Best Consumer Defensive stocks: sector ranking by MarketKingdoms score

131 Consumer Defensive companies are scored. Their average composite is 59.3, and 0 are in the A range (76+). The leader is Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR) at 75.3 (B+).

Consumer Defensive lens averages

• Industry opportunity: 65
• Stock selection: 73
• KPI momentum: 67
• Catalyst watch: 69
• Price (valuation): 50
• Expansion (growth): 51
• Quality (profitability): 50
• Trend (momentum): 49

All Consumer Defensive companies ranked

#	Company	Industry	Composite	Grade	Industry opportunity	Stock selection	KPI momentum	Catalyst watch	Price	Expansion	Quality	Trend	Valuation gap
1	Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR)	Discount Stores	75.3	B+	80	80	78	75	70	71	71	69	-18.1%
2	New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc ADR (EDU)	Education & Training Services	74.6	B+	76	85	99	71	68	81	72	61	+3.9%
3	Strategic Education Inc (STRA)	Education & Training Services	74.6	B+	76	86	93	74	82	65	62	58	-5.2%
4	Laureate Education Inc (LAUR)	Education & Training Services	74.0	B+	76	84	82	75	58	75	72	78	-3.8%
5	Covista Inc (CVSA)	Education & Training Services	73.2	B+	76	86	94	79	67	70	75	51	-17.6%
6	Perdoceo Education Corp (PRDO)	Education & Training Services	72.5	B+	76	82	82	80	81	63	78	46	-0.1%
7	Chefs' Warehouse Inc (CHEF)	Food Distribution	72.0	B+	78	83	84	77	24	80	44	91	-12.8%
8	Dollar General Corp (DG)	Discount Stores	72.0	B+	80	78	76	77	59	63	57	68	-0.8%
9	Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR)	Packaged Foods	71.3	B+	58	87	99	75	66	72	56	70	-16.5%
10	Target Corp (TGT)	Discount Stores	71.2	B+	80	72	68	72	60	52	56	83	-18.1%
11	Philip Morris International Inc (PM)	Tobacco	70.9	B+	70	84	78	79	35	68	81	82	-2.4%
12	Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc (SPB)	Household & Personal Products	70.5	B+	64	89	93	80	70	45	48	70	-11.6%
13	American Public Education Inc (APEI)	Education & Training Services	70.3	B+	76	80	72	77	58	74	71	56	+6.1%
14	Vita Coco Company Inc (COCO)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	69.9	B	67	77	65	74	33	88	80	64	-29.2%
15	Andersons Inc (ANDE)	Food Distribution	69.4	B	78	83	93	68	58	59	35	60	-13.6%
16	BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (BJ)	Discount Stores	69.0	B	80	77	71	72	42	61	54	70	-5.4%
17	TAL Education Group ADR (TAL)	Education & Training Services	68.9	B	76	73	78	47	78	86	62	40	-11.4%
18	Afya Ltd (AFYA)	Education & Training Services	68.8	B	76	71	64	66	81	64	79	58	+2.5%
19	Ambev SA ADR (ABEV)	Beverages - Brewers	68.6	B	59	84	84	69	74	47	77	64	+3.3%
20	Youdao Inc ADR (DAO)	Education & Training Services	68.6	B	76	80	81	65	12	76	38	91	-18.0%
21	Coca-Cola Co (KO)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	68.6	B	67	81	82	74	29	61	73	85	-4.0%
22	McGraw Hill Inc (MH)	Education & Training Services	68.5	B	76	79	82	72	61	41	63	61	-0.1%
23	Embotelladora Andina SA ADR (AKO-B)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	67.8	B	67	70	73	74	54	66	69	78	+2.6%
24	US Foods Holding Corp (USFD)	Food Distribution	67.6	B	78	81	79	75	44	65	42	71	-6.1%
25	Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)	Discount Stores	67.3	B	80	76	71	79	20	69	60	57	+2.4%
26	Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE)	Education & Training Services	67.3	B	76	82	88	73	60	61	84	33	-16.5%
27	Altria Group Inc (MO)	Tobacco	67.3	B	70	80	76	65	65	36	81	71	+3.0%
28	United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI)	Food Distribution	67.3	B	78	67	50	76	63	66	42	57	-28.9%
