IncorporatedMKC-V | $12.61B | $46.88 | -0.51% | 4.8K | 0.27% |
| 44 | The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.MICC | $11.5B | $18.78 | +1.84% | 605.48K | 0.25% |
| 45 | Hormel Foods CorporationHRL | $11.23B | $20.40 | +1.04% | 5.62M | 0.24% |
| 46 | The Clorox CompanyCLX | $10.53B | $87.09 | +1.03% | 2.74M | 0.23% |
| 47 | Darling Ingredients Inc.DAR | $9.68B | $61.36 | +0.80% | 2.7M | 0.21% |
| 48 | New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.EDU | $9.44B | $60.88 | +0.88% | 682K | 0.20% |
| 49 | Molson Coors Beverage CompanyTAP | $7.4B | $39.52 | +1.26% | 3.18M | 0.16% |
| 50 | Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.LW | $7.38B | $53.59 | -1.14% | 2.84M | 0.16% |
| 51 | Smithfield Foods, Inc.SFD | $7.34B | $18.64 | +0.87% | 1.32M | 0.16% |
| 52 | TAL Education GroupTAL | $7.3B | $12.00 | -4.31% | 8.54M | 0.16% |
| 53 | Primo Brands CorporationPRMB | $7.14B | $19.72 | +3.90% | 6.37M | 0.15% |
| 54 | Celsius Holdings, Inc.CELH | $7.13B | $28.19 | +0.11% | 4.62M | 0.15% |
| 55 | Pilgrim's Pride CorporationPPC | $7.01B | $29.43 | +1.87% | 1.13M | 0.15% |
| 56 | BBB Foods Inc.TBBB | $6.95B | $57.68 | +2.94% | 811.56K | 0.15% |
| 57 | Conagra Brands, Inc.CAG | $6.91B | $14.47 | +2.05% | 9.27M | 0.15% |
| 58 | e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.ELF | $6.7B | $113.54 | -2.21% | 1.62M | 0.14% |
| 59 | Albertsons Companies, Inc.ACI | $6.35B | $13.09 | +0.46% | 6.89M | 0.14% |
| 60 | Ingredion IncorporatedINGR | $6.18B | $97.93 | +0.68% | 559.52K | 0.13% |
| 61 | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.SFM | $6.08B | $65.20 | -2.15% | 2.03M | 0.13% |
| 62 | Campbell Soup CompanyCPB | $5.93B | $19.87 | +0.15% | 5.72M | 0.13% |
| 63 | Adecoagro S.A.AGRO | $5.66B | $10.03 | -0.20% | 750.93K | 0.12% |
| 64 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.OLLI | $5.54B | $93.18 | -2.49% | 1.66M | 0.12% |
| 65 | Laureate Education, Inc.LAUR | $5.32B | $38.61 | -1.10% | 1.78M | 0.11% |
| 66 | PriceSmart, Inc.PSMT | $5.24B | $169.81 | +0.08% | 196.79K | 0.11% |
| 67 | Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.REYN | $4.81B | $22.82 | +0.71% | 1.31M | 0.10% |
| 68 | The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.CHEF | $4.63B | $113.57 | -0.61% | 464.62K | 0.10% |
| 69 | Covista Inc.CVSA | $4.29B | $126.75 | -0.39% | 339.55K | 0.09% |
| 70 | Grand Canyon Education, Inc.LOPE | $4.21B | $161.58 | +0.09% | 234.6K | 0.09% |
| 71 | Inter Parfums, Inc.IPAR | $3.71B | $115.69 | +0.50% | 199.58K | 0.08% |
| 72 | Post Holdings, Inc.POST | $3.45B | $78.53 | +1.47% | 679.28K | 0.07% |
| 73 | Stride, Inc.LRN | $3.42B | $82.39 | -0.95% | 697.98K | 0.07% |
| 74 | The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO | $3.37B | $58.69 | +1.77% | 1.45M | 0.07% |
| 75 | Freshpet, Inc.FRPT | $3.27B | $66.63 | -1.51% | 1.05M | 0.07% |
| 76 | National Beverage Corp.FIZZ | $3.27B | $34.96 | +1.89% | 482.39K | 0.07% |
| 77 | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.CALM | $2.97B | $63.65 | +0.09% | 1.02M | 0.06% |
| 78 | United Natural Foods, Inc.UNFI | $2.88B | $47.79 | -0.97% | 464.29K | 0.06% |
| 79 | Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.TR | $2.87B | $38.23 | -0.31% | 139.75K | 0.06% |
| 80 | The Marzetti CompanyMZTI | $2.85B | $104.47 | +1.24% | 370.45K | 0.06% |
| 81 | Coty Inc.COTY | $2.82B | $3.20 | +0.31% | 5.02M | 0.06% |
| 82 | McGraw Hill, Inc.MH | $2.67B | $13.98 | -1.55% | 266.25K | 0.06% |
| 83 | Newell Brands Inc.NWL | $2.41B | $5.65 | -2.08% | 4.03M | 0.05% |
| 84 | Central Garden & Pet CompanyCENT | $2.34B | $42.04 | +0.21% | 240.43K | 0.05% |
| 85 | The Andersons, Inc.ANDE | $2.21B | $64.93 | -1.14% | 312.19K | 0.05% |
| 86 | Youdao, Inc.DAO | $2.19B | $18.16 | -1.89% | 10.53K | 0.05% |
| 87 | Perdoceo Education CorporationPRDO | $2.11B | $33.73 | -0.41% | 695.75K | 0.05% |
| 88 | RLX Technology Inc.RLX | $2.08B | $1.70 | -0.58% | 1.25M | 0.04% |
| 89 | Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.CCU | $2.01B | $10.89 | +1.78% | 223.64K | 0.04% |
| 90 | Embotelladora Andina S.A.AKO-A | $1.92B | $24.29 | +1.63% | 207 | 0.04% |
| 91 | Weis Markets, Inc.WMK | $1.86B | $75.25 | -0.16% | 143.32K | 0.04% |
| 92 | The Boston Beer Company, Inc.SAM | $1.86B | $180.82 | +0.90% | 165.21K | 0.04% |
| 93 | Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.SPB | $1.82B | $79.01 | +0.13% | 399.03K | 0.04% |
| 94 | Strategic Education, Inc.STRA | $1.81B | $81.33 | -1.29% | 265.92K | 0.04% |
| 95 | Nomad Foods LimitedNOMD | $1.64B | $11.76 | +2.35% | 1.68M | 0.04% |
| 96 | Ingles Markets, IncorporatedIMKTA | $1.64B | $86.45 | -0.38% | 140.89K | 0.04% |
| 97 | Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.HLF | $1.51B | $14.60 | +0.21% | 1.24M | 0.03% |
| 98 | J&J Snack Foods Corp.JJSF | $1.47B | $78.75 | -0.25% | 238.6K | 0.03% |
| 99 | Del Monte CorporationDMC | $1.41B | $29.60 | -0.84% | 584.82K | 0.03% |
| 100 | Afya LimitedAFYA | $1.33B | $14.53 | +0.07% | 194.13K | 0.03% |
| 4.19% |
| Food Confectioners | 3 | $118.77B | 2.55% |
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| Agricultural Farm Products | 8 | $93.02B | 2.00% |
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| Other | 26 | $201.12B | 4.32% |
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Read grocery, packaged food, household products, and tobacco or discount retail as the labels they are. Combined cap is equity size in the ranking, not a staples total-return index.