Sectors & IndustriesConsumer Defensive
Best Consumer Staple Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top consumer staple stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence 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 %
GOTU	GAOTU TECHEDU INC	$1.57	0.64%	-7.65%	-9.25%	-16.93%	-29.91%	-56.75%	-59.54%	-45.67%	N/A	$4.12	$1.40	61.89%	12.14%	1.16	199,000	-26.84%
CELH	CELSIUS HOLDINGS INC	$28.79	6.16%	-2.14%	-3.36%	-13.13%	-48.14%	-38.69%	-40.20%	32.11%	N/A	$66.74	$26.54	56.86%	8.48%	1.54	6,840,000	-24.41%
WEST	WESTROCK COFFEE CO	$7.88	3.68%	8.09%	-3.79%	40.46%	71.30%	10.06%	-28.62%	N/A	N/A	$10.19	$3.59	22.63%	119.50%	0.59	325,000	-19.55%
GIS	GENERAL MILLS INC	$36.61	1.61%	-2.58%	0.63%	5.44%	-18.12%	-26.56%	-51.19%	-38.52%	-48.11%	$51.33	$31.75	28.68%	15.31%	0.10	8,581,000	-5.39%
SFM	SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC	$76.84	2.60%	2.99%	-6.12%	7.29%	8.39%	-51.85%	95.87%	211.22%	221.10%	$160.49	$64.75	52.12%	18.67%	0.56	2,081,000	36.91%
ACI	ALBERTSONS COMPANIES INC	$11.37	3.08%	-24.00%	-15.59%	-31.38%	-31.75%	-42.25%	-46.97%	-44.02%	N/A	$20.02	$10.86	43.21%	4.70%	0.23	11,846,000	-44.53%
FIZZ	NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP	$31.25	1.79%	0.32%	-1.51%	-8.81%	-6.44%	-32.20%	-41.04%	-31.26%	8.75%	$47.47	$30.01	34.17%	4.13%	0.47	496,000	65.33%
EPC	EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE CO	$27.81	0.65%	-2.73%	0.11%	20.44%	44.62%	6.23%	-28.56%	-32.71%	-66.67%	$29.85	$15.73	6.83%	76.85%	0.58	618,000	-0.80%
HAIN	HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC	$0.51	-3.77%	-3.77%	-11.92%	-45.16%	-60.16%	-71.02%	-96.00%	-98.72%	-99.01%	$2.17	$0.49	76.50%	3.24%	0.88	1,169,000	84.38%
VFF	VILLAGE FARMS INTERNATIONAL INC	$2.03	5.18%	4.10%	8.56%	-29.76%	-40.29%	38.10%	247.01%	-78.17%	N/A	$4.99	$1.36	59.32%	49.26%	1.41	381,000	-36.18%
AMSS	AMASS BRANDS	$0.86	-19.06%	-26.03%	-62.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.00	$0.83	94.95%	3.00%	1.88	176,000	158.82%
KMB	KIMBERLY CLARK CORP	$111.44	1.59%	2.73%	1.39%	13.42%	10.73%	-12.16%	-14.49%	-18.21%	-14.61%	$137.46	$92.42	18.93%	20.58%	0.21	2,516,000	-2.25%
SAM	BOSTON BEER CO INC	$183.60	1.92%	1.67%	0.66%	-23.55%	-16.23%	-11.82%	-41.44%	-74.37%	1.88%	$264.05	$158.68	30.47%	15.70%	0.73	443,000	-26.53%
LFVN	LIFEVANTAGE CORP	$6.37	-2.45%	1.76%	2.74%	15.61%	7.06%	-51.49%	25.15%	-21.84%	-56.01%	$15.00	$3.90	57.53%	63.33%	0.76	75,000	33.93%
BRBR	BELLRING BRANDS INC	$13.07	0.93%	7.57%	5.57%	-22.43%	-49.87%	-76.45%	-62.83%	-59.51%	N/A	$56.69	$7.82	76.94%	67.14%	0.74	4,037,000	19.19%
CAG	CONAGRA BRANDS INC	$15.24	3.18%	4.10%	9.01%	7.93%	-15.10%	-20.63%	-53.97%	-55.46%	-66.86%	$20.32	$12.53	24.99%	21.63%	0.18	12,582,000	51.63%