29	Central Garden & Pet Co (CENTA)	Packaged Foods	66.9	B	58	79	78	76	70	43	57	72	+4.6%
30	British American Tobacco Plc ADR (BTI)	Tobacco	66.8	B	70	83	78	76	67	48	68	61	-0.8%
31	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Plc (CCEP)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	66.6	B	67	78	78	69	39	58	62	72	-14.1%
32	Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ)	Confectioners	66.5	B	84	83	86	68	40	50	45	66	+10.2%
33	Ollies Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc (OLLI)	Discount Stores	66.4	B	80	75	70	72	46	80	61	33	-2.5%
34	Unilever plc ADR (UL)	Household & Personal Products	66.4	B	64	86	82	76	46	33	81	57	+1.5%
35	Church & Dwight Co Inc (CHD)	Household & Personal Products	66.2	B	64	87	93	78	33	56	67	70	+6.5%
36	Hershey Company (HSY)	Confectioners	66.2	B	84	74	78	64	50	64	73	40	+0.9%
37	Newell Brands Inc (NWL)	Household & Personal Products	66.2	B	64	87	88	78	53	55	21	69	-37.7%
38	Sysco Corp (SYY)	Food Distribution	66.0	B	78	79	81	72	52	54	50	58	-7.8%
39	Stride Inc (LRN)	Education & Training Services	65.8	B	76	65	55	71	85	61	75	11	-53.8%
40	Mama's Creations Inc (MAMA)	Packaged Foods	65.4	B	58	85	90	69	17	89	62	46	-10.2%
41	Performance Food Group Company (PFGC)	Food Distribution	65.0	B	78	83	76	80	47	74	35	41	-16.1%
42	Pricesmart Inc (PSMT)	Discount Stores	65.0	B	80	86	93	71	29	67	46	70	-5.0%
43	J.M. Smucker Co (SJM)	Packaged Foods	65.0	B	58	74	77	65	55	56	50	82	+7.5%
44	Keurig Dr Pepper Inc (KDP)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	64.7	B	67	73	59	73	40	74	48	82	+4.3%
45	Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV ADR (BUD)	Beverages - Brewers	64.6	B	59	78	71	66	56	65	71	81	-2.2%
46	e.l.f. Beauty Inc (ELF)	Household & Personal Products	64.5	B	64	76	73	76	25	71	57	57	+23.9%
47	Estee Lauder Cos Inc (EL)	Household & Personal Products	64.1	B	64	83	90	69	22	64	55	66	-13.9%
48	Monster Beverage Corp (MNST)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	64.1	B	67	69	71	64	19	77	80	73	-6.8%
49	Herbalife Ltd (HLF)	Packaged Foods	63.7	B-	58	78	66	80	85	54	67	63	-5.2%
50	BBB Foods Inc (TBBB)	Discount Stores	63.6	B-	80	85	88	57	12	44	15	98	-9.0%
51	Helen of Troy Ltd (HELE)	Household & Personal Products	63.5	B-	64	75	69	72	55	41	31	79	-32.3%
52	Coursera Inc (COUR)	Education & Training Services	63.4	B-	76	86	90	74	47	81	22	17	-41.9%
53	Walmart Inc (WMT)	Discount Stores	63.4	B-	80	78	76	78	22	58	54	56	-7.6%
54	Freshpet Inc (FRPT)	Packaged Foods	63.3	B-	58	86	93	76	27	72	49	54	-36.6%
55	Lincoln Educational Services Corp (LINC)	Education & Training Services	63.3	B-	76	88	88	80	30	78	62	25	-9.9%
56	Magnera Corp (MAGN)	Household & Personal Products	63.2	B-	64	74	66	64	55	86	22	63	-37.9%
57	Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL)	Household & Personal Products	62.9	B-	64	78	78	65	38	47	80	68	+4.7%
58	Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM)	Farm Products	62.6	B-	57	78	75	67	52	54	34	73	-6.2%
59	Interparfums Inc (IPAR)	Household & Personal Products	62.6	B-	64	76	69	72	47	45	75	73	-19.8%
60	Primo Brands Corp (PRMB)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	62.0	B-	67	81	82	77	47	69	41	37	-20.2%
61	Franklin Covey Co (FC)	Education & Training Services	61.8	B-	76	67	58	59	63	34	59	36	-14.1%
62	Constellation Brands Inc (STZ)	Beverages - Brewers	61.4	B-	59	80	80	77	71	40	66	43	+6.0%
63	Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV ADR (FMX)	Beverages - Brewers	61.0	B-	59	70	62	66	51	65	48	82	-0.5%
