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	$8.47	-0.59%	0.83%	-6.82%	-4.29%	-18.40%	-44.64%	-54.73%	N/A	N/A	$15.37	$7.78	44.89%	8.87%	0.75	971,422	67.00%
ACU	ACME UNITED CORP	$40.91	0.15%	1.11%	-12.88%	-15.65%	24.88%	58.69%	-8.48%	97.92%	143.08%	$50.99	$23.24	19.77%	76.03%	0.35	18,751	-17.80%
IH	IHUMAN INC	$1.73	-0.29%	1.47%	-3.09%	-31.00%	-33.91%	-45.75%	-86.52%	N/A	N/A	$4.00	$1.68	56.88%	2.68%	0.74	28,866	80.49%
MAMA	MAMA's CREATIONS INC	$5.94	0.85%	15.34%	19.04%	38.14%	67.32%	165.18%	120.00%	748.57%	100.68%	$6.07	$2.28	2.14%	160.53%	0.53	182,682	-31.48%
COCO	VITA COCO COMPANY INC	$24.24	-3.39%	2.67%	1.21%	19.76%	3.72%	11.35%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$33.29	$19.41	27.19%	24.88%	1.27	1,416,785	158.37%
AFYA	AFYA LTD	$17.23	-3.85%	4.87%	-7.02%	-12.32%	6.10%	47.01%	-23.11%	N/A	N/A	$22.48	$10.72	23.35%	60.73%	1.01	96,918	-2.18%
KO	COCA COLA CO	$61.77	-0.44%	1.86%	1.80%	3.12%	10.01%	-3.93%	14.43%	25.91%	51.43%	$64.25	$51.55	3.86%	19.83%	0.64	19,323,902	44.12%
LWAY	LIFEWAY FOODS INC	$20.45	2.20%	-0.10%	8.20%	69.15%	69.43%	240.27%	310.64%	871.50%	36.24%	$25.01	$5.61	18.23%	264.53%	0.68	184,768	-71.44%
SPTN	SPARTANNASH CO	$19.09	-1.55%	-2.20%	-3.83%	-16.20%	-15.75%	-22.27%	-1.45%	18.06%	-11.37%	$24.55	$18.57	22.24%	2.80%	0.40	431,945	96.96%
IPAR	INTER PARFUMS INC	$116.38	-1.20%	-11.23%	-15.86%	-16.56%	-8.14%	-23.21%	58.13%	60.55%	218.07%	$156.75	$115.58	25.75%	0.69%	1.18	117,711	-11.38%
SMPL	SIMPLY GOOD FOODS CO	$36.45	6.42%	7.81%	6.73%	-6.32%	-1.30%	-0.98%	5.50%	62.29%	N/A	$43.00	$30.00	15.23%	21.50%	0.89	2,514,369	366.02%
BON	BON NATURAL LIFE LTD	$4.36	-11.16%	5.36%	4.96%	-20.71%	13.59%	-49.28%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.50	$3.31	54.08%	31.78%	-0.04	20,355	-90.72%
MNST	MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP	$53.45	-1.26%	-0.52%	-7.43%	-3.36%	5.47%	-5.96%	10.15%	79.36%	378.94%	$61.23	$47.13	12.70%	13.41%	0.86	5,560,365	39.07%
AXIL	AXIL BRANDS INC	$11.06	-0.81%	-6.35%	-14.53%	N/A	N/A	N/A	3,411.11%	1,282.50%	N/A	$14.00	$10.35	21.00%	6.86%	39.94	1,560	-70.49%
CELH	CELSIUS HOLDINGS INC	$71.27	-3.34%	-1.06%	-13.64%	39.91%	32.77%	106.88%	273.14%	5,064.49%	N/A	$99.62	$32.29	28.46%	120.74%	1.50	2,695,585	-12.97%
SPB	SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS INC	$81.87	-0.56%	1.69%	-5.00%	1.99%	8.91%	23.47%	-7.11%	32.97%	13.22%	$89.65	$64.82	8.67%	26.30%	1.09	261,803	24.34%
PRDO	PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP	$18.30	-1.72%	2.58%	3.27%	1.72%	1.22%	38.64%	56.95%	0.83%	153.46%	$19.62	$11.50	6.73%	59.13%	0.70	430,284	-26.82%
WMT	WALMART INC	$59.35	-1.48%	0.44%	-1.08%	7.52%	9.22%	17.45%	27.26%	73.13%	123.37%	$61.66	$48.34	3.74%	22.78%	0.48	14,169,541	44.93%
LOPE	GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC	$130.02	-1.67%	1.03%	-5.34%	0.69%	9.48%	8.34%	20.07%	12.19%	202.51%	$144.94	$99.65	10.29%	30.48%	0.64	201,244	40.73%
VLGEA	VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC	$27.97	-0.07%	2.34%	-1.20%	7.49%	14.87%	28.89%	14.73%	-4.80%	15.63%	$29.38	$20.25	4.80%	38.12%	0.43	16,207	-14.80%
