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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 %
COOT	AUSTRALIAN OILSEEDS HOLDINGS LTD	$1.06	-3.64%	-15.87%	-24.29%	-91.00%	-90.97%	-90.24%	-89.45%	N/A	N/A	$11.96	$1.06	91.14%	0.00%	-0.03	19,997	-67.32%
SJM	J M SMUCKER CO	$115.34	1.70%	1.97%	1.59%	-11.10%	6.07%	-27.18%	-16.72%	-9.11%	14.64%	$158.60	$107.33	27.28%	7.46%	0.32	839,560	4.12%
KLG	WK KELLOGG CO	$21.77	-1.94%	-6.16%	3.62%	72.64%	105.77%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.63	$9.66	11.61%	125.48%	0.43	1,382,769	6.85%
PLAG	PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP	$0.20	-2.50%	0.00%	-13.33%	-41.62%	-64.55%	-61.61%	-88.53%	-95.22%	-99.28%	$1.14	$0.16	82.86%	21.88%	0.56	36,854	402.85%
LOCL	LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION	$2.90	-1.69%	11.11%	19.83%	17.41%	0.00%	-57.06%	-97.72%	N/A	N/A	$6.50	$1.17	55.39%	147.86%	0.84	3,853	-47.23%
GNS	GENIUS GROUP LTD	$0.39	3.96%	-1.25%	-8.37%	6.20%	-33.33%	-63.52%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.48	$0.24	84.11%	65.55%	1.19	2,763,461	157.00%
DLTR	DOLLAR TREE INC	$121.04	0.74%	0.26%	-5.97%	-15.26%	6.10%	-21.46%	4.31%	16.36%	127.05%	$161.10	$102.77	24.87%	17.78%	0.75	2,129,569	-36.35%
JVA	COFFEE HOLDING CO INC	$1.51	-0.66%	6.34%	8.63%	36.04%	80.41%	-8.87%	-71.29%	-70.04%	-78.18%	$1.85	$0.67	18.38%	125.37%	0.38	38,889	251.62%
BTI	BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC	$30.67	1.02%	2.88%	5.21%	-0.84%	0.56%	-11.87%	-22.92%	-18.43%	-47.46%	$34.28	$28.25	10.53%	8.57%	0.59	2,727,056	-11.82%
ASAI	SENDAS DISTRIBUTOR SA	$12.92	-0.31%	-3.29%	-8.43%	-6.31%	0.54%	9.40%	-23.00%	N/A	N/A	$15.25	$10.44	15.28%	23.75%	0.73	350,483	83.54%
NWL	NEWELL BRANDS INC	$8.09	-1.70%	5.61%	10.37%	10.97%	18.27%	-14.93%	-72.36%	-47.19%	-72.59%	$11.61	$6.50	30.32%	24.56%	1.11	2,343,865	-41.51%
ISPR	ISPIRE TECHNOLOGY INC	$5.88	-2.49%	3.89%	5.95%	-49.13%	-33.86%	-36.09%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.78	$5.01	70.27%	17.48%	0.72	58,255	-14.70%
AGRI	AGRIFORCE GROWING SYSTEMS LTD	$0.10	-1.00%	-33.11%	-39.26%	-60.40%	-90.66%	-99.65%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$25.25	$0.10	99.61%	4.21%	0.29	1,009,738	-13.48%
BOF	BRANCHOUT FOOD INC	$1.97	-2.96%	-17.23%	50.38%	-20.56%	28.34%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.20	$1.04	68.23%	89.42%	0.97	46,500	24.56%
PAVS	PARANOVUS ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD	$1.18	6.31%	11.32%	-15.71%	-50.63%	-43.81%	-69.84%	-96.47%	N/A	N/A	$4.84	$0.99	75.62%	19.19%	0.35	596	-48.40%
BGS	B&G FOODS INC	$8.01	-3.26%	-29.68%	-25.83%	-21.32%	-3.73%	-41.91%	-72.46%	-64.34%	-75.36%	$15.15	$7.20	47.13%	11.25%	0.48	4,097,213	-39.80%
UTZ	UTZ BRANDS INC	$18.32	-0.54%	-4.78%	4.21%	-3.48%	49.43%	0.16%	-32.45%	83.35%	N/A	$20.04	$11.17	8.58%	64.01%	0.37	649,774	-37.50%
