Sectors & IndustriesConsumer Defensive
Best Consumer Staple Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top consumer staple stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best consumer staple stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the consumer defensive sector.

Sector: Consumer Defensive

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Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
NAPA	DUCKHORN PORTFOLIO INC	$7.86	-1.75%	-6.32%	-13.63%	-8.07%	-27.22%	-47.63%	-59.30%	N/A	N/A	$14.73	$7.49	46.64%	4.94%	0.76	1,017,857	-1.16%
ACU	ACME UNITED CORP	$42.55	3.53%	3.53%	-8.65%	-9.97%	28.59%	68.78%	-6.28%	101.09%	156.63%	$50.99	$23.24	16.55%	83.09%	0.35	8,939	-3.34%
IH	IHUMAN INC	$1.74	0.00%	0.00%	-5.43%	-21.62%	-41.02%	-45.28%	-86.18%	N/A	N/A	$4.00	$1.68	56.50%	3.57%	0.74	30,529	-44.85%
LWAY	LIFEWAY FOODS INC	$24.35	1.46%	-2.09%	28.29%	96.21%	128.85%	305.83%	396.84%	885.83%	62.77%	$25.32	$5.75	3.83%	323.48%	0.69	196,853	-28.03%
SPTN	SPARTANNASH CO	$19.64	0.56%	1.71%	0.46%	-10.52%	-16.35%	-17.44%	-0.96%	24.78%	-9.95%	$24.51	$18.57	19.87%	5.76%	0.40	158,633	-11.50%
KO	COCA COLA CO	$62.17	0.29%	0.70%	3.91%	3.55%	9.57%	-2.33%	14.12%	27.61%	52.53%	$64.25	$51.55	3.24%	20.60%	0.64	11,611,784	5.90%
IPAR	INTER PARFUMS INC	$119.11	0.46%	-0.38%	-8.43%	-17.73%	-8.31%	-21.52%	60.35%	62.94%	226.96%	$156.75	$114.88	24.01%	3.68%	1.18	134,211	-5.94%
SMPL	SIMPLY GOOD FOODS CO	$37.34	0.84%	8.55%	14.58%	0.57%	-0.53%	0.65%	9.28%	66.99%	N/A	$43.00	$30.00	13.16%	24.47%	0.89	789,358	-3.19%
BON	BON NATURAL LIFE LTD	$2.83	2.91%	-33.75%	-29.25%	-49.91%	-41.65%	-64.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.00	$1.89	64.63%	49.74%	-0.06	144,231	-80.21%
MNST	MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP	$55.00	3.02%	3.05%	-1.70%	-0.22%	-1.01%	-5.76%	12.69%	74.30%	396.08%	$61.23	$47.13	10.17%	16.70%	0.85	12,058,154	95.85%
COCO	VITA COCO COMPANY INC	$26.51	0.19%	7.11%	6.17%	35.19%	-8.37%	12.24%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$33.29	$19.41	20.37%	36.58%	1.27	636,216	-46.67%
SPB	SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS INC	$83.67	0.48%	1.33%	-1.04%	5.19%	8.07%	26.56%	-5.47%	34.50%	14.82%	$89.65	$65.27	6.67%	28.19%	1.08	345,120	13.37%
CELH	CELSIUS HOLDINGS INC	$75.97	2.14%	3.84%	-0.89%	42.77%	30.57%	128.30%	303.82%	5,261.33%	N/A	$99.62	$34.34	23.74%	121.25%	1.50	4,180,454	7.86%
AFYA	AFYA LTD	$17.97	3.16%	0.17%	-2.34%	-12.08%	5.09%	61.60%	-17.64%	N/A	N/A	$22.48	$10.87	20.06%	65.39%	1.01	76,370	-4.49%
LOPE	GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC	$136.11	1.56%	3.13%	2.09%	5.45%	-0.70%	17.76%	25.70%	15.23%	198.81%	$144.94	$99.65	6.09%	36.59%	0.64	165,919	-9.09%