SAM	BOSTON BEER CO INC	$278.41	-2.53%	-2.69%	-7.41%	-22.15%	-16.52%	-12.02%	-77.11%	-10.19%	13.16%	$395.52	$274.78	29.61%	1.32%	0.88	247,645	-25.94%
CL	COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO	$91.92	1.58%	3.77%	3.21%	9.13%	24.42%	13.92%	13.90%	26.28%	36.58%	$92.25	$67.62	0.36%	35.94%	0.53	5,225,944	16.90%
ELF	ELF BEAUTY INC	$162.53	-5.43%	-8.17%	-15.34%	0.94%	57.57%	75.29%	437.29%	1,170.76%	N/A	$221.83	$83.80	26.73%	93.95%	1.10	1,694,357	12.09%
JJSF	J&J SNACK FOODS CORP	$137.29	0.51%	-0.07%	-3.44%	-14.46%	-11.52%	-11.30%	-16.60%	-12.65%	46.68%	$177.71	$133.23	22.74%	3.05%	0.77	68,924	-5.21%
STRA	STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC	$114.84	-2.53%	15.59%	10.54%	20.44%	40.94%	27.50%	53.00%	-19.89%	169.39%	$121.29	$64.53	5.32%	77.96%	0.82	234,352	20.72%
MO	ALTRIA GROUP INC	$43.81	-0.02%	2.19%	1.37%	8.28%	8.84%	-8.31%	-8.25%	-19.36%	9.22%	$47.71	$39.07	8.17%	12.15%	0.57	11,552,030	33.97%
STZ	CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC	$253.46	-2.96%	-3.13%	-4.71%	2.02%	8.27%	10.09%	5.47%	19.74%	217.46%	$274.87	$221.81	7.79%	14.27%	0.79	1,757,367	206.47%
PFGC	PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP CO	$67.88	-0.85%	-2.01%	-8.39%	-7.96%	22.26%	9.43%	15.64%	65.76%	N/A	$78.54	$52.92	13.57%	28.27%	1.46	2,948,187	116.82%
CHGG	CHEGG INC	$5.17	-27.89%	-24.30%	-28.39%	-47.14%	-41.71%	-70.63%	-94.28%	-85.50%	-1.90%	$13.11	$5.11	60.56%	1.17%	0.86	18,629,079	291.00%
ANDE	ANDERSONS INC	$54.94	-4.07%	-9.05%	-2.62%	1.12%	10.74%	22.80%	91.30%	68.01%	-11.80%	$61.46	$35.69	10.61%	53.94%	0.89	198,244	97.89%
DG	DOLLAR GENERAL CORP	$139.19	-1.39%	-2.48%	-11.54%	5.51%	16.06%	-36.76%	-35.19%	10.39%	146.62%	$221.50	$101.09	37.16%	37.69%	0.54	1,752,834	-26.40%
PSMT	PRICESMART INC	$80.59	-1.68%	-1.21%	-3.68%	3.39%	12.45%	11.50%	-4.11%	34.74%	-16.09%	$86.90	$61.82	7.26%	30.36%	0.76	214,580	56.55%
FIZZ	NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP	$44.50	1.78%	0.18%	-9.97%	-5.52%	-3.07%	-13.07%	-8.42%	58.93%	361.62%	$55.12	$43.14	19.27%	3.15%	0.61	186,907	71.98%
FMX	MEXICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC	$117.66	-1.06%	1.10%	-9.25%	-14.63%	5.07%	22.18%	51.82%	20.57%	29.62%	$143.43	$95.40	17.97%	23.33%	0.71	656,622	-45.76%
JBSS	SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INC	$99.70	-0.36%	-0.50%	-5.48%	-7.57%	-3.66%	-4.20%	13.42%	38.26%	332.54%	$127.26	$90.02	21.66%	10.75%	0.47	37,857	-10.49%
IMKTA	INGLES MARKETS INC	$71.75	-2.09%	-1.85%	-5.37%	-14.65%	-11.39%	-22.41%	17.07%	161.38%	212.09%	$93.00	$71.70	22.85%	0.07%	0.47	96,019	47.49%
COKE	COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC	$826.00	-0.96%	-0.60%	-1.22%	-4.92%	28.88%	38.93%	181.67%	154.13%	904.50%	$961.91	$584.69	14.13%	41.27%	0.82	50,029	28.82%
STG	SUNLANDS TECHNOLOGY GROUP	$7.99	6.39%	0.63%	-18.05%	-11.62%	41.42%	17.50%	-36.71%	-78.48%	N/A	$12.55	$2.97	36.33%	169.39%	0.32	937	-85.45%
TGT	TARGET CORP	$160.98	-1.68%	-3.32%	-9.47%	14.56%	48.14%	2.46%	-22.33%	107.93%	160.70%	$181.86	$102.93	11.48%	56.40%	0.83	3,418,085	26.67%