YSWY	YESWAY INC	$19.37	-1.63%	-3.87%	-6.38%	-13.91%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$29.08	$18.92	33.39%	2.38%	-1.16	360,000	70.62%
UL	UNILEVER PLC	$61.37	0.71%	-1.02%	0.28%	6.73%	-9.16%	3.65%	14.82%	8.70%	32.89%	$74.98	$54.75	18.15%	12.09%	0.29	3,785,000	80.15%
LAUR	LAUREATE EDUCATION INC	$37.48	1.30%	4.58%	3.08%	20.21%	9.49%	62.71%	198.65%	159.56%	N/A	$40.75	$21.53	8.02%	74.08%	0.62	759,000	10.96%
DEO	DIAGEO PLC	$85.16	2.50%	0.38%	2.36%	7.80%	-4.07%	-18.26%	-51.65%	-55.98%	-24.66%	$116.41	$72.45	26.84%	17.54%	0.53	1,128,000	42.97%
OTLY	OATLY GROUP AB	$14.30	6.96%	44.74%	47.73%	18.18%	22.12%	-3.64%	-56.67%	-95.91%	N/A	$18.84	$8.01	24.10%	78.53%	1.60	350,000	-4.11%
SKIN	SKINHEALTH SYSTEMS INC	$0.75	2.19%	-5.08%	4.91%	-15.10%	-50.79%	-57.50%	-90.86%	-95.54%	N/A	$2.69	$0.55	72.19%	35.75%	1.82	1,653,000	141.31%
PG	PROCTER & GAMBLE CO	$148.63	0.83%	-0.34%	0.12%	0.15%	0.20%	-5.40%	-2.29%	5.52%	75.98%	$167.25	$137.62	11.13%	8.00%	0.29	7,048,000	6.45%
BF.B	BROWN FORMAN CORP	$27.40	5.06%	3.75%	-1.15%	-0.69%	2.35%	-9.63%	-60.78%	-62.19%	-29.09%	$31.92	$22.61	14.16%	21.19%	0.53	1,804,000	114.00%
MDLZ	MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC	$60.67	0.25%	0.66%	0.86%	5.66%	2.80%	-12.81%	-16.16%	-6.99%	38.07%	$70.33	$51.20	13.73%	18.50%	0.32	7,692,000	15.48%
DMC	DEL MONTE CORP	$28.57	0.92%	-1.28%	-0.07%	-31.67%	-27.36%	-19.81%	8.02%	-6.66%	-49.46%	$43.58	$26.47	34.44%	7.93%	0.31	271,000	71.52%
GO	GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP	$9.42	4.55%	1.51%	-3.09%	17.60%	-5.80%	-30.89%	-71.79%	-71.50%	N/A	$19.41	$5.66	51.47%	66.58%	0.40	2,527,000	42.13%
DNUT	KRISPY KREME INC	$3.26	3.49%	1.88%	-6.05%	-18.91%	-2.98%	-20.68%	-79.04%	-80.16%	N/A	$5.11	$2.88	36.20%	13.19%	0.89	1,553,000	-27.77%
CLX	CLOROX CO	$97.41	1.95%	1.16%	0.33%	0.78%	-13.94%	-23.44%	-35.43%	-46.72%	-25.66%	$128.90	$84.70	24.43%	15.01%	0.30	1,800,000	50.13%
VSA	VISIONSYS AI INC	$3.25	-5.52%	-3.27%	-24.07%	-70.45%	-86.84%	-99.50%	-99.73%	-99.94%	-99.99%	$2.12k	$2.76	99.85%	17.75%	-0.25	17,400	42.62%
YSG	YATSEN HOLDING LTD	$3.39	2.11%	-3.69%	5.28%	21.07%	-19.29%	-60.12%	-42.54%	-89.08%	N/A	$10.70	$2.15	68.32%	57.67%	1.15	71,500	-11.73%
HRL	HORMEL FOODS CORP	$26.05	2.92%	3.05%	-0.99%	21.33%	3.37%	-8.76%	-35.88%	-45.38%	-28.06%	$29.35	$19.70	11.24%	32.23%	0.16	2,951,000	50.18%
EDBL	EDIBLE GARDEN AG INC	$2.91	-7.32%	-18.26%	-60.42%	-87.53%	-98.74%	-99.74%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$1.25k	$2.80	99.77%	3.93%	1.55	34,367,000	54,192.26%
