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Best Consumer Staple Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top consumer staple stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best consumer staple stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the consumer defensive sector.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best consumer staple stocks to buy right now are:

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) is the #1 top consumer staple stock out of 254 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -2 points lower than the consumer staple sector average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NATR as a "A".It passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Natures Sunshine Products has seen its stock lose -1.4% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 31 percentage points.

Natures Sunshine Products has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 28.47% from Natures Sunshine Products's current stock price of $14.79.

Natures Sunshine Products stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Natures Sunshine Products, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) is the #2 top consumer staple stock out of 254 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 30. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage has seen its stock return 84.45% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 117 percentage points.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is the #3 top consumer staple stock out of 254 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 14 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 30. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Perdoceo Education has seen its stock return 57.31% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 89 percentage points.

Perdoceo Education has an average 1 year price target of $40.00, an upside of 22.36% from Perdoceo Education's current stock price of $32.69.

Perdoceo Education stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Perdoceo Education, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 85 consumer staple stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 consumer staple stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the consumer staple sector average of 2.6%. National Beverage's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. National Beverage's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Beverage's dividend payout ratio of 163.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) has an annual dividend yield of 8.98%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 2.6%. B&G Foods's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. B&G Foods's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

B&G Foods's dividend payout ratio of -28.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co (NYSE:LND) has an annual dividend yield of 7.21%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 2.6%. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend payout ratio of 68.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Consumer staple stocks were up 0.1% in the last day, and down -0.79% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued consumer staple stocks right now are:

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) is the most undervalued consumer staple stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Herbalife has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Herbalife's stock has dropped -16.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 15 percentage points.

Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) is the second most undervalued consumer staple stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cal Maine Foods has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cal Maine Foods's stock has gained 58.7% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 91 percentage points.

Usana Health Sciences (NYSE:USNA) is the third most undervalued consumer staple stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Usana Health Sciences has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Usana Health Sciences's stock has dropped -31.91% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the consumer staple sector.

34.07% of consumer staple stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect consumer staple stocks to rise by 13.07% over the next year.

7.89% of consumer staple stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.16% of consumer staple stocks are rated B (Buy), 64.21% are rated C (Hold), 11.05% are rated D (Sell), and 3.68% are rated F (Strong Sell).