Consumer Defensive Stocks: 135 U.S.-Listed Companies by Market Cap

EquiReason covers 135 U.S.-listed companies in the Consumer Defensive sector, with a combined market cap of $4.04T. The largest by market cap: Walmart Inc. (WMT, $951.2B), Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST, $444.6B), The Coca-Cola Company (KO, $398.9B), The Procter & Gamble Company (PG, $373.2B), Philip Morris International Inc. (PM, $310.9B).

Sector and industry classification and market cap at the latest close: EquiReason company data · financial statements on each company's page come from its SEC filings

Industries in Consumer Defensive

Packaged Foods (36) · Education & Training Services (24) · Household & Personal Products (18) · Farm Products (11) · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic (10) · Discount Stores (8) · Grocery Stores (8) · Food Distribution (7) · Tobacco (4) · Beverages - Brewers (3) · Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries (3) · Confectioners (3)

Companies by market cap

#	Company	Industry	Market cap
1	WMT Walmart Inc.	Discount Stores	$951.2B
2	COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	Discount Stores	$444.6B
3	KO The Coca-Cola Company	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$398.9B
4	PG The Procter & Gamble Company	Household & Personal Products	$373.2B
5	PM Philip Morris International Inc.	Tobacco	$310.9B
6	PEP PepsiCo, Inc.	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$185.0B
7	MO Altria Group, Inc.	Tobacco	$124.1B
8	MNST Monster Beverage Corporation	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$90.5B
9	MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc.	Confectioners	$81.4B
10	CL Colgate-Palmolive Company	Household & Personal Products	$75.0B
11	TGT Target Corporation	Discount Stores	$69.4B
12	CCEP Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$49.8B
13	KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$47.2B
14	KR The Kroger Co.	Grocery Stores	$39.4B
15	EL The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$39.3B
16	SYY Sysco Corporation	Food Distribution	$39.0B
17	ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Company	Farm Products	$38.6B
18	KVUE Kenvue Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$37.6B
19	KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation	Household & Personal Products	$36.6B
20	HSY The Hershey Company	Confectioners	$34.1B
21	KHC The Kraft Heinz Company	Packaged Foods	$29.4B
22	DG Dollar General Corporation	Discount Stores	$29.3B
23	CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$25.0B
24	STZ Constellation Brands, Inc.	Beverages - Brewers	$23.7B
25	DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc.	Discount Stores	$23.5B
26	USFD US Foods Holding Corp.	Food Distribution	$21.8B
27	TSN Tyson Foods, Inc.	Farm Products	$19.9B
28	BG Bunge Global SA	Farm Products	$19.8B
29	GIS General Mills, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$18.4B
30	PFGC Performance Food Group Company	Food Distribution	$14.9B
31	SJM The J. M. Smucker Company	Packaged Foods	$13.9B
32	BF-A Brown-Forman Corporation	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	$13.8B
33	JBS JBS N.V.	Packaged Foods	$13.8B
34	COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$13.5B
35	BF-B Brown-Forman Corporation	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	$13.5B
36	BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.	Discount Stores	$13.4B
37	MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated	Packaged Foods	$12.9B
38	HRL Hormel Foods Corporation	Packaged Foods	$11.6B
39	CLX The Clorox Company	Household & Personal Products	$10.4B
40	EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.	Education & Training Services	$9.0B
41	DAR Darling Ingredients Inc.	Packaged Foods	$8.9B
42	LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$7.4B
43	SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$7.3B
44	TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company	Beverages - Brewers	$7.3B
45	CELH Celsius Holdings, Inc.	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$7.2B
46	PRMB Primo Brands Corporation	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$7.1B
47	CAG Conagra Brands, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$7.1B
48	ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$6.7B
49	PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation	Packaged Foods	$6.7B
50	ACI Albertsons Companies, Inc.	Grocery Stores	$6.6B
51	CPB The Campbell's Company	Packaged Foods	$6.2B
52	SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.	Grocery Stores	$6.2B
53	INGR Ingredion Incorporated	Packaged Foods	$6.0B
54	TAL TAL Education Group	Education & Training Services	$5.6B
55	LAUR Laureate Education, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$5.4B
56	PSMT PriceSmart, Inc.	Discount Stores	$5.3B
57	OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.	Discount Stores	$5.2B
58	GHC Graham Holdings Company	Education & Training Services	$5.1B
59	CVSA Covista Inc.	Education & Training Services	$4.5B
60	CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.	Food Distribution	$4.3B
61	LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$4.2B
62	IPAR Interparfums, Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$3.7B
63	POST Post Holdings, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$3.5B
64	FIZZ National Beverage Corp.	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$3.4B
65	LRN Stride, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$3.3B
66	COCO The Vita Coco Company, Inc.	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	$3.2B