PETS	PETMED EXPRESS INC	$1.97	-1.01%	0.51%	8.24%	-14.35%	-39.20%	-44.51%	-85.93%	-93.38%	-90.45%	$4.10	$1.57	51.95%	25.48%	0.90	74,500	-26.96%
TBBB	BBB FOODS INC	$40.63	1.02%	-1.48%	-2.17%	12.11%	17.84%	63.63%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$43.81	$23.83	7.26%	70.54%	0.62	336,000	86.67%
PRMB	PRIMO BRANDS CORP	$22.85	0.66%	-6.01%	-7.71%	13.74%	20.01%	-19.34%	60.92%	35.05%	60.01%	$28.87	$14.36	20.85%	59.12%	0.73	2,587,000	65.73%
CHD	CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC	$98.70	1.09%	0.93%	0.82%	3.46%	6.90%	3.16%	2.87%	13.38%	101.94%	$106.04	$81.33	6.92%	21.36%	0.20	1,246,000	44.55%
JJSF	J&J SNACK FOODS CORP	$77.71	1.66%	-0.06%	5.10%	-9.69%	-17.51%	-32.45%	-51.15%	-53.36%	-36.05%	$129.24	$68.87	39.87%	12.84%	0.32	135,000	5.47%
RLX	RLX TECHNOLOGY INC	$2.04	0.49%	-0.97%	8.51%	-6.42%	-12.82%	-8.93%	33.33%	-52.67%	N/A	$2.84	$1.76	28.17%	15.91%	0.97	537,000	-36.37%
MICC	MAGNUM ICE CREAM CO NV	$18.04	1.12%	-3.27%	2.73%	37.92%	2.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.93	$12.94	9.48%	39.41%	0.42	917,000	138.18%
UTI	UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC	$38.44	1.75%	1.40%	-7.04%	6.25%	38.77%	23.44%	435.38%	547.14%	1,508.37%	$51.34	$21.29	25.13%	80.55%	0.83	647,000	1.09%
HNST	HONEST COMPANY INC	$3.84	1.32%	-0.78%	5.21%	10.34%	53.60%	-20.66%	163.01%	-74.21%	N/A	$4.90	$2.07	21.63%	85.51%	1.59	1,061,000	-16.06%
CPB	CAMPBELL's CO	$22.37	2.43%	1.27%	-2.78%	8.86%	-18.27%	-30.61%	-51.41%	-49.94%	-63.59%	$34.17	$19.56	34.53%	14.37%	0.12	4,708,000	-14.32%
COE	51TALK ONLINE EDUCATION GROUP	$17.20	6.97%	4.24%	14.29%	-34.72%	-33.92%	-40.69%	100.70%	48.28%	-78.71%	$56.13	$14.66	69.36%	17.33%	0.45	38,500	-54.17%
ELF	ELF BEAUTY INC	$84.01	8.60%	5.47%	20.17%	31.84%	-3.14%	-30.54%	-24.65%	216.06%	N/A	$150.99	$48.82	44.36%	72.08%	1.32	2,429,000	61.83%
PPC	PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP	$29.19	1.78%	0.10%	0.83%	-11.89%	-32.54%	-38.74%	18.66%	32.08%	20.02%	$50.56	$26.50	42.27%	10.15%	0.43	1,284,000	33.33%
ATPC	AGAPE ATP CORP	$2.42	-1.63%	-7.98%	-18.52%	21.00%	-50.51%	-96.36%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$73.50	$1.72	96.71%	40.62%	-0.07	22,200	-63.96%
SNDL	SNDL INC	$1.35	8.43%	5.47%	-2.17%	-10.60%	-15.63%	-10.00%	-8.16%	-82.82%	N/A	$2.89	$1.24	53.29%	8.87%	1.36	4,016,000	136.65%
BNKK	BONK INC	$1.11	-0.89%	-9.76%	-26.49%	-60.78%	-76.13%	-95.61%	-94.97%	-98.36%	N/A	$46.90	$1.08	97.63%	2.78%	0.97	86,000	93.26%
DDL	DINGDONG (CAYMAN) LTD	$2.39	-1.24%	4.37%	24.48%	-6.27%	-16.43%	11.16%	-12.13%	-89.33%	N/A	$3.41	$1.65	29.91%	44.85%	1.08	306,000	13.33%
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	$59.50	3.41%	4.48%	-1.88%	-9.09%	-17.36%	-15.08%	-13.00%	-60.97%	571.56%	$86.00	$46.46	30.81%	28.07%	1.16	953,000	-9.24%
