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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1
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= |
PM
|
Philip Morris International Inc. | Tobacco | 1.6 | |||||
 2
|
+1 |
MO
|
Altria Group, Inc. | Tobacco | 1.7 | |||||
 3
|
+1 |
COKE
|
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 4.1 | |||||
| 4 | +19 |
PRDO
|
Perdoceo Education Corporation | Education & Training Services | 4.1 | |||||
| 5 | = |
SENEA
|
Seneca Foods Corporation | Packaged Foods | 5.7 | |||||
| 6 | = |
DOL.TO
|
Dollarama Inc. | Discount Stores | 1.9 | |||||
| 7 | = |
KOF
|
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 1.3 | |||||
| 8 | = |
WMT
|
Walmart Inc. | Discount Stores | 2.2 | |||||
| 9 | -7 |
COST
|
Costco Wholesale Corporation | Discount Stores | 2.1 | |||||
| 10 | -1 |
BUD
|
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | Beverages - Alcoholic | 1.8 | |||||
| 11 | -1 |
BTI
|
British American Tobacco p.l.c. | Tobacco | 1.8 | |||||
| 12 | -1 |
ABEV
|
Ambev S.A. | Beverages - Alcoholic | 1.6 | |||||
| 13 | -1 |
CHD
|
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | Household & Personal Products | 1.4 | |||||
| 14 | -1 |
USFD
|
US Foods Holding Corp. | Food Distribution | 3.4 | |||||
| 15 | -1 |
BJ
|
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | Discount Stores | 1.9 | |||||
| 16 | -1 |
CCEP
|
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 1.5 | |||||
| 17 | -1 |
CL
|
Colgate-Palmolive Company | Household & Personal Products | 1.3 | |||||
| 18 | -1 |
KO
|
The Coca-Cola Company | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | 6.6 | 8.2 | 1.5 |
9.6
|
|
|
| 19 | = |
LOPE
|
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. | Education & Training Services | 4.6 | |||||
| 20 | = |
ATGE
|
Adtalem Global Education Inc. | Education & Training Services | 6.3 | |||||
| 21 | = |
LAUR
|
Laureate Education, Inc. | Education & Training Services | 3.2 | |||||
| 22 | = |
CHEF
|
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | Food Distribution | 4.5 | |||||
| 23 | +1 |
PSMT
|
PriceSmart, Inc. | Discount Stores | 3.4 | |||||
| 24 | +1 |
ACU
|
Acme United Corporation | Household & Personal Products | 3.7 | |||||
| 25 | +1 |
L.TO
|
Loblaw Companies Limited | Grocery Stores | 1.2 |
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.