VLGEA	VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC	$28.75	0.98%	4.93%	2.75%	13.68%	17.44%	33.04%	15.88%	0.03%	22.08%	$29.38	$20.25	2.14%	41.98%	0.43	18,192	-32.42%
SAM	BOSTON BEER CO INC	$277.28	-0.61%	-2.09%	-6.49%	-22.22%	-18.00%	-8.97%	-76.72%	-15.68%	15.90%	$395.52	$274.78	29.89%	0.91%	0.88	165,122	24.29%
ELF	ELF BEAUTY INC	$160.12	-0.26%	-10.86%	-2.23%	-5.67%	66.53%	73.16%	442.04%	1,113.95%	N/A	$221.83	$83.80	27.82%	91.07%	1.10	1,024,358	-11.15%
JJSF	J&J SNACK FOODS CORP	$138.24	0.52%	1.15%	-0.07%	-11.12%	-13.35%	-11.53%	-16.86%	-14.39%	49.97%	$177.71	$133.23	22.21%	3.76%	0.77	60,008	-3.93%
AXIL	AXIL BRANDS INC	$12.00	7.14%	7.14%	-4.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	4,344.44%	1,458.44%	N/A	$14.00	$10.35	14.29%	15.94%	39.91	1,223	17.15%
MO	ALTRIA GROUP INC	$43.59	-0.89%	0.48%	3.49%	7.58%	7.18%	-6.32%	-9.88%	-18.92%	9.28%	$46.82	$39.07	6.90%	11.58%	0.57	11,196,829	23.74%
MAMA	MAMA's CREATIONS INC	$6.65	4.23%	10.83%	37.68%	54.29%	92.75%	166.00%	146.30%	990.16%	123.91%	$6.80	$2.28	2.21%	191.67%	0.53	401,702	11.22%
STRA	STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC	$120.65	2.27%	-0.34%	18.40%	26.97%	38.58%	46.31%	56.77%	-26.80%	182.95%	$121.29	$64.53	0.53%	86.97%	0.82	193,002	-19.21%
PFGC	PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP CO	$69.21	1.05%	0.52%	-6.02%	-5.49%	14.11%	12.35%	20.32%	71.10%	N/A	$78.54	$52.92	11.88%	30.78%	1.46	936,639	-9.83%
STZ	CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC	$256.08	0.79%	-1.52%	-4.07%	3.65%	5.96%	13.56%	5.37%	21.14%	212.98%	$274.87	$222.45	6.84%	15.12%	0.79	735,827	6.21%
TGT	TARGET CORP	$158.04	-0.05%	-4.07%	-9.94%	11.04%	40.04%	2.24%	-25.20%	108.11%	163.97%	$181.86	$102.93	13.10%	53.54%	0.83	2,730,069	-28.52%
PRDO	PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP	$24.34	0.95%	29.06%	39.48%	36.74%	39.01%	95.66%	100.49%	33.30%	246.23%	$24.66	$11.62	1.30%	109.47%	0.71	1,290,044	-40.85%
CL	COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO	$92.88	-0.03%	2.05%	5.43%	10.45%	24.14%	14.30%	14.57%	29.09%	38.83%	$93.25	$67.62	0.39%	37.36%	0.53	5,431,563	-42.86%
ANDE	ANDERSONS INC	$56.51	0.87%	-0.70%	0.64%	10.24%	7.09%	41.81%	87.68%	72.92%	-9.07%	$61.46	$35.69	8.05%	58.34%	0.89	106,523	-1.38%
DG	DOLLAR GENERAL CORP	$137.49	0.25%	-3.22%	-13.63%	2.44%	15.31%	-36.69%	-36.51%	10.26%	141.68%	$221.50	$101.09	37.93%	36.01%	0.54	2,211,043	35.37%
KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	$36.35	-1.01%	-4.74%	-2.73%	-2.34%	9.26%	-9.69%	-13.43%	11.57%	N/A	$41.33	$30.68	12.05%	18.48%	0.64	7,011,691	-38.09%