BG	BUNGE GLOBAL SA	$101.76	-1.66%	-7.17%	-0.52%	12.69%	-4.41%	9.96%	20.54%	94.16%	27.76%	$116.59	$86.10	12.72%	18.19%	0.80	1,473,033	18.20%
HSY	HERSHEY CO	$193.92	0.75%	3.66%	-2.19%	-1.75%	4.27%	-29.83%	18.03%	55.32%	101.50%	$276.71	$178.82	29.92%	8.44%	0.56	3,132,627	5.83%
UVV	UNIVERSAL CORP	$51.43	-0.29%	-0.85%	0.82%	-12.39%	14.42%	-5.67%	-8.54%	-4.51%	-5.75%	$67.80	$44.40	24.14%	15.83%	0.57	149,085	1.15%
LANC	LANCASTER COLONY CORP	$190.81	0.24%	2.11%	-7.58%	1.87%	13.93%	-10.30%	3.30%	28.31%	101.11%	$220.65	$158.88	13.52%	20.10%	0.64	162,660	15.06%
SYY	SYSCO CORP	$74.32	-3.76%	-3.43%	-7.76%	-8.04%	13.40%	-3.25%	-12.29%	5.61%	104.01%	$82.89	$62.24	10.34%	19.42%	1.06	7,918,665	156.39%
OLLI	OLLIE's BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDINGS INC	$73.14	1.71%	-2.76%	-1.47%	-0.08%	-5.21%	11.78%	-20.73%	-23.53%	N/A	$84.38	$52.93	13.32%	38.18%	0.96	1,044,906	-13.38%
PG	PROCTER & GAMBLE CO	$163.20	0.95%	1.05%	1.63%	3.63%	9.34%	4.23%	22.32%	53.27%	97.70%	$164.32	$141.45	0.68%	15.38%	0.58	7,482,074	61.92%
INGR	INGREDION INC	$114.59	-0.41%	0.23%	-2.25%	4.88%	22.58%	7.77%	22.67%	20.94%	62.65%	$118.83	$89.54	3.57%	27.98%	0.75	201,369	-38.09%
CCEP	COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC	$72.02	0.01%	4.18%	3.94%	4.17%	23.22%	11.21%	26.75%	34.39%	N/A	$72.67	$56.28	0.89%	27.97%	0.88	1,393,425	58.43%
DAR	DARLING INGREDIENTS INC	$42.37	-4.16%	-1.78%	-6.67%	-4.94%	-3.75%	-28.19%	-38.99%	94.27%	111.74%	$71.60	$38.97	40.82%	8.74%	1.18	2,403,449	12.62%
CHD	CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC	$107.89	0.92%	1.11%	2.73%	7.35%	18.87%	11.62%	25.83%	43.95%	212.68%	$108.10	$82.25	0.19%	31.17%	0.42	1,620,024	4.89%
ALCO	ALICO INC	$27.91	-2.24%	-1.31%	-4.74%	-6.97%	15.86%	17.81%	-6.87%	0.47%	-20.07%	$31.00	$22.58	9.97%	23.60%	0.73	24,691	43.18%
RLX	RLX TECHNOLOGY INC	$1.94	-1.02%	6.01%	2.11%	8.99%	14.79%	-22.40%	-82.19%	N/A	N/A	$2.51	$1.39	22.71%	39.57%	1.40	3,765,819	7.02%
THS	TREEHOUSE FOODS INC	$37.55	0.89%	2.34%	-2.97%	-11.56%	-9.87%	-30.58%	-21.11%	-43.94%	-49.83%	$55.30	$34.76	32.10%	8.03%	0.48	406,003	-14.70%
KMB	KIMBERLY CLARK CORP	$136.53	0.44%	0.36%	6.00%	12.19%	14.23%	-6.39%	2.41%	6.35%	21.63%	$147.02	$116.32	7.14%	17.38%	0.45	2,873,483	33.78%
UG	UNITED GUARDIAN INC	$8.21	-1.91%	0.86%	4.59%	12.31%	37.52%	-16.22%	-43.84%	-56.81%	-73.52%	$10.23	$5.79	19.77%	41.80%	0.38	6,788	71.76%
LRN	STRIDE INC	$66.75	-1.79%	14.69%	5.95%	11.03%	20.84%	55.85%	133.15%	121.61%	181.88%	$69.70	$35.61	4.23%	87.45%	0.42	631,155	-13.22%
EPC	EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE CO	$37.62	0.16%	-0.24%	-0.56%	-0.19%	8.29%	-13.66%	-1.52%	-8.76%	-66.32%	$46.13	$33.71	18.45%	11.62%	0.89	273,765	-4.14%
TR	TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC	$29.71	-0.20%	-2.01%	-6.37%	-7.60%	-0.93%	-21.60%	-3.07%	-18.83%	29.62%	$38.77	$28.22	23.36%	5.28%	0.34	62,512	5.34%
ABEV	AMBEV SA	$2.32	-1.69%	0.87%	-4.13%	-11.79%	-4.53%	-16.85%	-16.55%	-50.74%	-68.00%	$3.23	$2.23	28.17%	4.04%	0.82	11,224,885	69.00%
MGPI	MGP INGREDIENTS INC	$78.44	-3.80%	-1.41%	-8.10%	-11.49%	-17.71%	-19.51%	30.52%	-10.73%	1,243.15%	$124.96	$75.78	37.23%	3.51%	0.73	318,871	15.34%