JZ	JIANZHI EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD	$2.54	-0.39%	15.45%	-43.85%	-90.17%	-89.42%	-95.19%	-99.72%	N/A	N/A	$98.40	$1.90	97.42%	33.68%	0.76	86,000	-71.71%
JBS	JBS NV	$13.55	10.34%	12.64%	10.88%	-16.77%	-13.14%	0.59%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.65	$11.50	27.35%	17.88%	0.36	12,189,000	279.96%
SUJA	SUJA LIFE INC	$10.48	0.77%	16.96%	-2.06%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.48	$8.72	43.29%	20.18%	-0.13	105,000	-44.74%
BLNE	BEELINE HOLDINGS INC	$1.00	6.76%	1.22%	-26.84%	-47.07%	-72.21%	-53.50%	-96.78%	-99.88%	N/A	$4.63	$0.76	78.51%	30.92%	1.04	357,000	99.44%
HERE	HERE GROUP LTD	$1.90	3.26%	0.53%	-15.93%	-47.80%	-60.25%	-79.03%	-74.70%	N/A	N/A	$13.63	$1.50	86.06%	26.67%	0.99	25,400	-36.50%
KLC	KINDERCARE LEARNING COMPANIES INC	$5.09	3.25%	-2.12%	18.10%	40.61%	15.68%	-48.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.05	$1.75	49.35%	190.86%	1.36	331,000	-7.28%
AVO	MISSION PRODUCE INC	$12.70	2.25%	-2.61%	5.31%	-10.94%	-5.65%	4.96%	8.27%	-33.92%	N/A	$15.53	$10.07	18.22%	26.12%	0.56	562,000	-19.48%
AGCC	AGENCIA COMERCIAL SPIRITS LTD	$15.26	2.31%	-0.88%	1.63%	-8.21%	58.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$25.73	$3.66	40.70%	316.80%	1.24	100,000	151.26%
OFRM	ONCE UPON A FARM PBC	$15.17	0.80%	-7.05%	-25.93%	4.55%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.97	$14.00	43.76%	8.36%	0.88	272,000	-26.49%
PAVS	PARANOVUS ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD	$4.63	-4.14%	12.11%	-24.72%	-96.57%	-99.76%	-100.00%	-100.00%	-100.00%	N/A	$148.80k	$3.77	100.00%	22.81%	0.35	408,000	-20.31%
LND	BRASILAGRO - BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE CO	$3.68	-0.54%	-3.16%	2.22%	-4.91%	-12.38%	-1.87%	-33.33%	-34.64%	-9.02%	$4.45	$3.46	17.30%	6.36%	0.46	12,900	-53.09%
HIMS	HIMS & HERS HEALTH INC	$30.24	7.65%	-7.52%	-9.43%	2.89%	1.89%	-48.47%	259.57%	268.78%	N/A	$70.43	$13.74	57.06%	120.09%	1.90	15,061,000	-46.85%
BYND	BEYOND MEAT INC	$0.55	-1.97%	-7.90%	-22.71%	-39.71%	-35.53%	-83.83%	-96.41%	-99.56%	N/A	$7.69	$0.50	92.87%	9.60%	1.98	17,092,000	3.76%
CALM	CAL-MAINE FOODS INC	$88.72	-1.77%	0.34%	11.82%	14.07%	6.26%	-14.99%	97.42%	152.19%	117.18%	$117.45	$71.92	24.46%	23.36%	0.30	872,000	-8.31%
VITL	VITAL FARMS INC	$13.29	2.07%	-3.42%	17.61%	0.91%	-52.19%	-63.38%	20.05%	-25.34%	N/A	$53.13	$7.95	74.98%	67.17%	0.73	1,194,000	-9.13%
MF	MINDFORGE INC	$6.19	18.36%	46.68%	-17.47%	-74.81%	-87.74%	-92.03%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$112.25	$2.15	94.49%	187.91%	0.79	288,000	128.57%