64	Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV ADR (KOF)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	61.0	B-	67	77	78	55	30	46	57	86	+1.1%
65	Honest Company Inc (HNST)	Household & Personal Products	60.4	B-	64	81	79	74	36	22	37	81	-27.6%
66	Procter & Gamble Co (PG)	Household & Personal Products	60.1	B-	64	70	53	79	36	41	72	63	+0.1%
67	Bellring Brands Inc (BRBR)	Packaged Foods	60.0	B-	58	76	70	73	94	62	65	2	-36.9%
68	Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW)	Packaged Foods	59.9	B-	58	71	61	74	46	44	48	45	+6.5%
69	Magnum Ice Cream Company NV (MICC)	Packaged Foods	59.9	B-	58	72	71	73	34	59	60	87	-1.8%
70	Westrock Coffee Company (WEST)	Packaged Foods	59.9	B-	58	86	92	78	9	78	10	97	-10.2%
71	ODDITY Tech Ltd (ODD)	Household & Personal Products	59.8	B-	64	63	38	69	45	53	67	32	-5.4%
72	Nomad Foods Limited (NOMD)	Packaged Foods	59.7	B-	58	76	79	57	88	21	47	64	+7.1%
73	Udemy Inc (UDMY)	Education & Training Services	59.7	B-	76	72	76	61	48	68	48	23	—
74	RLX Technology Inc ADR (RLX)	Tobacco	59.6	B-	70	80	82	66	61	68	51	14	-26.8%
75	Kenvue Inc (KVUE)	Household & Personal Products	58.7	B-	64	48	41	53	51	56	69	80	-4.4%
76	McCormick & Co Inc (MKC)	Packaged Foods	58.2	B-	58	74	63	76	60	64	52	27	-5.4%
77	BRC Inc (BRCC)	Packaged Foods	57.8	C+	58	82	82	75	17	62	22	27	-16.8%
78	Brown-Forman Corp (BF-B)	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	57.1	C+	36	75	66	72	55	39	68	63	+10.3%
79	PepsiCo Inc (PEP)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	57.0	C+	67	64	50	60	55	63	68	39	-0.8%
80	Sanfilippo (John B.) & Son Inc (JBSS)	Packaged Foods	56.8	C+	58	71	64	70	66	55	56	48	-17.6%
81	Dole plc (DOLE)	Farm Products	56.6	C+	57	70	59	67	60	45	30	48	+6.7%
82	Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB)	Household & Personal Products	56.6	C+	64	74	64	61	50	22	73	54	-3.4%
83	Diageo plc ADR (DEO)	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	56.5	C+	36	64	40	64	60	40	68	64	-5.7%
84	Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM)	Grocery Stores	56.2	C+	54	68	55	65	72	61	65	17	-15.9%
85	JBS NV (JBS)	Packaged Foods	55.6	C+	58	79	71	76	50	47	42	39	-16.0%
86	Adecoagro SA (AGRO)	Farm Products	55.5	C+	57	83	84	73	50	25	29	53	+2.3%
87	Nature's Sunshine Products Inc (NATR)	Packaged Foods	55.4	C+	58	72	58	70	74	53	64	21	-32.4%
88	Mission Produce Inc (AVO)	Food Distribution	55.3	C+	78	75	70	72	25	34	25	43	-6.9%
89	Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC)	Grocery Stores	55.2	C+	54	68	71	57	55	53	55	43	-9.3%
90	Bunge Global SA (BG)	Farm Products	54.8	C+	57	70	68	74	53	71	24	46	-9.1%
91	Turning Point Brands Inc (TPB)	Tobacco	54.6	C+	70	75	73	71	30	53	55	14	-18.8%
92	Celsius Holdings Inc (CELH)	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	54.5	C+	67	68	53	64	36	73	61	13	-25.9%
93	Grocery Outlet Holding Corp (GO)	Grocery Stores	53.4	C+	54	70	53	76	15	48	13	55	-1.3%
94	Ingredion Inc (INGR)	Packaged Foods	53.4	C+	58	68	56	71	72	26	51	34	-2.3%
95	Kroger Co (KR)	Grocery Stores	53.2	C+	54	63	53	45	62	40	55	52	-4.6%
96	Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI)	Education & Training Services	53.1	C+	76	74	64	76	24	61	45	7	-8.4%
97	Lifeway Foods Inc (LWAY)	Packaged Foods	53.0	C+	58	68	62	65	24	66	46	24	-25.4%
98	Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA ADR (CCU)	Beverages - Brewers	52.9	C+	59	74	69	62	65	36	53	33	-13.3%
99	Hormel Foods Corp (HRL)	Packaged Foods	52.7	C+	58	66	51	70	54	37	40	38	-10.1%
100	Utz Brands Inc (UTZ)	Packaged Foods	52.5	C+	58	63	62	59	30	34	29	79	+9.3%