WMT	WALMART INC	$59.82	0.18%	-0.57%	0.66%	6.40%	8.99%	19.15%	26.27%	75.80%	128.26%	$61.66	$48.34	2.98%	23.76%	0.48	13,538,554	-13.72%
K	KELLANOVA	$60.51	-1.26%	4.82%	6.93%	11.81%	16.23%	-15.41%	-3.78%	7.15%	-6.98%	$71.53	$47.63	15.41%	27.06%	0.34	4,267,684	-60.78%
FIZZ	NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP	$46.40	-1.07%	6.52%	-6.38%	0.59%	-5.38%	-12.65%	-4.53%	62.07%	388.94%	$55.12	$43.14	15.82%	7.56%	0.61	141,585	-16.97%
FMX	MEXICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC	$118.68	0.95%	-0.21%	-5.20%	-13.71%	-1.87%	22.59%	50.53%	19.69%	28.57%	$143.43	$95.49	17.26%	24.29%	0.71	437,478	-19.44%
PSMT	PRICESMART INC	$82.46	0.54%	1.19%	1.38%	9.77%	23.41%	15.77%	-4.44%	36.10%	-12.65%	$86.90	$61.82	5.11%	33.39%	0.76	94,268	-11.30%
STG	SUNLANDS TECHNOLOGY GROUP	$8.00	1.27%	0.57%	-19.44%	-11.21%	33.89%	29.03%	-37.86%	-78.67%	N/A	$12.55	$2.97	36.25%	169.72%	0.32	582	-69.64%
IMKTA	INGLES MARKETS INC	$72.30	-0.55%	-0.56%	-3.61%	-11.90%	-12.47%	-20.71%	14.60%	162.05%	177.33%	$89.59	$71.70	19.30%	0.84%	0.47	80,574	65.91%
COKE	COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC	$853.40	1.47%	3.76%	5.08%	-5.02%	30.69%	44.42%	186.65%	155.59%	937.95%	$961.91	$614.22	11.28%	38.94%	0.82	42,461	11.18%
CHGG	CHEGG INC	$5.24	0.58%	-26.20%	-27.12%	-43.66%	-37.25%	-48.48%	-93.69%	-85.96%	-10.58%	$13.11	$4.96	60.03%	5.60%	0.86	4,172,281	-4.03%
CCEP	COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC	$71.81	0.39%	0.43%	4.15%	4.86%	18.75%	9.72%	26.56%	32.05%	N/A	$72.67	$56.28	1.18%	27.59%	0.88	1,134,484	-2.03%
BG	BUNGE GLOBAL SA	$101.15	-0.21%	-1.54%	-2.51%	13.65%	-4.63%	11.41%	17.85%	97.75%	33.85%	$116.59	$86.10	13.24%	17.48%	0.80	982,394	-1.62%
PG	PROCTER & GAMBLE CO	$164.46	0.38%	1.97%	5.32%	3.95%	9.59%	5.27%	21.82%	55.03%	101.30%	$164.71	$141.45	0.15%	16.27%	0.58	5,577,807	-0.22%
HSY	HERSHEY CO	$197.92	1.04%	6.32%	1.57%	0.78%	5.28%	-27.82%	18.70%	62.46%	102.52%	$275.89	$178.82	28.26%	10.68%	0.56	3,393,804	44.94%
SYY	SYSCO CORP	$75.36	1.49%	-2.22%	-5.74%	-6.78%	12.44%	0.05%	-10.33%	6.86%	102.64%	$82.89	$62.24	9.08%	21.09%	1.06	2,709,189	-11.67%
OLLI	OLLIE's BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDINGS INC	$76.80	2.92%	3.14%	12.20%	4.99%	-3.70%	14.85%	-12.98%	-20.21%	N/A	$84.38	$52.93	8.98%	45.10%	0.96	743,830	1.57%
INGR	INGREDION INC	$114.56	-0.60%	1.12%	0.13%	3.59%	19.47%	4.19%	21.28%	32.10%	60.76%	$118.83	$89.54	3.59%	27.94%	0.75	200,869	-24.56%
UVV	UNIVERSAL CORP	$53.39	1.04%	5.10%	6.12%	-8.03%	5.49%	-0.13%	-6.97%	-1.29%	-2.36%	$67.80	$44.40	21.25%	20.25%	0.57	130,503	-23.64%
ALCO	ALICO INC	$28.63	-0.24%	-0.49%	-1.34%	4.72%	11.75%	21.83%	-6.62%	3.96%	-17.73%	$31.00	$22.58	7.65%	26.79%	0.73	16,707	21.83%