EEIQ	EPICQUEST EDUCATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.02	0.00%	6.25%	-1.92%	-38.92%	17.92%	-26.09%	-80.46%	N/A	N/A	$3.30	$0.73	69.09%	40.50%	1.54	2,106	132.71%
GSUN	GOLDEN SUN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD	$4.33	-9.98%	47.78%	16.74%	-57.55%	-15.10%	-65.36%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.50	$2.21	65.36%	95.93%	1.65	209,454	-65.58%
BEDU	BRIGHT SCHOLAR EDUCATION HOLDINGS LTD	$1.94	0.00%	2.11%	6.59%	11.49%	83.02%	7.78%	-90.62%	-95.66%	N/A	$3.23	$0.81	39.94%	138.92%	0.48	21	-99.62%
LFLY	LEAFLY HOLDINGS INC	$1.90	-22.45%	-33.33%	-36.52%	-42.07%	-70.90%	-75.58%	-99.04%	N/A	N/A	$16.00	$1.87	88.13%	1.60%	0.46	121,777	45.61%
SISI	SHINECO INC	$0.77	1.98%	-6.99%	12.70%	-42.81%	-27.31%	-85.83%	-99.49%	-99.22%	N/A	$6.93	$0.61	88.86%	26.35%	0.41	9,983	33.68%
HAIN	HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC	$7.03	0.00%	3.38%	12.48%	-28.99%	-37.01%	-53.38%	-82.62%	-69.27%	-85.10%	$14.20	$5.69	50.49%	23.66%	0.65	1,146,639	-48.92%
STKL	SUNOPTA INC	$5.84	-0.34%	4.19%	-6.71%	-7.45%	32.43%	-27.99%	-47.29%	33.64%	-48.32%	$7.94	$2.79	26.45%	109.32%	0.98	1,227,211	-63.25%
VWE	VINTAGE WINE ESTATES INC	$0.35	1.16%	12.99%	16.00%	-28.10%	-39.79%	-72.38%	-96.54%	N/A	N/A	$1.32	$0.19	73.64%	84.13%	1.05	467,057	64.07%
COE	51TALK ONLINE EDUCATION GROUP	$7.11	-1.32%	-2.54%	6.36%	1.50%	-9.14%	15.53%	-90.73%	-70.54%	N/A	$9.24	$5.55	23.11%	28.02%	0.58	1,859	-57.69%
WEST	WESTROCK COFFEE CO	$10.50	-1.59%	-0.19%	4.27%	-0.57%	41.22%	-9.87%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.91	$6.88	11.84%	52.62%	0.27	217,351	-8.22%
AFRI	FORAFRIC GLOBAL PLC	$10.48	0.58%	0.00%	0.67%	0.58%	-5.84%	-4.73%	5.33%	N/A	N/A	$12.00	$9.35	12.67%	12.09%	0.18	1,261	-36.44%
DNUT	KRISPY KREME INC	$13.01	0.54%	2.76%	-12.86%	-5.93%	1.48%	-13.21%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.84	$11.52	27.07%	12.93%	0.87	2,057,961	-50.49%
RMCF	ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY INC	$3.50	-0.57%	-2.23%	-3.07%	-14.00%	-13.47%	-33.87%	-41.67%	-63.31%	-69.62%	$5.99	$3.45	41.57%	1.45%	0.30	16,327	98.89%
TCTM	TCTM KIDS IT EDUCATION INC	$2.06	0.00%	-0.43%	-3.29%	106.00%	14.44%	-31.33%	-89.16%	-90.62%	-95.02%	$4.04	$0.75	48.95%	174.67%	0.36	36	-95.13%
SMFL	SMART FOR LIFE INC	$3.35	8.77%	-6.42%	-19.57%	-49.62%	-73.70%	-97.63%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$319.42	$2.66	98.95%	25.94%	1.42	1,266,615	906.64%
BIMI	BIMI HOLDINGS INC	$1.06	-5.36%	-3.64%	-16.54%	-62.14%	-22.63%	26.19%	-98.47%	-99.34%	-97.79%	$4.13	$0.80	74.33%	32.50%	0.50	52,385	185.79%
VINE	FRESH VINE WINE INC	$0.69	-0.72%	25.09%	13.72%	-12.91%	72.00%	26.24%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.06	$0.21	35.09%	221.50%	0.83	34,644	51.67%
HLF	HERBALIFE LTD	$10.63	0.47%	10.96%	23.60%	-15.57%	-17.72%	-22.58%	-78.87%	-77.92%	-65.28%	$19.48	$6.68	45.43%	59.13%	0.92	1,416,868	-22.49%