LMNR	LIMONEIRA CO	$13.36	2.30%	0.60%	2.06%	4.62%	-5.11%	-11.76%	-10.09%	-25.28%	-25.20%	$16.62	$11.67	19.61%	14.53%	0.55	55,000	48.65%
TPB	TURNING POINT BRANDS INC	$78.65	3.32%	-2.44%	-6.99%	-1.54%	-35.46%	0.94%	233.26%	52.04%	601.61%	$146.90	$65.80	46.46%	19.53%	0.61	363,000	1.40%
ENHA	ENHANCED GROUP INC	$2.77	-5.14%	-10.06%	-1.42%	-73.05%	-72.44%	-72.33%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.00	$2.35	80.21%	17.87%	-0.32	477,000	-8.97%
NCRA	NOCERA INC	$1.36	-1.45%	0.74%	-57.19%	-77.70%	-92.43%	-97.22%	-96.46%	N/A	N/A	$72.00	$1.30	98.11%	4.62%	0.47	76,000	-3.80%
KIDZ	KIDZ AI INC	$0.60	43.68%	46.12%	-16.16%	-93.79%	-99.40%	-99.94%	-99.99%	N/A	N/A	$1.46k	$0.40	99.96%	50.50%	0.70	245,914,000	10,495.17%
RMCF	ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY INC	$0.85	-5.87%	-7.31%	-1.16%	-63.83%	-64.73%	-51.70%	-85.42%	-89.52%	-91.51%	$2.99	$0.84	71.57%	1.07%	0.35	69,400	567.31%
SCNX	SCIENTURE HOLDINGS INC	$0.37	-0.54%	-11.78%	2.80%	-3.67%	-26.60%	-81.74%	-95.13%	-99.48%	N/A	$2.60	$0.24	85.88%	54.20%	1.07	481,000	62.50%
FCHL	FITNESS CHAMPS HOLDINGS LTD	$1.02	-10.53%	-9.73%	-15.00%	-79.86%	-99.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.44k	$0.86	99.97%	18.60%	0.69	67,000	556.86%
BOF	BRANCHOUT FOOD INC	$4.02	1.77%	-0.25%	-6.51%	5.79%	28.43%	54.62%	40.56%	N/A	N/A	$5.25	$1.93	23.43%	108.29%	0.79	7,800	-64.71%
TWG	TOP WEALTH GROUP HOLDING LTD	$2.68	8.06%	8.59%	19.64%	-23.54%	-36.19%	-66.83%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.36	$1.94	89.83%	38.14%	0.12	21,000	98.11%
EDTK	SKILLFUL CRAFTSMAN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LTD	$0.95	-0.53%	1.50%	-6.24%	-5.30%	-8.06%	-2.37%	-27.71%	-42.78%	N/A	$1.18	$0.80	19.75%	18.38%	0.35	850	41.67%
EPSM	EPSIUM ENTERPRISE LTD	$1.38	1.47%	15.87%	10.40%	0.00%	-39.47%	-89.74%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$155.00	$0.83	99.11%	66.27%	-0.32	22,300	134.74%
FAMI	FARMMI INC	$0.15	-21.76%	-19.68%	-45.09%	-87.67%	-90.74%	-91.66%	-99.67%	-99.98%	N/A	$2.10	$0.14	92.81%	4.86%	0.83	1,289,000	131.83%
TANH	TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$0.40	-4.99%	-6.32%	-3.61%	17.65%	-60.00%	-81.22%	-99.64%	-99.99%	-100.00%	$2.59	$0.30	84.56%	32.45%	0.68	302,000	-13.47%
YHC	LQR HOUSE INC	$1.63	-8.43%	-12.37%	-98.25%	-98.06%	-98.19%	-99.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$178.00	$1.58	99.08%	3.16%	0.81	113,000	10.78%
UCFI	CN HEALTHY FOOD TECH GROUP CORP	$5.51	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-53.93%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.98	$3.41	57.55%	61.58%	-0.00	0	N/A
GSUN	GOLDEN SUN TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD	$0.20	-3.83%	-19.60%	-40.00%	-72.73%	-83.66%	-92.18%	-97.66%	N/A	N/A	$3.31	$0.17	93.93%	16.86%	0.99	3,755,000	-97.06%
