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 $4.39T — 4.35% of the total market tracked on MarketCapLens. The most valuable is Walmart Inc. at $876.34B. As of September 22, 2026. Size ranking for research, not a sector recommendation.
| Industry | Companies | Combined cap | % of sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discount Stores | 9 | $1.42T | 32.47% |
| Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 11 | $794.74B | 18.11% |
| Household & Personal Products | 16 | $717.97B | 16.36% |
| Tobacco | 7 | $536.97B | 12.24% |
| Beverages - Alcoholic | 8 | $321.48B | 7.33% |
| Packaged Foods | 25 | $194.13B |
The largest company, Walmart Inc. (WMT), is 19.97% of Consumer Defensive. The three largest — Walmart Inc. (WMT), Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), and The Coca-Cola Company (KO) — are 37.76% of the sector. The ten largest are 68.58%. 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 | $876.34B | $110.12 | +2.49% | 19.34M | 19.97% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale CorporationCOST | $398.87B | $899.41 | +0.10% | 1.98M | 9.09% |
| 3 | The Coca-Cola CompanyKO | $381.25B | $88.61 | +1.71% | 17.23M | 8.69% |
| 4 | The Procter & Gamble CompanyPG | $352.35B | $148.22 | +1.46% | 5.55M | 8.03% |
| 5 | Philip Morris International Inc.PM | $296.49B | $190.23 | +1.47% | 7M | 6.76% |
| 6 | PepsiCo, Inc.PEP | $179.21B | $131.19 | +1.23% | 7.69M | 4.08% |
| 7 | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NVBUD | $154.01B | $78.20 | +0.32% | 1.64M | 3.51% |
| 8 | Unilever PLCUL | $135.57B | $62.93 | +1.22% | 1.99M | 3.09% |
| 9 | British American Tobacco p.l.c.BTI | $120.25B | $55.75 | 0.00% | 4.27M | 2.74% |
| 10 | Altria Group, Inc.MO | $114.64B | $68.66 | +0.18% | 5.06M | 2.61% |
| 11 | Monster Beverage CorporationMNST | $86.59B | $44.27 | +0.61% | 7.8M | 1.97% |
| 12 | Mondelez International, Inc.MDLZ | $77.96B | $61.08 | +1.51% | 8.29M | 1.78% |
| 13 | Target CorporationTGT | $72.23B | $159.02 | +0.83% | 2.19M | 1.65% |
| 14 | Colgate-Palmolive CompanyCL | $69.66B | $87.05 | +0.92% | 7.39M | 1.59% |
| 15 | Diageo plcDEO | $48.57B | $87.37 | +0.63% | 573.94K | 1.11% |
| 16 | Ambev S.A.ABEV | $46.51B | $3.01 | +1.01% | 26.1M | 1.06% |
| 17 | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLCCCEP | $45.35B | $102.31 | +1.77% | 1.92M | 1.03% |
| 18 | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.KDP | $42.87B | $31.51 | +2.91% | 9.47M | 0.98% |
| 19 | Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.FMX | $41.57B | $122.03 | +1.81% | 427.61K | 0.95% |
| 20 | Archer-Daniels-Midland CompanyADM | $39.68B | $82.34 | -1.25% | 2.54M | 0.90% |
| 21 | Sysco CorporationSYY | $37.62B | $78.67 | +0.31% | 3.53M | 0.86% |
| 22 | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EL | $36.27B | $100.29 | +4.10% | 2.84M | 0.83% |
| 23 | The Kroger Co.KR | $35.88B | $58.56 | -1.89% | 6.19M | 0.82% |
| 24 | Kenvue Inc.KVUE | $34.29B | $17.86 | +1.08% | 14.24M | 0.78% |
| 25 | The Hershey CompanyHSY | $34.17B | $168.46 | +0.33% | 1.17M | 0.78% |
| 26 | Kimberly-Clark CorporationKMB | $32.83B | $98.91 | +1.20% | 4.07M | 0.75% |
| 27 | The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC | $28.46B | $24.00 | -1.52% | 14.43M | 0.65% |