STKH	STEAKHOLDER FOODS LTD	$3.65	-10.76%	-15.12%	-27.44%	-47.28%	-37.08%	-55.49%	-95.33%	N/A	N/A	$17.60	$3.55	79.26%	2.82%	1.00	15,507	41.26%
XXII	22ND CENTURY GROUP INC	$1.53	-4.38%	-8.38%	-8.38%	-36.38%	-76.62%	-99.08%	-99.86%	-99.67%	-99.76%	$170.40	$1.45	99.10%	5.52%	1.36	156,944	-23.55%
NUZE	NUZEE INC	$2.44	2.95%	66.55%	95.20%	33.33%	-12.23%	-77.11%	-97.62%	N/A	N/A	$13.00	$1.13	81.23%	115.93%	0.43	140,208	-53.10%
TWOU	2U INC	$0.31	-15.30%	-8.82%	-11.93%	-66.23%	-69.90%	-91.22%	-99.14%	-99.26%	-97.12%	$4.81	$0.23	93.56%	34.20%	1.69	1,834,904	123.38%
BRLS	BOREALIS FOODS INC	$4.00	0.25%	0.00%	-17.36%	-51.52%	-64.06%	-62.07%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.50	$3.71	68.00%	7.82%	-0.02	15,999	112.75%
AAGR	AFRICAN AGRICULTURE HOLDINGS INC	$0.41	-4.65%	17.48%	-1.20%	-54.44%	-96.14%	-96.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.89	$0.29	97.42%	41.38%	-0.01	48,855	-0.57%
EDBL	EDIBLE GARDEN AG INC	$3.95	-8.56%	-18.39%	-37.94%	-58.07%	-68.70%	-88.24%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$89.60	$3.62	95.59%	9.12%	1.60	127,325	32.02%
NAII	NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC	$6.67	1.06%	5.87%	-0.74%	8.81%	3.73%	-14.76%	-53.03%	-46.51%	21.72%	$7.93	$5.06	15.89%	31.82%	0.41	5,941	60.92%
DTCK	DAVIS COMMODITIES LTD	$1.09	-5.22%	-8.09%	-0.91%	9.33%	-34.73%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.00	$0.76	87.89%	44.18%	0.80	175,103	-46.78%
HPCO	HEMPACCO CO INC	$0.94	0.75%	-7.23%	-19.91%	-68.82%	-76.58%	-84.64%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.10	$0.88	84.64%	7.09%	0.12	93,112	26.05%
TWG	TOP WEALTH GROUP HOLDING LTD	$1.05	-0.94%	-9.48%	-45.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.50	$1.04	80.91%	0.96%	-12.12	102,685	-8.49%
JZ	JIANZHI EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD	$2.24	0.00%	3.46%	2.28%	6.67%	5.16%	-31.50%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.45	$1.54	35.07%	45.74%	1.30	193	-97.91%
BIG	BIG LOTS INC	$3.56	-3.26%	-0.84%	-6.56%	-7.77%	-4.56%	-58.99%	-94.79%	-90.25%	-91.06%	$11.06	$3.13	67.81%	13.74%	1.43	811,894	-7.94%
SNAX	STRYVE FOODS INC	$1.68	-6.67%	12.75%	29.23%	13.90%	-35.63%	-74.24%	-98.90%	-98.86%	N/A	$12.75	$1.04	86.82%	61.85%	0.42	16,376	49.85%
NMHI	NATURE's MIRACLE HOLDING INC	$0.84	-5.06%	-4.52%	-25.51%	-90.35%	-92.25%	-91.97%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.55	$0.80	92.69%	5.50%	-0.04	105,915	146.51%
DDC	DDC ENTERPRISE LTD	$0.84	4.87%	13.51%	-40.00%	-49.40%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.50	$0.68	90.12%	23.53%	0.28	2,962	-17.70%
BRSH	BRUUSH ORAL CARE INC	$0.06	0.00%	-14.29%	20.00%	-38.78%	-68.09%	-99.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.73	$0.04	99.38%	39.53%	0.31	2,614,774	63.82%
SKIL	SKILLSOFT CORP	$7.41	4.37%	2.35%	-17.76%	-45.31%	-59.20%	-72.14%	-96.30%	N/A	N/A	$36.48	$5.09	79.69%	45.58%	0.64	37,897	-50.95%