PEP	PEPSICO INC	$175.91	-0.13%	2.74%	1.69%	3.71%	8.40%	-8.23%	22.02%	37.38%	104.81%	$196.88	$155.83	10.65%	12.89%	0.69	4,454,444	39.24%
PRMW	PRIMO WATER CORP	$18.87	-0.53%	0.69%	3.57%	26.22%	43.94%	22.45%	12.72%	21.66%	132.39%	$19.02	$12.27	0.76%	53.85%	0.77	1,104,329	-0.18%
LW	LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC	$83.34	-1.57%	-0.45%	-20.61%	-19.49%	-6.90%	-25.72%	3.53%	18.97%	N/A	$117.38	$77.41	29.00%	7.66%	0.87	2,285,651	38.36%
USFD	US FOODS HOLDING CORP	$50.25	-2.43%	-0.99%	-7.25%	7.49%	33.36%	31.58%	21.20%	37.48%	N/A	$54.94	$35.66	8.54%	40.91%	1.33	2,087,074	58.33%
GO	GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP	$25.97	0.74%	-4.49%	-9.42%	1.92%	-6.41%	-12.44%	-35.70%	N/A	N/A	$36.54	$23.41	28.93%	10.94%	0.47	1,044,769	-9.97%
VITL	VITAL FARMS INC	$26.76	-0.30%	1.94%	13.20%	77.45%	146.64%	103.50%	10.03%	N/A	N/A	$27.41	$10.00	2.37%	167.60%	0.81	846,753	71.01%
ADM	ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO	$58.66	-3.34%	-5.07%	-5.92%	4.75%	-17.87%	-24.60%	-7.08%	31.52%	34.14%	$87.30	$50.72	32.81%	15.65%	0.81	6,728,011	126.00%
VGR	VECTOR GROUP LTD	$10.35	-0.77%	-0.96%	-3.36%	-4.17%	0.68%	-18.95%	-20.69%	14.04%	-34.88%	$13.43	$9.80	22.93%	5.61%	0.74	838,818	-0.72%
KDP	KEURIG DR PEPPER INC	$33.70	0.00%	6.11%	7.91%	5.97%	12.26%	3.47%	-6.00%	15.93%	-39.19%	$34.66	$27.66	2.76%	21.86%	0.53	6,022,402	-32.45%
MDLZ	MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC	$71.94	0.15%	1.68%	3.13%	-5.76%	9.03%	-6.84%	18.30%	41.47%	101.80%	$78.54	$60.75	8.40%	18.42%	0.68	10,763,430	25.98%
K	KELLANOVA	$57.86	-0.60%	-0.48%	1.40%	4.65%	15.26%	-18.27%	-7.31%	-4.05%	-13.42%	$72.30	$47.63	19.97%	21.49%	0.34	4,672,857	58.02%
BJ	BJ's WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS INC	$74.68	-1.13%	-0.32%	0.05%	14.19%	8.63%	-1.81%	67.18%	163.42%	N/A	$80.42	$60.33	7.13%	23.79%	0.50	2,190,082	97.96%
CENT	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO	$40.95	-0.70%	-2.69%	-2.87%	6.75%	18.08%	39.44%	-5.45%	89.72%	529.61%	$44.45	$28.48	7.87%	43.79%	0.71	54,643	35.73%
YSG	YATSEN HOLDING LTD	$4.37	-2.67%	11.20%	90.83%	41.88%	-6.78%	-14.31%	-91.61%	N/A	N/A	$6.65	$1.99	34.29%	119.60%	1.11	276,013	-42.22%
AIU	META DATA LTD	$0.52	1.96%	-11.11%	-28.96%	-47.84%	-48.00%	-50.94%	-99.24%	-99.76%	N/A	$1.70	$0.49	69.41%	6.12%	0.35	18,535	407.25%
NUS	NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC	$11.76	-4.23%	-7.76%	-12.76%	-37.08%	-38.46%	-70.63%	-77.75%	-76.88%	-86.48%	$40.68	$11.73	71.09%	0.26%	0.79	660,675	41.18%
HRL	HORMEL FOODS CORP	$35.56	0.40%	1.20%	1.66%	15.91%	10.92%	-12.48%	-23.03%	-10.97%	49.13%	$41.73	$28.51	14.79%	24.73%	0.35	4,478,344	204.68%
CAG	CONAGRA BRANDS INC	$30.78	-0.52%	-1.57%	3.71%	4.55%	13.04%	-19.47%	-17.01%	0.00%	0.88%	$38.73	$25.16	20.53%	22.34%	0.37	6,131,266	69.13%
KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	$38.61	-0.10%	1.42%	4.18%	3.37%	22.11%	-2.89%	-6.49%	16.16%	N/A	$41.47	$30.68	6.90%	25.85%	0.64	9,557,054	55.20%