AVX	AVAX ONE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$3.38	-2.31%	-3.98%	-40.70%	-46.25%	-72.92%	-94.37%	-99.99%	-100.00%	N/A	$107.88	$3.16	96.87%	6.96%	0.80	14,200	222.73%
AMBO	AMBOW EDUCATION HOLDING LTD	$2.19	-2.23%	-4.78%	-4.37%	-6.81%	-21.70%	-24.53%	-8.75%	-85.96%	-94.16%	$6.75	$1.47	67.56%	48.98%	0.15	1,400	-30.00%
GNS	GENIUS GROUP LTD	$0.17	-1.20%	-3.51%	-12.23%	-48.11%	-71.05%	-83.33%	-97.43%	N/A	N/A	$1.28	$0.16	87.11%	1.23%	1.34	1,662,000	-30.98%
GNLN	GREENLANE HOLDINGS INC	$1.93	-8.53%	-18.22%	-22.18%	-55.84%	-84.13%	-95.12%	-100.00%	-100.00%	N/A	$40.56	$1.93	95.24%	0.00%	1.14	14,000	6.06%
UTZ	UTZ BRANDS INC	$14.08	-0.14%	88.99%	80.05%	80.51%	34.35%	-0.07%	-14.51%	-38.08%	N/A	$14.44	$6.79	2.49%	107.52%	0.56	2,197,000	-44.76%
DIT	AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO	$65.00	0.00%	-2.99%	-10.70%	-28.57%	-39.36%	-42.48%	-72.44%	-61.22%	-27.11%	$122.00	$59.20	46.72%	9.80%	0.31	300	0.00%
EEIQ	EPICQUEST EDUCATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD	$2.14	-1.16%	-10.67%	-30.00%	-42.14%	-47.67%	-77.66%	-90.04%	-96.36%	N/A	$27.84	$1.90	92.33%	12.37%	0.69	12,800	166.67%
AMZE	AMAZE HOLDINGS INC	$0.31	233.70%	233.70%	136.15%	106.04%	-41.30%	-94.05%	-97.88%	N/A	N/A	$5.29	$0.07	94.20%	338.57%	1.17	5,724,000	N/A
AQB	AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$0.90	-1.10%	-4.96%	-17.43%	-6.25%	-10.89%	16.88%	-88.20%	-99.09%	N/A	$2.95	$0.70	69.49%	28.57%	0.93	11,300	-45.67%
BTCT	BTC DIGITAL LTD	$0.61	-4.37%	-28.39%	-10.25%	-50.56%	-59.13%	-79.15%	-84.11%	-99.81%	N/A	$3.12	$0.60	80.35%	2.17%	1.59	350,000	56.25%
DDC	DDC ENTERPRISE LTD	$0.48	4.12%	-5.33%	-48.55%	-72.25%	-83.39%	-96.99%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.94	$0.45	96.99%	6.67%	1.71	83,000	-18.63%
BON	BON NATURAL LIFE LTD	$1.14	-0.18%	-1.90%	-5.95%	-11.44%	-32.26%	-18.71%	-99.31%	-99.96%	N/A	$3.40	$1.08	66.53%	5.37%	0.26	12,600	334.48%
CENT	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO	$43.25	-1.14%	-0.28%	-3.03%	13.64%	34.82%	10.08%	33.75%	10.49%	121.93%	$45.78	$28.77	5.53%	50.33%	0.65	102,000	88.89%
COOT	AUSTRALIAN OILSEEDS HOLDINGS LTD	$0.36	-8.82%	-18.47%	-38.64%	-42.26%	-48.29%	-28.32%	-96.81%	-96.41%	N/A	$4.50	$0.35	91.96%	3.43%	0.26	229,000	-53.64%
AIIR	AIR GLOBAL PLC	$5.90	-0.34%	4.89%	-10.06%	-43.43%	-42.35%	-44.39%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.30	$5.29	61.44%	11.53%	-0.14	8,500	41.67%
WAFU	WAH FU EDUCATION GROUP LTD	$1.53	-0.85%	-4.09%	0.33%	-6.44%	-8.13%	5.83%	-32.82%	-74.06%	N/A	$3.39	$1.37	55.01%	11.31%	0.60	400	-95.45%

