Top 25 ranking
The current top 25, sorted by Overall Rating and refreshed daily. Rank changes since the last update show in the Change column.
| Rank | Change | Symbol | Name | Industry | Rating | Health | Performance | Risk | Trend | BuyMeter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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SENEA
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Seneca Foods Corporation | Packaged Foods | 5.0 | |||||
 2
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+3 |
PM
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Philip Morris International Inc. | Tobacco | 2.1 | |||||
 3
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-1 |
COKE
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Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 4.9 | |||||
| 4 | -1 |
KOF
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Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 1.7 | |||||
| 5 | -1 |
COST
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Costco Wholesale Corporation | Discount Stores | 2.9 | |||||
| 6 | = |
USFD
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US Foods Holding Corp. | Food Distribution | 3.3 | |||||
| 7 | = |
CCEP
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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 2.3 | |||||
| 8 | = |
KO
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The Coca-Cola Company | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 6.4 | 7.0 | 1.7 |
6.3
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|
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| 9 | +12 |
MO
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Altria Group, Inc. | Tobacco | 1.9 | |||||
| 10 | -1 |
LAUR
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Laureate Education, Inc. | Education & Training Services | 4.3 | |||||
| 11 | -1 |
AKO-B
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Embotelladora Andina S.A. | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 3.6 | |||||
| 12 | -1 |
CALM
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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | Agricultural Farm Products | 4.4 | |||||
| 13 | -1 |
LRN
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Stride, Inc. | Education & Training Services | 6.3 | |||||
| 14 | -1 |
PRDO
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Perdoceo Education Corporation | Education & Training Services | 4.3 | |||||
| 15 | -1 |
PSMT
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PriceSmart, Inc. | Discount Stores | 4.1 | |||||
| 16 | -1 |
ACU
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Acme United Corporation | Household & Personal Products | 3.8 | |||||
| 17 | -1 |
DOL.TO
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Dollarama Inc. | Discount Stores | 3.0 | |||||
| 18 | +15 |
WN.TO
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George Weston Limited | Grocery Stores | 1.7 | |||||
| 19 | -2 |
LAS-A.TO
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Lassonde Industries Inc. | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 2.7 | |||||
| 20 | -2 |
CCHGY
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Coca-Cola HBC AG | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 2.5 | |||||
| 21 | -2 |
WMT
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Walmart Inc. | Discount Stores | 4.0 | |||||
| 22 | -2 |
MNST
|
Monster Beverage Corporation | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 6.1 | |||||
| 23 | +14 |
TGT
|
Target Corporation | Discount Stores | 3.6 | |||||
| 24 | +17 |
DLTR
|
Dollar Tree, Inc. | Discount Stores | 4.1 | |||||
| 25 | -3 |
SFM
|
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. | Grocery Stores | 5.0 |
Best Consumer Staples Stocks: the sector's top names
People buy groceries and household basics in good years and bad, and that steadiness defines this sector. This list ranks Consumer Staples names by Overall Rating.
Staples businesses rarely post explosive growth, but they tend to hold up when the broader market doesn't, which is a different kind of strength than the market usually rewards. Ranking within the sector keeps that steady, defensive profile in context instead of comparing it against sectors built for growth.
Defensive is a profile, not a sector. Best Utilities Stocks and Best Healthcare Stocks carry a similar one, and Recession Proof Sectors ranks all eleven by how calm they have actually been. For the cyclical counterpart to this list, see Best Consumer Discretionary Stocks.
This suits investors looking for defensive consumer exposure specifically. Check Best Sectors for how Consumer Staples stacks up overall, or a stock's own page for what's actually driving its score.