PRMW	PRIMO WATER CORP	$19.89	1.22%	4.96%	10.13%	38.61%	34.66%	30.51%	17.21%	39.68%	143.75%	$19.93	$12.27	0.20%	62.17%	0.77	1,054,271	-26.48%
MGPI	MGP INGREDIENTS INC	$80.62	-1.99%	0.10%	-2.67%	-1.25%	-16.14%	-15.51%	33.94%	11.14%	1,371.17%	$124.96	$75.78	35.48%	6.39%	0.73	157,200	-43.72%
CAG	CONAGRA BRANDS INC	$30.59	-0.84%	-1.58%	5.26%	7.11%	10.00%	-19.69%	-18.43%	1.93%	0.79%	$38.05	$25.16	19.60%	21.58%	0.37	4,111,479	16.37%
MDLZ	MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC	$69.89	-0.87%	-1.02%	2.82%	-7.22%	1.55%	-9.26%	13.81%	35.03%	96.27%	$78.54	$60.75	11.01%	15.05%	0.68	8,075,577	9.48%
DAR	DARLING INGREDIENTS INC	$42.82	0.42%	-4.14%	-1.11%	2.51%	-5.31%	-24.35%	-39.60%	102.27%	115.50%	$71.60	$38.97	40.20%	9.89%	1.18	1,146,811	-26.76%
CHD	CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC	$106.11	0.22%	-0.20%	2.86%	5.92%	22.25%	8.91%	21.34%	42.74%	211.40%	$108.68	$82.25	2.36%	29.01%	0.42	1,283,114	-36.63%
KMB	KIMBERLY CLARK CORP	$136.09	-0.30%	0.63%	7.96%	12.49%	13.99%	-6.52%	1.00%	6.74%	23.46%	$145.67	$116.32	6.58%	17.00%	0.45	1,906,832	13.05%
TR	TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC	$29.43	-0.61%	-1.31%	-5.19%	-5.21%	-1.20%	-20.23%	-4.07%	-19.65%	30.20%	$38.77	$28.22	24.08%	4.29%	0.33	61,692	21.99%
UG	UNITED GUARDIAN INC	$8.13	0.36%	-1.74%	2.09%	-5.41%	40.35%	-16.23%	-45.83%	-57.48%	-76.06%	$10.23	$5.79	20.57%	40.35%	0.38	2,557	33.32%
ABEV	AMBEV SA	$2.43	0.83%	4.29%	-0.82%	-6.54%	-10.00%	-15.63%	-11.64%	-46.83%	-66.80%	$3.23	$2.23	24.77%	8.97%	0.82	5,536,392	-64.18%
LRN	STRIDE INC	$69.82	2.21%	4.08%	12.98%	17.66%	24.97%	69.01%	144.98%	130.20%	179.28%	$69.99	$35.61	0.24%	96.07%	0.42	575,435	12.54%
CENT	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO	$42.15	0.96%	2.08%	2.93%	13.65%	17.47%	45.26%	-5.02%	91.10%	560.24%	$44.45	$28.58	5.17%	47.50%	0.71	63,014	6.80%
GO	GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP	$25.71	-0.39%	-1.76%	-3.31%	7.57%	-9.34%	-13.58%	-36.60%	N/A	N/A	$36.54	$23.41	29.64%	9.82%	0.47	1,057,556	-2.34%
PEP	PEPSICO INC	$176.15	0.40%	0.32%	3.81%	3.06%	5.61%	-8.34%	20.82%	37.97%	105.04%	$196.88	$155.83	10.53%	13.04%	0.68	3,473,972	-11.23%
USFD	US FOODS HOLDING CORP	$51.40	0.78%	0.10%	-4.05%	9.69%	24.97%	36.85%	25.89%	40.90%	N/A	$54.94	$35.66	6.44%	44.14%	1.33	1,139,622	12.46%
LW	LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC	$85.08	0.71%	1.47%	-15.86%	-18.29%	-9.58%	-23.74%	4.66%	26.80%	N/A	$117.38	$77.41	27.52%	9.91%	0.87	1,675,817	-18.75%
ADM	ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO	$59.17	-0.30%	-1.55%	-5.55%	11.73%	-18.85%	-21.13%	-8.45%	35.49%	36.30%	$87.30	$50.72	32.22%	16.66%	0.81	3,271,768	-12.64%