PM	PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC	$94.94	-0.69%	-2.79%	3.83%	3.47%	6.21%	-4.44%	-0.06%	9.68%	11.13%	$100.70	$87.23	5.72%	8.84%	0.70	6,408,523	82.65%
VTRU	VITRU LTD	$12.30	-3.53%	-7.52%	-18.00%	-14.29%	-11.06%	-13.56%	7.89%	N/A	N/A	$18.05	$9.80	31.86%	25.51%	0.18	29,191	37.68%
CALM	CAL-MAINE FOODS INC	$55.33	-4.04%	-7.29%	-5.50%	-0.47%	21.44%	18.28%	48.10%	34.59%	85.58%	$64.76	$42.25	14.56%	30.96%	0.37	671,137	-11.73%
LAUR	LAUREATE EDUCATION INC	$14.50	-3.33%	1.75%	-1.02%	13.10%	1.05%	16.84%	5.45%	-7.88%	N/A	$15.06	$11.34	3.69%	27.87%	0.95	1,069,125	62.50%
NGVC	NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE INC	$16.36	-1.62%	2.00%	-5.60%	5.62%	35.43%	56.11%	4.07%	32.15%	-54.04%	$19.35	$9.95	15.43%	64.42%	0.63	30,811	-15.21%
BRBR	BELLRING BRANDS INC	$55.17	-1.76%	-1.78%	-7.45%	-2.01%	27.06%	51.52%	113.92%	N/A	N/A	$62.76	$34.58	12.09%	59.54%	0.75	1,161,954	18.76%
NOMD	NOMAD FOODS LTD	$18.06	-2.17%	-3.68%	-7.90%	0.39%	30.96%	-5.45%	-38.07%	-13.17%	N/A	$20.05	$13.56	9.93%	33.19%	0.51	383,735	-47.41%
AGRO	ADECOAGRO SA	$10.85	-2.60%	-2.60%	-0.46%	5.24%	1.97%	27.95%	16.54%	59.56%	21.64%	$12.51	$8.12	13.27%	33.70%	0.83	631,024	-52.88%
CPB	CAMPBELL SOUP CO	$45.71	1.74%	1.67%	2.35%	2.31%	13.14%	-16.33%	-4.27%	18.14%	0.48%	$55.05	$37.94	16.96%	20.48%	0.29	2,700,258	47.84%
DEO	DIAGEO PLC	$138.16	-0.78%	-1.65%	-6.53%	-4.47%	-9.25%	-25.25%	-22.97%	-18.07%	12.53%	$188.23	$135.63	26.60%	1.86%	0.71	1,161,495	133.13%
TPB	TURNING POINT BRANDS INC	$28.84	1.51%	2.78%	-0.96%	12.88%	42.84%	21.95%	-40.93%	-32.57%	N/A	$29.86	$19.67	3.42%	46.62%	0.78	76,640	29.73%
LND	BRASILAGRO - BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE CO	$5.01	-1.76%	0.40%	0.60%	-1.57%	4.59%	6.14%	-19.97%	27.81%	25.25%	$6.00	$4.49	16.50%	11.58%	0.55	80,888	-41.78%
TANH	TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$0.57	0.53%	-0.53%	-17.56%	-12.48%	-75.41%	-86.82%	-99.81%	-99.85%	N/A	$3.94	$0.53	85.58%	6.77%	0.51	150,084	133.45%
MKC	MCCORMICK & CO INC	$76.06	-0.30%	1.39%	-0.73%	9.80%	19.25%	-13.97%	-15.83%	-1.20%	113.65%	$94.39	$59.13	19.42%	28.63%	0.57	3,019,014	117.79%
CCU	UNITED BREWERIES CO INC	$12.10	-3.28%	1.68%	0.50%	0.83%	6.89%	-24.04%	-33.99%	-56.06%	-48.66%	$17.74	$10.82	31.79%	11.83%	0.62	126,767	108.08%
DOLE	DOLE PLC	$12.17	-1.38%	-0.73%	3.31%	4.82%	8.08%	-2.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.01	$10.55	13.10%	15.36%	0.62	234,642	0.73%
VSTA	VASTA PLATFORM LTD	$3.80	0.26%	0.00%	-5.24%	-6.17%	-5.00%	-7.65%	-61.18%	N/A	N/A	$4.55	$3.10	16.48%	22.58%	0.38	555	-92.02%
BF.B	BROWN FORMAN CORP	$47.85	-1.73%	-3.12%	-6.21%	-14.72%	-13.36%	-26.71%	-37.27%	-10.21%	33.33%	$71.27	$47.65	32.86%	0.42%	0.75	2,888,240	110.60%
SNDL	SNDL INC	$2.47	22.89%	19.32%	25.38%	84.33%	82.96%	60.39%	-71.40%	N/A	N/A	$2.67	$1.25	7.49%	97.60%	1.27	22,379,969	573.34%
WMK	WEIS MARKETS INC	$63.13	-0.71%	0.38%	-1.14%	3.05%	-3.62%	-23.91%	21.76%	50.13%	36.97%	$82.98	$58.75	23.92%	7.46%	0.41	62,943	-57.68%
UL	UNILEVER PLC	$51.85	0.68%	8.07%	4.01%	5.73%	10.41%	-6.31%	-11.70%	-14.72%	15.89%	$55.77	$46.16	7.03%	12.32%	0.54	3,004,271	-10.15%