Consumer Defensive leaders on each lens

• Industry opportunity: HSY 84, MDLZ 84, BJ 80
• Stock selection: SPB 89, LINC 88, CHD 87
• KPI momentum: DAR 99, EDU 99, CVSA 94
• Catalyst watch: HLF 80, LINC 80, PFGC 80
• Price (valuation): BRBR 94, NOMD 88, SFD 87
• Expansion (growth): MAMA 89, COCO 88, MAGN 86
• Quality (profitability): LOPE 84, MO 81, PM 81
• Trend (momentum): TBBB 98, WEST 97, CHEF 91

Industries in Consumer Defensive

• Discount Stores: 9 companies, average composite 68.1
• Confectioners: 2 companies, average composite 66.3
• Education & Training Services: 18 companies, average composite 66.3
• Food Distribution: 7 companies, average composite 66.1
• Beverages - Non-Alcoholic: 10 companies, average composite 63.6
• Tobacco: 6 companies, average composite 61.3
• Household & Personal Products: 19 companies, average composite 60.0
• Beverages - Brewers: 7 companies, average composite 57.9
• Packaged Foods: 34 companies, average composite 54.6
• Farm Products: 8 companies, average composite 52.0
• Grocery Stores: 7 companies, average composite 50.9
• Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries: 4 companies, average composite 47.5

How MarketKingdoms scores companies

The composite score (0–100, graded A+ to D-) blends research signals from each earnings call with fundamental lenses from SEC filings and market prices. Research signals: Industry opportunity, Stock selection, KPI momentum and Catalyst watch, read from what management said and whether it delivered. Fundamental lenses: Price (valuation), Expansion (growth), Quality (profitability) and Trend (momentum). Scores are recalculated every night and after every earnings call. The valuation gap compares the actual price path with the path the stock's market, sector and industry moves explain; it is a model comparison, not a fair-value estimate.

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