Consumer Staple Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Beverages - Brewers	6	+1.87%	+1.20%	+0.26%	+5.17%	56.15x	2.05x	+8.75%	+3.92%	+10.51%	+9.39%	Hold
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	18	+2.54%	+1.55%	-0.75%	+14.19%	27.34x	7.07x	+37.65%	+11.84%	+20.32%	+13.38%	Buy
Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	15	+1.34%	-1.22%	-25.72%	-63.28%	16.64x	3.05x	+21.35%	+6.21%	+10.69%	+28.77%	Buy
Confectioners	4	+2.58%	+3.08%	-0.62%	-4.66%	30.92x	3.73x	+14.28%	+5.15%	+10.23%	+12.16%	Buy
Discount Stores	9	+2.12%	+1.16%	+0.47%	+6.19%	39.71x	8.96x	+24.79%	+8.59%	+20.58%	+15.09%	Buy
Education & Training Services	45	+2.47%	+2.09%	+0.83%	-42.88%	17.82x	2.14x	+12.69%	+8.02%	+13.75%	+30.22%	Buy
Farm Products	20	-0.98%	-1.27%	+4.07%	-69.35%	43.15x	1.44x	+4.29%	+1.99%	+5.34%	+20.19%	Buy
Food Distribution	11	+0.44%	+1.10%	-0.17%	+14.73%	29.46x	5.70x	+42.09%	+4.67%	+12.18%	+7.16%	Strong Buy
Grocery Stores	13	+2.38%	-1.68%	-2.92%	-32.51%	27.94x	3.58x	+14.48%	+3.09%	+7.17%	+98.99%	Buy
Household & Personal Products	29	+2.21%	+1.47%	+3.90%	-13.94%	9.95x	6.71x	+128.05%	+11.31%	+22.91%	+2.29%	Buy
Packaged Foods	62	+1.20%	+1.92%	-0.02%	-98.48%	-18.61x	1.59x	-9.28%	+2.13%	+7.33%	+23.46%	Buy
Pharmaceutical Retailers	8	-0.76%	-0.81%	-7.92%	-94.99%	-3.56x	41.69x	-42.68%	-27.48%	+54.53%	+250.42%	Strong Buy
Tobacco	10	+0.96%	-0.53%	+0.85%	-67.19%	21.69x	10.34x	-113.51%	+15.28%	+31.67%	+16.21%	Buy