Consumer Staple Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Beverages - Brewers	6	-2.92%	-2.52%	-7.99%	-5.23%	27.63x	1.64x	+12.08%	+5.16%	+11.59%	+19.96%	Buy
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	16	-0.89%	+0.74%	-1.07%	+21.88%	26.75x	7.06x	+39.71%	+10.15%	+18.00%	+11.22%	Strong Buy
Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	12	-2.24%	-2.41%	-5.98%	-11.88%	20.31x	6.03x	+35.38%	+9.39%	+15.62%	+25.45%	Strong Buy
Confectioners	4	+0.49%	+2.56%	-1.44%	-24.63%	22.21x	4.14x	+24.71%	+8.83%	+15.77%	+6.30%	Buy
Discount Stores	11	-0.75%	-0.90%	-3.76%	+10.41%	33.13x	6.88x	+23.14%	+7.20%	+19.13%	+10.24%	Buy
Education & Training Services	44	-2.27%	-0.24%	-5.78%	+14.61%	-294.13x	2.02x	+8.81%	+4.51%	+20.92%	+28.49%	Buy
Farm Products	23	-1.81%	-3.93%	-0.85%	-17.49%	-2.29x	1.24x	+8.10%	+3.70%	+9.81%	+7.61%	Buy
Food Distribution	12	-1.71%	-2.87%	-8.46%	-7.08%	21.15x	4.00x	+61.90%	+6.38%	+14.92%	+20.37%	Buy
Grocery Stores	12	-1.21%	-0.59%	-3.30%	+0.03%	15.69x	3.17x	+23.71%	+4.47%	+9.13%	+4.78%	Hold
Household & Personal Products	29	-0.55%	-1.72%	-5.41%	-7.51%	31.60x	7.46x	+170.09%	+10.53%	+20.80%	+11.94%	Buy
Packaged Foods	63	-0.48%	-0.13%	-4.12%	-17.17%	8.63x	2.16x	+12.43%	+5.44%	+11.47%	+12.81%	Buy
Pharmaceutical Retailers	9	+1.22%	-1.87%	-16.58%	-54.82%	-2.69x	1.15x	-32.62%	-6.64%	-13.12%	+49.96%	Buy
Tobacco	12	+0.13%	-0.27%	+1.19%	-42.42%	10.92x	5.80x	-97.02%	+9.40%	+21.76%	+10.08%	Strong 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 -44.64% over the past year, underperforming other consumer staple stocks by -40 percentage points.