THS	TREEHOUSE FOODS INC	$37.26	-0.98%	3.96%	0.70%	-12.37%	-12.33%	-30.88%	-22.02%	-35.85%	-49.74%	$55.30	$34.76	32.62%	7.19%	0.48	469,143	-24.41%
KDP	KEURIG DR PEPPER INC	$33.83	0.80%	0.33%	9.09%	8.99%	8.71%	3.17%	-6.21%	16.45%	-39.44%	$34.66	$27.66	2.38%	22.33%	0.53	7,463,399	18.10%
EPC	EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE CO	$37.82	-0.40%	1.04%	3.28%	2.11%	4.53%	-14.86%	-2.88%	-9.33%	-67.30%	$46.13	$33.71	18.01%	12.21%	0.89	237,394	-42.74%
VITL	VITAL FARMS INC	$28.14	-0.25%	4.22%	17.20%	88.23%	141.55%	116.46%	20.88%	N/A	N/A	$28.48	$10.00	1.19%	181.40%	0.81	502,553	-21.70%
JBSS	SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INC	$97.98	-3.34%	-1.29%	-4.00%	-2.88%	4.93%	-13.58%	7.30%	22.29%	306.56%	$127.26	$90.02	23.01%	8.84%	0.47	63,763	-30.46%
PM	PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC	$97.40	0.09%	2.50%	7.03%	6.30%	6.42%	1.61%	1.62%	13.65%	14.13%	$100.70	$87.23	3.28%	11.66%	0.70	4,890,290	-12.51%
BJ	BJ's WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS INC	$73.98	-1.67%	-3.48%	-0.51%	13.26%	7.59%	1.22%	62.56%	160.04%	N/A	$80.42	$60.33	8.00%	22.63%	0.50	1,261,782	-38.18%
YSG	YATSEN HOLDING LTD	$4.34	3.09%	-10.33%	69.53%	45.59%	-5.05%	-9.58%	-91.60%	N/A	N/A	$6.65	$1.99	34.74%	118.09%	1.11	469,960	66.82%
RLX	RLX TECHNOLOGY INC	$2.08	4.52%	8.90%	13.66%	14.29%	25.30%	-15.10%	-81.26%	N/A	N/A	$2.47	$1.39	15.79%	49.64%	1.41	4,460,871	-22.70%
HRL	HORMEL FOODS CORP	$35.17	-0.71%	-0.42%	1.27%	18.02%	7.00%	-13.44%	-24.83%	-11.37%	47.43%	$41.73	$28.51	15.72%	23.36%	0.35	1,500,359	-9.94%
AIU	META DATA LTD	$0.49	0.00%	-3.92%	-16.95%	-50.85%	-51.49%	-58.47%	-99.30%	-99.78%	N/A	$1.70	$0.49	71.18%	0.00%	0.34	5,072	-39.06%
NUS	NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC	$12.41	2.14%	0.81%	-3.72%	-29.97%	-31.02%	-68.76%	-76.58%	-78.81%	-85.83%	$39.12	$11.73	68.27%	5.80%	0.80	443,833	-2.11%
LANC	LANCASTER COLONY CORP	$191.50	-0.26%	2.39%	-6.62%	-2.55%	11.99%	-10.01%	1.76%	26.33%	117.22%	$218.96	$158.88	12.54%	20.53%	0.64	149,122	-27.01%
VGR	VECTOR GROUP LTD	$9.81	4.70%	-4.48%	-5.13%	-4.29%	-7.01%	-21.52%	-26.46%	6.75%	-38.02%	$13.43	$9.28	26.95%	5.77%	0.74	1,769,821	-35.63%
HIMS	HIMS & HERS HEALTH INC	$11.26	-8.01%	-9.92%	-27.40%	31.54%	73.77%	-5.06%	-3.35%	N/A	N/A	$17.16	$5.65	34.38%	99.29%	0.74	11,956,951	95.75%
VTRU	VITRU LTD	$12.08	-2.03%	-7.08%	-22.81%	-14.39%	-9.17%	-6.14%	3.78%	N/A	N/A	$18.05	$9.80	33.07%	23.27%	0.17	9,283	-54.32%
LAUR	LAUREATE EDUCATION INC	$14.98	5.27%	1.22%	2.32%	18.33%	9.82%	25.99%	10.07%	-6.08%	N/A	$15.06	$11.34	0.50%	32.10%	0.95	882,020	-46.93%