67	FRPT Freshpet, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$3.1B
68	MZTI The Marzetti Company	Packaged Foods	$3.0B
69	CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.	Farm Products	$2.9B
70	COTY Coty Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$2.8B
71	CENT Central Garden & Pet Company	Packaged Foods	$2.8B
72	UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc.	Food Distribution	$2.8B
73	TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.	Confectioners	$2.6B
74	CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company	Packaged Foods	$2.4B
75	DAO Youdao, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$2.3B
76	NWL Newell Brands Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$2.3B
77	ANDE The Andersons, Inc.	Food Distribution	$2.2B
78	PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation	Education & Training Services	$2.1B
79	SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc.	Beverages - Brewers	$2.1B
80	UTZ Utz Brands, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$2.1B
81	WMK Weis Markets, Inc.	Grocery Stores	$2.0B
82	SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$1.8B
83	STRA Strategic Education, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$1.8B
84	IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated	Grocery Stores	$1.7B
85	JJSF J&J Snack Foods Corp.	Packaged Foods	$1.6B
86	HLF Herbalife Ltd.	Packaged Foods	$1.4B
87	DMC Del Monte Corporation	Farm Products	$1.4B
88	COUR Coursera, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$1.3B
89	GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.	Grocery Stores	$1.3B
90	FLO Flowers Foods, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$1.3B
91	EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company	Household & Personal Products	$1.3B
92	TPB Turning Point Brands, Inc.	Tobacco	$1.3B
93	DOLE Dole plc	Farm Products	$1.3B
94	UTI Universal Technical Institute, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$1.2B
95	BRBR BellRing Brands, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$1.1B
96	SENEA Seneca Foods Corporation	Packaged Foods	$1.1B
97	SENEB Seneca Foods Corp	Packaged Foods	$1.1B
98	AVO Mission Produce, Inc.	Food Distribution	$1.0B
99	UVV Universal Corporation	Tobacco	$978.3M
100	WEST Westrock Coffee Company	Packaged Foods	$964.1M
101	SMPL The Simply Good Foods Company	Packaged Foods	$920.9M
102	PXED Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$894.7M
103	APEI American Public Education, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$892.6M
104	JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$784.2M
105	NGVC Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.	Grocery Stores	$725.0M
106	LINC Lincoln Educational Services Corporation	Education & Training Services	$687.7M
107	HELE Helen of Troy Limited	Household & Personal Products	$656.6M
108	MAMA Mama's Creations, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$604.4M
109	HNST The Honest Company, Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$515.0M
110	DNUT Krispy Kreme, Inc.	Grocery Stores	$489.3M
111	GOTU Gaotu Techedu Inc.	Education & Training Services	$406.3M
112	VITL Vital Farms, Inc.	Farm Products	$392.4M
113	LWAY Lifeway Foods, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$339.3M
114	MGPI MGP Ingredients, Inc.	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	$336.8M
115	AFRI Forafric Global PLC	Farm Products	$318.2M
116	VFF Village Farms International, Inc.	Farm Products	$314.9M
117	COE 51Talk Online Education Group	Education & Training Services	$287.3M
118	BRCC BRC Inc.	Packaged Foods	$282.8M
119	ALCO ALICO, INC.	Farm Products	$275.7M
120	USNA USANA Health Sciences, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$257.9M
121	NUS Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$233.2M
122	YSG Yatsen Holding Ltd	Household & Personal Products	$227.1M
123	FC Franklin Covey Co.	Education & Training Services	$211.0M
124	KLC KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.	Education & Training Services	$209.8M
125	LMNR Limoneira Company	Farm Products	$195.3M
126	BGS B&G Foods, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$170.7M
127	BYND Beyond Meat, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$122.9M
128	NRDY Nerdy Inc.	Education & Training Services	$78.4M
129	SKIN SkinHealth Systems Inc.	Household & Personal Products	$70.4M
130	IH iHuman Inc.	Education & Training Services	$58.3M
131	YQ 17 Education & Technology Group Inc.	Education & Training Services	$34.5M
132	HAIN The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.	Packaged Foods	$13.7M
133	NAMI Jinxin Technology Holding Co	Education & Training Services	$5.8M
134	LXEH Lixiang Education Holding Co. Ltd.	Education & Training Services	$2.9M
135	STKH Steakholder Foods Ltd.	Packaged Foods	$783,739

Questions

What are the largest consumer defensive stocks?: By market cap: Walmart Inc. (WMT) $951.2B, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) $444.6B, The Coca-Cola Company (KO) $398.9B, The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) $373.2B, Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) $310.9B, PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) $185.0B, Altria Group, Inc. (MO) $124.1B, Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) $90.5B, Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ) $81.4B, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) $75.0B.
How many consumer defensive companies are listed in the U.S.?: EquiReason covers 135 U.S.-listed companies in this sector; the full list is above.

How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.

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