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.
112 U.S.-listed Consumer Defensive companies with a market cap of at least $1B are ranked here by market capitalization, worth a combined $4.65T — 4.72% of the total market tracked on MarketCapLens. The most valuable is Walmart Inc. at $957.28B. As of October 27, 2026. Size ranking for research, not a sector recommendation.
| Industry | Companies | Combined cap | % of sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discount Stores | 9 | $1.55T | 33.38% |
| Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 13 | $875.26B | 18.81% |
| Household & Personal Products | 16 | $759.82B | 16.33% |
| Tobacco | 6 | $571.31B | 12.28% |
| Beverages - Alcoholic | 7 | $293.78B | 6.31% |
| Packaged Foods | 25 | $195.78B |
The largest company, Walmart Inc. (WMT), is 20.58% of Consumer Defensive. The three largest — Walmart Inc. (WMT), Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), and The Coca-Cola Company (KO) — are 38.72% of the sector. The ten largest are 69.39%. Walmart Inc. is classified as Discount Stores, which is also the largest industry in this sector by combined cap.
| Weight |
|---|
| 1 | Walmart Inc.WMT | $957.28B | $120.29 | +0.33% | 15.45M | 20.58% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale CorporationCOST | $445.42B | $1,005.16 | +0.18% | 2.26M | 9.57% |
| 3 | The Coca-Cola CompanyKO | $398.85B | $92.70 | -0.01% | 20.48M | 8.57% |
| 4 | The Procter & Gamble CompanyPG | $370.66B | $159.92 | -0.68% | 8.89M | 7.97% |
| 5 | Philip Morris International Inc.PM | $314.64B | $201.87 | +1.20% | 4.91M | 6.76% |
| 6 | PepsiCo, Inc.PEP | $184.6B | $135.46 | -0.23% | 7.07M | 3.97% |
| 7 | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NVBUD | $163.24B | $81.98 | -2.71% | 2.94M | 3.51% |
| 8 | Unilever PLCUL | $141.35B | $65.61 | -0.94% | 1.87M | 3.04% |
| 9 | British American Tobacco p.l.c.BTI | $129.2B | $60.10 | +1.04% | 6.35M | 2.78% |
| 10 | Altria Group, Inc.MO | $122.93B | $73.62 | -0.93% | 5.3M | 2.64% |
| 11 | Monster Beverage CorporationMNST | $90.98B | $46.44 | +0.54% | 6.38M | 1.96% |
| 12 | Mondelez International, Inc.MDLZ | $80.37B | $62.97 | -1.30% | 5.53M | 1.73% |
| 13 | Colgate-Palmolive CompanyCL | $74.22B | $93.10 | -1.00% | 5.5M | 1.60% |
| 14 | Target CorporationTGT | $67.48B | $148.53 | -2.77% | 4.42M | 1.45% |
| 15 | Diageo plcDEO | $52.5B | $94.41 | -1.63% | 960.3K | 1.13% |
| 16 | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLCCCEP | $49.77B | $112.29 | +1.31% | 1.32M | 1.07% |
| 17 | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.KDP | $47.62B | $34.99 | +0.89% | 10.87M | 1.02% |
| 18 | Ambev S.A.ABEV | $43.63B | $2.83 | -14.24% | 63.59M | 0.94% |
| 19 | Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.FMX | $42.58B | $124.98 | -2.75% | 1.09M | 0.92% |
| 20 | Sysco CorporationSYY | $40.42B | $82.16 | +0.97% | 3.63M | 0.87% |
| 21 | The Kroger Co.KR | $39.43B | $66.77 | 0.00% | 4.48M | 0.85% |
| 22 | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EL | $39.43B | $108.82 | +0.14% | 3.53M | 0.85% |
| 23 | Archer-Daniels-Midland CompanyADM | $38.08B | $79.01 | -1.41% | 2.52M | 0.82% |
| 24 | Kenvue Inc.KVUE | $37.46B | $19.50 | -0.36% | 9.49M | 0.81% |
| 25 | Kimberly-Clark CorporationKMB | $36.46B | $109.63 | -0.47% | 3.45M | 0.78% |
| 26 | The Hershey CompanyHSY | $33.8B | $168.23 | -0.83% | 1.82M | 0.73% |