CALM	CAL-MAINE FOODS INC	$56.80	-1.25%	-0.12%	-6.95%	1.65%	14.65%	19.53%	50.70%	33.90%	91.86%	$64.76	$42.25	12.29%	34.44%	0.37	546,942	-13.20%
KR	KROGER CO	$54.78	-0.56%	-1.28%	-5.16%	19.11%	20.74%	11.93%	46.55%	112.82%	135.87%	$58.34	$42.10	6.10%	30.13%	0.27	3,992,229	20.72%
NOMD	NOMAD FOODS LTD	$18.09	0.06%	-3.21%	-4.24%	2.26%	25.10%	-3.67%	-37.98%	-13.15%	N/A	$20.05	$13.56	9.78%	33.41%	0.51	356,290	-60.58%
BRBR	BELLRING BRANDS INC	$57.42	0.42%	1.92%	0.26%	-0.30%	26.75%	54.90%	122.04%	N/A	N/A	$62.76	$34.58	8.50%	66.05%	0.75	738,943	-46.09%
LND	BRASILAGRO - BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE CO	$5.09	2.83%	2.83%	3.25%	3.67%	-0.59%	10.41%	-21.33%	27.89%	22.06%	$6.00	$4.49	15.17%	13.36%	0.55	37,823	-14.24%
AGRO	ADECOAGRO SA	$11.11	3.35%	0.54%	0.73%	8.92%	0.36%	35.82%	18.82%	57.37%	27.12%	$12.51	$8.33	11.19%	33.37%	0.83	883,741	102.34%
DEO	DIAGEO PLC	$137.44	0.64%	-0.87%	-6.91%	-8.05%	-13.89%	-26.01%	-23.78%	-18.44%	10.99%	$188.11	$135.63	26.94%	1.33%	0.71	587,090	14.22%
SFM	SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC	$73.68	2.33%	10.00%	16.42%	43.85%	76.95%	104.44%	177.72%	232.94%	139.45%	$74.03	$32.12	0.47%	129.39%	0.50	2,057,793	-52.24%
NGVC	NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE INC	$17.38	3.33%	2.96%	0.64%	18.55%	32.17%	65.52%	7.02%	37.61%	-27.49%	$19.35	$10.39	10.16%	67.36%	0.63	44,727	10.98%
CPB	CAMPBELL SOUP CO	$44.88	-2.20%	0.07%	4.52%	2.65%	9.49%	-17.73%	-7.27%	17.27%	-0.69%	$55.05	$37.94	18.47%	18.29%	0.28	2,759,261	23.13%
SNDL	SNDL INC	$2.35	3.52%	16.92%	-6.00%	76.69%	50.64%	50.64%	-71.61%	N/A	N/A	$2.67	$1.25	11.99%	88.00%	1.27	6,586,263	40.46%
TANH	TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$0.54	0.19%	-3.57%	-19.76%	-12.20%	-78.99%	-81.44%	-99.82%	-99.85%	N/A	$3.94	$0.52	86.29%	3.85%	0.51	69,479	-30.06%
MKC	MCCORMICK & CO INC	$75.45	0.41%	-0.37%	-1.05%	14.58%	16.15%	-14.18%	-17.00%	-0.83%	111.58%	$94.39	$59.13	20.07%	27.60%	0.57	1,583,980	7.08%
DOLE	DOLE PLC	$12.44	1.30%	2.13%	7.80%	11.47%	7.99%	0.65%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.01	$10.55	11.17%	17.91%	0.62	1,354,351	219.10%
LINC	LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP	$11.09	-1.25%	9.69%	10.13%	18.86%	27.03%	95.25%	67.52%	248.74%	182.91%	$11.55	$5.70	3.98%	94.56%	0.71	113,293	8.42%
BF.B	BROWN FORMAN CORP	$47.92	0.91%	-0.44%	-7.56%	-15.08%	-19.53%	-25.50%	-38.26%	-9.58%	31.36%	$71.27	$47.06	32.76%	1.83%	0.75	1,303,684	10.65%
ATGE	ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC	$60.08	14.66%	20.93%	17.02%	22.84%	8.84%	40.90%	72.84%	31.01%	35.71%	$62.99	$33.59	4.62%	78.86%	0.75	1,144,803	82.56%