Duckhorn Portfolio has an average 1 year price target of $11.63, an upside of 37.25% from Duckhorn Portfolio's current stock price of $8.47.

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 58.69% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 63 percentage points.

3. Mama's Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA)

Mama's Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) 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. Mama's Creations has seen its stock return 165.18% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 170 percentage points.

Mama's Creations has an average 1 year price target of $7.83, an upside of 31.87% from Mama's Creations's current stock price of $5.94.

Mama's Creations stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Mama's Creations, 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.

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 217.47%, which is 210 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 7.06%.

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 134.23%, which is 127 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 7.06%.

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 12.8%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 7.06%. 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 down?

Consumer staple stocks were down -1.12% in the last day, and down -0.83% over the last week. Chegg was the among the top losers in the consumer defensive sector, dropping -27.89% yesterday.

Chegg shares are trading lower after the company reported Q1 financial results and issued Q1 total net revenue guidance below estimates. Also, Piper Sandler reiterated an Underweight rating on the stock and lowered its price target from $8.5 to $6.

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. Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA)

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is the most undervalued consumer staple stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Village Super Market has a valuation score of 100, which is 72 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 28. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Village Super Market's stock has gained 28.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 33 percentage points.

2. Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA)

Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) is the second most undervalued consumer staple stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Ingles Markets has a valuation score of 100, which is 72 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 28. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ingles Markets's stock has dropped -22.41% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by -18 percentage points.

3. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is the third most undervalued consumer staple stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Perdoceo Education has a valuation score of 100, which is 72 points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 28. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Perdoceo Education's stock has gained 38.64% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 43 percentage points.

Are consumer staple stocks a good buy now?

39.19% of consumer staple stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect consumer staple stocks to rise by 13.92% 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 21.32x.

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