| 27 | The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC | $29.33B | $24.73 | -0.28% | 12.64M | 0.63% |
| 28 | Dollar General CorporationDG | $28.33B | $128.42 | -3.22% | 4.44M | 0.61% |
| 29 | Jbs N.V.JBS | $27.48B | $12.39 | -0.24% | 10.43M | 0.59% |
| 30 | Church & Dwight Co., Inc.CHD | $25B | $105.38 | +0.18% | 1.93M | 0.54% |
| 31 | Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.KOF | $24.35B | $115.90 | -1.87% | 385.24K | 0.52% |
| 32 | Dollar Tree, Inc.DLTR | $23.44B | $124.92 | -0.31% | 1.53M | 0.50% |
| 33 | Constellation Brands, Inc.STZ | $22.95B | $135.62 | -2.21% | 2.03M | 0.49% |
| 34 | US Foods Holding Corp.USFD | $21.93B | $101.36 | +0.45% | 1.52M | 0.47% |
| 35 | Tyson Foods, Inc.TSN | $19.84B | $56.40 | -0.53% | 2.93M | 0.43% |
| 36 | Bunge Global S.A.BG | $19.64B | $102.22 | -0.97% | 722.33K | 0.42% |
| 37 | General Mills, Inc.GIS | $18.02B | $33.70 | -2.01% | 9.1M | 0.39% |
| 38 | Performance Food Group CoPFGC | $15.02B | $95.63 | +0.97% | 1.13M | 0.32% |
| 39 | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.COKE | $13.89B | $208.73 | +2.67% | 390.48K | 0.30% |
| 40 | The J. M. Smucker CompanySJM | $13.74B | $128.64 | -1.03% | 1.33M | 0.30% |
| 41 | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.BJ | $13.43B | $106.36 | +0.49% | 1.5M | 0.29% |
| 42 | Brown-Forman CorporationBF-B | $13.4B | $28.95 | -1.56% | 1.68M | 0.29% |
| 43 | McCormick & Company, IncorporatedMKC-V | $12.99B | $48.29 | -0.17% | 5.67K | 0.28% |
| 44 | The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.MICC | $11.89B | $19.42 | +1.94% | 1.71M | 0.26% |
| 45 | Hormel Foods CorporationHRL | $11.53B | $20.95 | -0.52% | 3.77M | 0.25% |
| 46 | The Clorox CompanyCLX | $10.49B | $86.76 | +0.42% | 2.06M | 0.23% |
| 47 | New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.EDU | $9.05B | $58.35 | -0.05% | 283.04K | 0.19% |
| 48 | Darling Ingredients Inc.DAR | $9.02B | $57.16 | +1.64% | 1.82M | 0.19% |
| 49 | Molson Coors Beverage CompanyTAP | $7.48B | $40.00 | -2.94% | 3.23M | 0.16% |
| 50 | Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.LW | $7.39B | $53.67 | -0.30% | 1.01M | 0.16% |
| 51 | Smithfield Foods, Inc.SFD | $7.21B | $18.31 | -1.74% | 3.03M | 0.15% |
| 52 | Celsius Holdings, Inc.CELH | $7.12B | $28.15 | -1.12% | 4.47M | 0.15% |
| 53 | Primo Brands CorporationPRMB | $7.12B | $19.66 | -0.15% | 3.71M | 0.15% |
| 54 | BBB Foods Inc.TBBB | $7.04B | $58.39 | -0.19% | 693.26K | 0.15% |
| 55 | Conagra Brands, Inc.CAG | $6.96B | $14.58 | -1.88% | 9.79M | 0.15% |
| 56 | Albertsons Companies, Inc.ACI | $6.78B | $13.98 | +0.14% | 12.6M | 0.15% |
| 57 | e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.ELF | $6.66B | $112.94 | -1.14% | 1.12M | 0.14% |
| 58 | Pilgrim's Pride CorporationPPC | $6.51B | $27.33 | -2.84% | 1.05M | 0.14% |
| 59 | TAL Education GroupTAL | $6.23B | $10.24 | +0.69% | 3.16M | 0.13% |
| 60 | Campbell Soup CompanyCPB | $6.15B | $20.63 | -0.48% | 4.96M | 0.13% |
| 61 | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.SFM | $6.15B | $65.91 | -0.53% | 1.73M | 0.13% |
| 62 | Ingredion IncorporatedINGR | $6.02B | $95.43 | -0.28% | 705.87K | 0.13% |
| 63 | PriceSmart, Inc.PSMT | $5.34B | $173.11 | +1.26% | 339.18K | 0.11% |
| 64 | Laureate Education, Inc.LAUR | $5.3B | $38.47 | -1.43% | 1.12M | 0.11% |