Consumer Staple Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Beverages - Brewers	6	-0.07%	-1.94%	-6.37%	-3.77%	27.77x	1.66x	+12.14%	+5.20%	+11.68%	+19.46%	Buy
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	16	+1.20%	+2.90%	+4.19%	+24.79%	27.10x	7.07x	+39.68%	+10.18%	+18.26%	+9.97%	Strong Buy
Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	12	+0.27%	-1.04%	-5.19%	-10.23%	20.41x	6.02x	+35.29%	+9.38%	+15.60%	+23.71%	Strong Buy
Confectioners	4	+0.41%	+3.68%	+1.09%	-23.56%	21.23x	4.07x	+25.96%	+9.33%	+16.65%	+6.48%	Buy
Discount Stores	11	+1.05%	+0.28%	-0.31%	+13.45%	33.79x	6.97x	+23.13%	+7.21%	+19.20%	+8.88%	Buy
Education & Training Services	44	+1.94%	+2.52%	-0.24%	+24.58%	-326.94x	2.17x	+9.02%	+4.69%	+19.91%	+20.37%	Buy
Farm Products	23	-0.06%	+0.06%	-0.48%	-14.44%	-1.50x	1.25x	+8.03%	+3.67%	+9.72%	+5.90%	Buy
Food Distribution	12	-0.40%	+0.92%	-4.53%	-1.16%	21.69x	4.16x	+57.97%	+6.24%	+15.05%	+16.12%	Buy
Grocery Stores	12	+0.36%	+1.90%	+0.53%	+3.77%	15.62x	3.19x	+23.99%	+4.59%	+9.26%	+0.53%	Hold
Household & Personal Products	29	+0.04%	-1.92%	-2.02%	-6.20%	28.85x	7.43x	+171.56%	+10.66%	+20.97%	+13.13%	Buy
Packaged Foods	63	-0.39%	+0.63%	-0.91%	-14.02%	7.99x	2.15x	+12.67%	+5.52%	+11.75%	+11.97%	Buy
Pharmaceutical Retailers	9	+1.45%	+1.52%	-17.01%	-54.41%	-2.70x	1.15x	-32.61%	-6.64%	-13.22%	+51.41%	Buy
Tobacco	12	+0.29%	+4.06%	+5.74%	-40.65%	11.22x	5.89x	-96.31%	+9.35%	+21.65%	+9.22%	Buy