Consumer Staple Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Beverages - Brewers	6	+1.30%	+4.08%	-1.36%	-0.60%	28.91x	1.73x	+11.92%	+5.06%	+11.44%	+12.61%	Buy
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	16	+0.44%	+7.66%	+12.20%	+28.67%	27.36x	7.18x	+39.44%	+10.23%	+18.35%	+6.59%	Strong Buy
Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	12	+0.29%	+2.98%	+0.01%	-7.87%	21.02x	6.23x	+35.43%	+9.40%	+15.64%	+20.49%	Strong Buy
Confectioners	4	+1.85%	+2.84%	+5.51%	-21.86%	21.69x	4.16x	+26.09%	+9.36%	+16.70%	+3.51%	Buy
Discount Stores	11	+0.41%	+4.11%	+3.10%	+16.70%	35.26x	7.17x	+23.25%	+7.26%	+19.35%	+4.60%	Buy
Education & Training Services	44	-0.02%	+4.04%	+6.71%	+30.22%	-338.68x	2.20x	+9.75%	+5.02%	+20.55%	+17.77%	Buy
Farm Products	23	-0.60%	+2.55%	+0.85%	-9.90%	-2.78x	1.29x	+8.80%	+4.08%	+10.45%	+3.47%	Buy
Food Distribution	12	+0.71%	+1.70%	-1.48%	-1.17%	22.72x	4.22x	+57.27%	+6.21%	+14.94%	+16.53%	Strong Buy
Grocery Stores	12	+1.28%	+1.20%	+2.34%	+10.05%	15.88x	3.22x	+23.88%	+4.57%	+9.25%	+0.77%	Hold
Household & Personal Products	29	-0.05%	+2.60%	+1.65%	-1.29%	25.72x	7.64x	+172.23%	+10.68%	+21.00%	+10.94%	Buy
Packaged Foods	63	+0.43%	+3.80%	+4.84%	-11.51%	23.24x	2.19x	+12.30%	+5.69%	+11.88%	+9.51%	Buy
Pharmaceutical Retailers	9	-4.28%	-4.92%	-13.90%	-55.50%	-2.63x	1.11x	-32.58%	-6.64%	-13.16%	+60.04%	Buy
Tobacco	12	+0.33%	+2.21%	+11.07%	-37.25%	11.42x	6.04x	-96.45%	+9.36%	+21.68%	+6.31%	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 -43.51% 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 40.59% from Duckhorn Portfolio's current stock price of $8.18.

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. Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE)

Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE) 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 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Andersons has seen its stock return 47.43% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 45 percentage points.

Andersons has an average 1 year price target of $65.00, an upside of 21.72% from Andersons's current stock price of $53.40.

Andersons stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Andersons, 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. Acme United (NYSEMKT:ACU)

Acme United (NYSEMKT:ACU) is the third 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 56.08% over the past year, overperforming other consumer staple stocks by 54 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 249.03%, which is 242 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 7.35%.

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 138.89%, which is 132 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 7.35%.

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 13.03%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the consumer staple sector average of 7.35%. 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 0.36% in the last day, and up 3.89% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why consumer staple stocks are up.

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 -9.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by -13 percentage points.

2. Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR)

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) is the second most undervalued consumer staple stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Natures Sunshine Products 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.

Natures Sunshine Products's stock has gained 54.94% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 52 percentage points.

3. Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA)

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is the third 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 41.4% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the consumer staple sector by 39 percentage points.

Are consumer staple stocks a good buy now?

41.1% of consumer staple stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect consumer staple stocks to rise by 9.64% 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 21.15x.

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