| 65 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.OLLI | $5B | $84.24 | -3.97% | 2.09M | 0.11% |
| 66 | Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.REYN | $4.85B | $23.01 | -0.04% | 835.46K | 0.10% |
| 67 | Covista Inc.CVSA | $4.45B | $131.55 | -0.20% | 265.62K | 0.10% |
| 68 | The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.CHEF | $4.34B | $106.33 | +0.43% | 405.46K | 0.09% |
| 69 | Grand Canyon Education, Inc.LOPE | $4.19B | $160.71 | -1.30% | 281.88K | 0.09% |
| 70 | Inter Parfums, Inc.IPAR | $3.69B | $115.36 | +0.12% | 158.73K | 0.08% |
| 71 | Post Holdings, Inc.POST | $3.54B | $80.44 | -0.15% | 584.22K | 0.08% |
| 72 | National Beverage Corp.FIZZ | $3.35B | $35.82 | -0.91% | 226.65K | 0.07% |
| 73 | Stride, Inc.LRN | $3.26B | $78.42 | -1.23% | 708.1K | 0.07% |
| 74 | The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO | $3.18B | $55.80 | -1.30% | 1.82M | 0.07% |
| 75 | Freshpet, Inc.FRPT | $3.18B | $64.75 | +0.98% | 819.36K | 0.07% |
| 76 | The Marzetti CompanyMZTI | $2.98B | $109.03 | -0.09% | 271.6K | 0.06% |
| 77 | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.CALM | $2.91B | $62.32 | -0.45% | 832.28K | 0.06% |
| 78 | United Natural Foods, Inc.UNFI | $2.91B | $48.25 | +2.92% | 596.96K | 0.06% |
| 79 | Coty Inc.COTY | $2.84B | $3.23 | 0.00% | 4.07M | 0.06% |
| 80 | McGraw Hill, Inc.MH | $2.76B | $14.44 | -1.23% | 311.68K | 0.06% |
| 81 | Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.TR | $2.6B | $34.54 | -0.69% | 204.42K | 0.06% |
| 82 | Central Garden & Pet CompanyCENT | $2.51B | $45.28 | -0.22% | 70.07K | 0.05% |
| 83 | Youdao, Inc.DAO | $2.3B | $19.10 | +0.47% | 9.14K | 0.05% |
| 84 | Newell Brands Inc.NWL | $2.3B | $5.41 | +0.93% | 4.22M | 0.05% |
| 85 | The Andersons, Inc.ANDE | $2.19B | $64.58 | -0.54% | 224.68K | 0.05% |
| 86 | The Boston Beer Company, Inc.SAM | $2.07B | $201.48 | -0.40% | 296.6K | 0.04% |
| 87 | Perdoceo Education CorporationPRDO | $2.05B | $32.71 | -3.51% | 598.16K | 0.04% |
| 88 | RLX Technology Inc.RLX | $2.02B | $1.65 | +2.48% | 4.42M | 0.04% |
| 89 | Weis Markets, Inc.WMK | $1.92B | $77.65 | -1.68% | 155K | 0.04% |
| 90 | Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.CCU | $1.9B | $10.29 | -1.34% | 220.3K | 0.04% |
| 91 | Embotelladora Andina S.A.AKO-A | $1.86B | $23.61 | 0.00% | 189 | 0.04% |
| 92 | Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.SPB | $1.84B | $80.20 | +0.43% | 316.86K | 0.04% |
| 93 | Strategic Education, Inc.STRA | $1.8B | $81.19 | -0.67% | 217.32K | 0.04% |
| 94 | Ingles Markets, IncorporatedIMKTA | $1.66B | $87.32 | -0.64% | 81.93K | 0.04% |
| 95 | Nomad Foods LimitedNOMD | $1.66B | $11.85 | -1.25% | 842.52K | 0.04% |
| 96 | J&J Snack Foods Corp.JJSF | $1.55B | $83.02 | -0.78% | 186.05K | 0.03% |
| 97 | Adecoagro S.A.AGRO | $1.44B | $10.01 | -1.09% | 809.89K | 0.03% |
| 98 | Del Monte CorporationDMC | $1.38B | $29.10 | -1.39% | 278K | 0.03% |
| 99 | Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.HLF | $1.38B | $13.28 | -0.82% | 1.44M | 0.03% |
| 100 | Coursera, Inc.COUR | $1.31B | $4.97 | -2.17% | 4.88M | 0.03% |
| 4.21% |
| Food Confectioners | 3 | $116.77B | 2.51% |
|---|
| Agricultural Farm Products | 8 | $86.75B | 1.86% |
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| Other | 25 | $200.21B | 4.30% |
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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.