Consumer Staple Stocks FAQ

What are the best consumer staple stocks to buy right now in May 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best consumer staple stocks to buy right now are:

1. Duckhorn Portfolio (NYSE:NAPA)

Duckhorn Portfolio (NYSE:NAPA) is the top consumer staple stock with a Zen Score of 64, which is 33 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 31. It passed 21 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Duckhorn Portfolio has seen its stock lose -47.63% over the past year, underperforming other consumer staple stocks by -46 percentage points.

Duckhorn Portfolio has an average 1 year price target of $11.50, an upside of 46.31% from Duckhorn Portfolio's current stock price of $7.86.

Duckhorn Portfolio stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Duckhorn Portfolio, 37.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 37.5% have issued a Buy, 12.5% have issued a Hold, while 12.5% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Acme United (NYSEMKT:ACU)

Acme United (NYSEMKT:ACU) is the second best consumer staple stock with a Zen Score of 63, which is 32 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 31. It passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Acme United has seen its stock return 68.78% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 70 percentage points.

3. Ihuman (NYSE:IH)

Ihuman (NYSE:IH) is the third best consumer staple stock with a Zen Score of 59, which is 28 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 31. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ihuman has seen its stock lose -45.28% over the past year, underperforming other consumer staple stocks by -44 percentage points.

What are the consumer staple stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 88 consumer staple stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 consumer staple stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Myndai (NYSEMKT:MYND)

Myndai (NYSEMKT:MYND) has an annual dividend yield of 218.99%, which is 212 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 6.94%.

Myndai's dividend payout ratio of -625.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Trxade Health (NASDAQ:MEDS)

Trxade Health (NASDAQ:MEDS) has an annual dividend yield of 127.19%, which is 120 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 6.94%.

Trxade Health's dividend payout ratio of -34.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co (NYSE:LND)

Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co (NYSE:LND) has an annual dividend yield of 12.59%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 6.94%. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend payout ratio of 117.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are consumer staple stocks up?

Consumer staple stocks were up 0.52% in the last day, and up 0.78% over the last week. 2u was the among the top gainers in the consumer defensive sector, gaining 26.39% yesterday.

2U shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results.

What are the most undervalued consumer staple stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued consumer staple stocks right now are:

1. Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA)

Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) is the most undervalued consumer staple stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Ingles Markets has a valuation score of 100, which is 73 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 27. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ingles Markets's stock has dropped -20.71% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by -20 percentage points.

2. Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA)

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is the second most undervalued consumer staple stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Village Super Market has a valuation score of 100, which is 73 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 27. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Village Super Market's stock has gained 33.04% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 34 percentage points.

3. Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP)

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) is the third most undervalued consumer staple stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Keurig Dr Pepper has a valuation score of 86, which is 59 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 27. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Keurig Dr Pepper's stock has gained 3.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 4 percentage points.

Are consumer staple stocks a good buy now?

39.46% of consumer staple stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect consumer staple stocks to rise by 12.56% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the consumer defensive sector?

The average P/E ratio of the consumer defensive sector is 20.26x.

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