Consumer Staple Stocks FAQ

What are the best consumer staple stocks to buy right now in Jul 2026?

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:

1. Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA)

Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) is the #1 top consumer staple stock out of 250 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 17 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 30. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Seneca Foods has seen its stock return 62.82% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 153 percentage points.

2. Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR)

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) is the #2 top consumer staple stock out of 250 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 10 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 30. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Natures Sunshine Products has seen its stock return 39.85% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 130 percentage points.

Natures Sunshine Products has an average 1 year price target of $33.00, an upside of 60.19% from Natures Sunshine Products's current stock price of $20.60.

Natures Sunshine Products stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts 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.

3. Helen Of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE)

Helen Of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) is the #3 top consumer staple stock out of 250 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Helen Of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Helen Of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -17 points lower than the consumer staple sector average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates HELE as a "A".It passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Helen Of Troy has seen its stock return 20.4% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 111 percentage points.

Helen Of Troy has an average 1 year price target of $26.50, a downside of -6.26% from Helen Of Troy's current stock price of $28.27.

Helen Of Troy stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Helen Of Troy, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the consumer staple stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 91 consumer staple stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 consumer staple stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS)

B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) has an annual dividend yield of 18.58%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 3.22%. B&G Foods's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two 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 -79.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO)

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) has an annual dividend yield of 11.37%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 3.22%. Flowers Foods's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Flowers Foods's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Flowers Foods's dividend payout ratio of 275.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG)

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) has an annual dividend yield of 9.19%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 3.22%. Conagra Brands's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Conagra Brands's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Conagra Brands's dividend payout ratio of -35% 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 1.79% in the last day, and up 1.18% over the last week. Kidz Ai was the among the top gainers in the consumer defensive sector, gaining 43.68% yesterday.

KIDZ AI shares are trading higher after CEO Stephanie Luo issued a shareholder letter highlighting the disconnect between the stock price and the company’s balance sheet and contracted pipeline.

What are the most undervalued consumer staple stocks?

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:

1. Herbalife (NYSE:HLF)

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 57, which is 35 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Herbalife's stock has gained 24.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 115 percentage points.

2. Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS)

Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) 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.

Nu Skin Enterprises has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nu Skin Enterprises's stock has dropped -42.18% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 48 percentage points.

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) 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.

Afya has a valuation score of 100, which is 78 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 22. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Afya's stock has gained 2.68% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 93 percentage points.

Are consumer staple stocks a good buy now?

43.48% of consumer staple stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect consumer staple stocks to rise by 18.04% over the next year.

2.33% of consumer staple stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.37% of consumer staple stocks are rated B (Buy), 71.51% are rated C (Hold), 8.72% are rated D (Sell), and 4.07% are rated F (Strong Sell).

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

The average P/E ratio of the consumer defensive sector is 27.64x.

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1. Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA)

2. Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR)

3. Helen Of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE)

1. B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS)

2. Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO)

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1. Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA)

2. Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR)

3. Helen Of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE)

1. B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS)

2. Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO)

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