US Consumer Defensive Stocks
Quick answer
S&P 500 Consumer Defensive stocks: 33 (33 scored). Median score 47/100, below the S&P 500 median of 54. Strong (80+): 0. Weak (under 40): 8. Highest scores by our rules: McCormick & (70), Monster Beverage (68) and Costco (63).
33 stocks
| McCormick & Company, Incorporated Common StockMcCormick & MKC · Packaged Foods | 70 | US$ 12.7b | 90 | 50 | 63 | 83 | 67 |
| Monster Beverage CorporationMonster Beverage MNST · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 68 | US$ 92.7b | 100 | 100 | 67 | 0 | 83 |
| Costco Wholesale CorporationCostco COST · Discount Stores | 63 | US$ 450.0b | 70 | 83 | 75 | 0 | 83 |
| Dollar General Corporation Common StockDollar General DG · Discount Stores | 60 | US$ 29.1b | 60 | 50 | 75 | 17 | 92 |
| Philip Morris International Inc Common StockPhilip Morris International PM · Tobacco | 59 | US$ 325.4b | 70 | 83 | 75 | 0 | 67 |
| Coca-Cola Company (The) Common StockCoca-Cola KO · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 57 | US$ 404.9b | 88 | 50 | 75 | 0 | 80 |
| The Hershey Company Common StockHershey HSY · Confectioners | 55 | US$ 33.3b | 50 | 50 | 88 | 17 | 67 |
| Church & Dwight Company, Inc. Common StockChurch & Dwight CHD · Household & Personal Products | 54 | US$ 25.6b | 60 | 67 | 75 | 0 | 67 |
| Altria Group, Inc.Altria MO · Tobacco | 53 | US$ 129.8b | 30 | 67 | 63 | 17 | 83 |
| PepsiCo, Inc.PepsiCo PEP · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 53 | US$ 187.2b | 70 | 33 | 75 | 17 | 67 |
| Brown Forman Inc Class B Common StockBrown–Forman BF-B · Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries | 52 | US$ 13.2b | 40 | 83 | 63 | 17 | 58 |
| Hormel Foods Corporation Common StockHormel Foods HRL · Packaged Foods | 52 | US$ 11.7b | 10 | 100 | 75 | 17 | 58 |
| Dollar Tree, Inc.Dollar Tree DLTR · Discount Stores | 50 | US$ 25.1b | 50 | 50 | 75 | 17 | 58 |
| Walmart Inc.Walmart WMT · Discount Stores | 48 | US$ 982.9b | 60 | 50 | 63 | 0 | 67 |
| Kimberly-Clark CorporationKimberly-Clark KMB · Household & Personal Products | 47 | US$ 35.9b | 40 | 33 | 63 | 17 | 75 |
| Kenvue Inc. Common StockKenvue KVUE · Household & Personal Products | 47 | US$ 37.0b | 38 | 67 | 50 | 0 | 80 |
| Vylor Inc.Vylor VYLR · Agricultural Products & Services | 47 | US$ 48.3b | 13 | 83 | 63 | 0 | 70 |
| The Kraft Heinz CompanyKraft Heinz KHC · Packaged Foods | 46 | US$ 28.9b | 0 | 33 | 100 | 33 | 58 |
| Procter & Gamble Company (The) Common StockProcter & Gamble PG · Household & Personal Products | 46 | US$ 374.5b | 70 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 58 |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. Common StockTyson Foods TSN · Farm Products | 46 | US$ 20.1b | 10 | 67 | 75 | 17 | 58 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company Common StockColgate-Palmolive CL · Household & Personal Products | 45 | US$ 76.3b | 40 | 50 | 75 | 0 | 58 |
| Clorox Company (The) Common StockClorox CLX · Household & Personal Products | 45 | US$ 10.7b | 50 | 33 | 50 | 50 | 42 |
| Target Corporation Common StockTarget TGT · Discount Stores | 45 | US$ 70.1b | 60 | 33 | 63 | 17 | 50 |
| Mondelez International, Inc.Mondelez International MDLZ · Confectioners | 44 | US$ 82.9b | 50 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 70 |
| Constellation Brands, Inc. Common StockConstellation Brands STZ · Beverages - Brewers | 40 | US$ 22.9b | 20 | 50 | 50 | 17 | 58 |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Company Common StockArcher Daniels Midland ADM · Farm Products | 36 | US$ 37.0b | 0 | 67 | 38 | 17 | 50 |
| The J.M. Smucker Company Common StockJ.M. Smucker SJM · Packaged Foods | 34 | US$ 13.9b | 30 | 17 | 63 | 0 | 58 |
| Sysco Corporation Common StockSysco SYY · Food Distribution | 34 | US$ 40.8b | 40 | 33 | 63 | 0 | 33 |
| Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) Common StockEstée Lauder Companies EL · Household & Personal Products | 33 | US$ 38.9b | 20 | 33 | 50 | 0 | 58 |
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.Keurig Dr Pepper KDP · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 32 | US$ 48.8b | 40 | 17 | 63 | 17 | 25 |
| Kroger Company (The) Common StockKroger KR · Grocery Stores | 31 | US$ 39.4b | 25 | 17 | 50 | 0 | 60 |
| Bunge Limited Common SharesBunge Global BG · Farm Products | 24 | US$ 18.4b | 25 | 50 | 0 | 33 | 10 |
| General Mills, Inc. Common StockGeneral Mills GIS · Packaged Foods | 22 | US$ 18.3b | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 42 |
Common questions
This site lists 33 S&P 500 stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector. 33 of them have enough data for a score.
As of this site's latest data, McCormick & Company, Incorporated Common Stock (MKC) has the highest fundamentals score in Consumer Defensive, at 70/100. Top three: McCormick & (70), Monster Beverage (68) and Costco (63).
The median Consumer Defensive stock scores 47/100, below the S&P 500 median of 54. Split: 0 strong, 25 okay, 8 weak. Its biggest lead over the market is Cash & Dividends: 63 vs 60 for the whole S&P 500. Its biggest shortfall is Business Strength: 43 vs 61 for the whole S&P 500.
General Mills, Inc. Common Stock (GIS), at 22/100, the lowest of the 33 scored Consumer Defensive stocks. Its stock page shows which measures pull it down. A score reads the latest published numbers, not a forecast.
Each stock gets 0-100 from five pillars: Business Strength, Financial Safety, Cash & Dividends, Price Fairness and Risk, built from its published financial statements and share price. Banks and REITs use their own cutoffs where normal rules would misjudge them. Full rules: https://scoreyourstock.com/how.