| 28 | Dollar General CorporationDG | $27.05B | $122.62 | +0.58% | 1.89M | 0.62% |
| 29 | Jbs N.V.JBS | $26.4B | $11.90 | -1.08% | 4.65M | 0.60% |
| 30 | Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.KOF | $23.51B | $111.89 | +0.66% | 73.77K | 0.54% |
| 31 | Church & Dwight Co., Inc.CHD | $22.78B | $96.13 | +0.67% | 1.61M | 0.52% |
| 32 | Dollar Tree, Inc.DLTR | $22.11B | $115.04 | +2.41% | 2.81M | 0.50% |
| 33 | Bunge Global S.A.BG | $21.13B | $110.00 | -2.32% | 2.04M | 0.48% |
| 34 | US Foods Holding Corp.USFD | $20.74B | $94.20 | -0.02% | 2.93M | 0.47% |
| 35 | Constellation Brands, Inc.STZ | $20.08B | $117.59 | -0.68% | 1.88M | 0.46% |
| 36 | General Mills, Inc.GIS | $18.92B | $35.45 | +0.11% | 10.28M | 0.43% |
| 37 | Tyson Foods, Inc.TSN | $18.37B | $51.82 | -0.38% | 3.1M | 0.42% |
| 38 | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.COKE | $15B | $190.98 | +0.57% | 495.35K | 0.34% |
| 39 | Performance Food Group CoPFGC | $14.48B | $92.19 | -0.24% | 1.31M | 0.33% |
| 40 | McCormick & Company, IncorporatedMKC-V | $13.57B | $50.50 | 0.00% | 1.88K | 0.31% |
| 41 | The J. M. Smucker CompanySJM | $12.94B | $121.11 | +1.03% | 1.04M | 0.30% |
| 42 | Brown-Forman CorporationBF-B | $12.39B | $26.56 | +1.57% | 2.08M | 0.28% |
| 43 | The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.MICC | $11.83B | $19.32 | +0.36% | 661.48K | 0.27% |
| 44 | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.BJ | $11.62B | $90.97 | -1.45% | 1.61M | 0.26% |
| 45 | Hormel Foods CorporationHRL | $11.19B | $20.34 | -0.59% | 3.46M | 0.26% |
| 46 | The Clorox CompanyCLX | $10.54B | $87.15 | +2.67% | 3.31M | 0.24% |
| 47 | Darling Ingredients Inc.DAR | $9.79B | $61.63 | -2.58% | 3.02M | 0.22% |
| 48 | New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.EDU | $8.64B | $54.74 | -0.73% | 364.03K | 0.20% |
| 49 | Smithfield Foods, Inc.SFD | $7.7B | $19.56 | -1.51% | 1.5M | 0.18% |
| 50 | Celsius Holdings, Inc.CELH | $7.51B | $29.39 | +4.87% | 7.3M | 0.17% |
| 51 | TAL Education GroupTAL | $7.22B | $11.87 | +0.42% | 2.46M | 0.16% |
| 52 | Primo Brands CorporationPRMB | $7.13B | $19.64 | -4.10% | 5.5M | 0.16% |
| 53 | Conagra Brands, Inc.CAG | $7.08B | $14.79 | -0.47% | 7.65M | 0.16% |
| 54 | Molson Coors Beverage CompanyTAP | $6.92B | $36.88 | -1.81% | 3.56M | 0.16% |
| 55 | Pilgrim's Pride CorporationPPC | $6.89B | $28.98 | -1.70% | 1.3M | 0.16% |
| 56 | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.SFM | $6.4B | $68.68 | +0.03% | 1.9M | 0.15% |
| 57 | Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.LW | $6.37B | $46.36 | -1.97% | 1.41M | 0.15% |
| 58 | Ingredion IncorporatedINGR | $6.17B | $97.91 | +0.91% | 609.72K | 0.14% |
| 59 | Adecoagro S.A.AGRO | $6.17B | $10.93 | -1.89% | 391.57K | 0.14% |
| 60 | Campbell Soup CompanyCPB | $6.03B | $20.21 | +1.40% | 6.44M | 0.14% |
| 61 | e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.ELF | $6.02B | $102.12 | +4.43% | 1.22M | 0.14% |
| 62 | BBB Foods Inc.TBBB | $5.95B | $51.38 | -2.08% | 591.93K | 0.14% |
| 63 | Albertsons Companies, Inc.ACI | $5.86B | $12.07 | -0.41% | 9.24M | 0.13% |
| 64 | PriceSmart, Inc.PSMT | $5.33B | $172.81 | +1.29% | 244.93K | 0.12% |
| 65 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.OLLI | $4.99B | $82.48 | +3.48% | 1.99M | 0.11% |
| 66 | Laureate Education, Inc.LAUR | $4.98B | $36.13 | -0.41% | 951.73K | 0.11% |
| 67 | Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.REYN | $4.67B | $22.17 | +0.36% | 1.37M | 0.11% |
| 68 | The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.CHEF | $4.42B | $108.36 | -2.11% | 654.34K | 0.10% |
| 69 | Covista Inc.CVSA | $4.19B | $123.00 | -2.22% | 428.13K | 0.10% |
| 70 | Grand Canyon Education, Inc.LOPE | $3.83B | $146.78 | -2.50% | 440.23K | 0.09% |
| 71 | Inter Parfums, Inc.IPAR | $3.79B | $118.29 | +4.90% | 240.99K | 0.09% |
| 72 | Post Holdings, Inc.POST | $3.44B | $75.97 | +0.94% | 1.18M | 0.08% |
| 73 | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.CALM | $3.43B | $73.13 | +0.83% | 1.44M | 0.08% |
| 74 | The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO | $3.42B | $59.60 | +4.10% | 1.57M | 0.08% |
| 75 | Stride, Inc.LRN | $3.35B | $78.69 | -1.02% | 923.51K | 0.08% |
| 76 | Freshpet, Inc.FRPT | $2.95B | $60.13 | -2.02% | 1.2M | 0.07% |
| 77 | National Beverage Corp.FIZZ | $2.91B | $31.12 | -0.86% | 411.27K | 0.07% |
| 78 | The Marzetti CompanyMZTI | $2.84B | $103.56 | +1.03% | 455.02K | 0.06% |
| 79 | Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.TR | $2.82B | $37.53 | +0.72% | 108.08K | 0.06% |
| 80 | United Natural Foods, Inc.UNFI | $2.78B | $45.86 | -0.80% | 850.04K | 0.06% |
| 81 | McGraw Hill, Inc.MH | $2.59B | $13.54 | +2.11% | 774.73K | 0.06% |
| 82 | Central Garden & Pet CompanyCENT | $2.52B | $40.23 | +0.32% | 57.89K | 0.06% |
| 83 | Newell Brands Inc.NWL | $2.45B | $5.77 | +3.04% | 4.62M | 0.06% |
| 84 | Coty Inc.COTY | $2.35B | $2.67 | +6.37% | 5.2M | 0.05% |
| 85 | The Andersons, Inc.ANDE | $2.28B | $66.94 | -2.25% | 258.56K | 0.05% |
| 86 | RLX Technology Inc.RLX | $2.14B | $1.75 | +1.74% | 1.14M | 0.05% |
| 87 | Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.CCU | $2.06B | $11.17 | +0.54% | 92.1K | 0.05% |
| 88 | Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.SPB | $2.04B | $88.02 | +3.29% | 325.25K | 0.05% |
| 89 | Perdoceo Education CorporationPRDO | $1.96B | $31.23 | -3.40% | 823.04K | 0.04% |
| 90 | Weis Markets, Inc.WMK | $1.8B | $72.72 | -0.44% | 250.39K | 0.04% |
| 91 | The Boston Beer Company, Inc.SAM | $1.75B | $168.25 | -1.84% | 254.16K | 0.04% |
| 92 | Youdao, Inc.DAO | $1.74B | $14.74 | +1.31% | 22.88K | 0.04% |
| 93 | Strategic Education, Inc.STRA | $1.74B | $76.47 | -2.62% | 365.87K | 0.04% |
| 94 | Ingles Markets, IncorporatedIMKTA | $1.59B | $83.84 | +0.89% | 88.63K | 0.04% |
| 95 | Del Monte CorporationDMC | $1.49B | $31.56 | +1.61% | 292.05K | 0.03% |
| 96 | J&J Snack Foods Corp.JJSF | $1.48B | $78.72 | +0.87% | 260.96K | 0.03% |
| 97 | Nomad Foods LimitedNOMD | $1.47B | $10.50 | -0.94% | 837.36K | 0.03% |
| 98 | Edgewell Personal Care CompanyEPC | $1.29B | $27.96 | +3.25% | 581.1K | 0.03% |
| 99 | Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.HLF | $1.27B | $12.23 | +2.60% | 1.46M | 0.03% |
| 100 | Utz Brands, Inc.UTZ | $1.26B | $14.23 | +0.07% | 1.2M | 0.03% |
| 4.42% |
| Food Confectioners | 3 | $114.94B | 2.62% |
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| Agricultural Farm Products | 8 | $93.81B | 2.14% |
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| Other | 25 | $188.78B | 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.