Top Consumer Defensive Stocks by EBITDA
Top consumer defensive companies ranked by EBITDA, latest annual filings.
What EBITDA Means for Consumer Defensive Companies
EBITDA measures earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, isolating operating profit from financing and accounting allocations. In consumer defensive businesses, which span packaged food, household goods, beverages, tobacco, and grocery retail, demand is relatively stable across cycles. That steadiness gives EBITDA margins a more predictable shape than in discretionary categories, and large acquisition-driven amortization often drives a meaningful gap between EBITDA and reported operating income for consolidators in the space.
Why It Matters in Consumer Defensive
The sector's relative demand stability lets EBITDA serve as a reasonable proxy for steady-state operating cash generation, and the metric is widely used in staples leveraged finance and valuation. It is less useful when commodity input costs shift sharply, because EBITDA can compress before pricing catches up. Consolidators carrying heavy goodwill amortization also show wider gaps between EBITDA and GAAP earnings, so comparing purely reported bottom lines can mislead.
What to Read Alongside
Pair EBITDA with Free Cash Flow for after-capex and working-capital cash conversion, Gross Margin to track how commodity input-cost moves pass through to pricing, and Debt to frame leverage across the sector's typical capital structures.
| # | Symbol | Company | Sector | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WMT | Walmart Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $44.03B | $873.66B |
| 2 | PG | The Procter & Gamble Company | Consumer Defensive | $22.91B | $344.27B |
| 3 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $16.89B | $296.50B |
| 4 | PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $14.95B | $179.06B |
| 5 | KO | The Coca-Cola Company | Consumer Defensive | $14.81B | $381.25B |
| 6 | COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $12.81B | $398.87B |
| 7 | MO | Altria Group, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $10.16B | $114.61B |
| 8 | TGT | Target Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $8.25B | $72.24B |
| 9 | KR | The Kroger Co. | Consumer Defensive | $5.22B | $34.58B |
| 10 | MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $4.91B | $77.96B |
| 11 | KDP | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $4.28B | $42.88B |
| 12 | SYY | Sysco Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $4.07B | $37.73B |
| 13 | CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | Consumer Defensive | $3.94B | $69.39B |
| 14 | DG | Dollar General Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $3.25B | $27.05B |
| 15 | KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $3.16B | $32.90B |
| 16 | STZ | Constellation Brands, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $3.14B | $20.08B |
| 17 | KVUE | Kenvue Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $2.97B | $34.31B |
| 18 | ACI | Albertsons Companies, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $2.64B | $5.86B |
| 19 | MNST | Monster Beverage Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $2.53B | $86.73B |
| 20 | TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $2.45B | $18.23B |
| 21 | DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $2.30B | $21.58B |
| 22 | K | Kellanova | Consumer Defensive | $2.24B | $29.03B |
| 23 | PPC | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $2.07B | $6.90B |
| 24 | HSY | The Hershey Company | Consumer Defensive | $1.95B | $33.85B |
| 25 | PFGC | Performance Food Group Company | Consumer Defensive | $1.70B | $14.48B |
| 26 | USFD | US Foods Holding Corp. | Consumer Defensive | $1.66B | $20.38B |
| 27 | SFD | Smithfield Foods, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $1.62B | $7.70B |
| 28 | EL | The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $1.58B | $36.28B |
| 29 | CPB | The Campbell's Company | Consumer Defensive | $1.56B | $6.03B |
| 30 | GIS | General Mills, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $1.44B | $18.95B |
| 31 | CHD | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $1.32B | $22.80B |
| 32 | POST | Post Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $1.32B | $3.44B |
| 33 | MKC | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | Consumer Defensive | $1.30B | $13.29B |
| 34 | INGR | Ingredion Incorporated | Consumer Defensive | $1.24B | $6.17B |
| 35 | COKE | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $1.15B | $12.71B |
| 36 | BJ | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $1.11B | $11.49B |
| 37 | PRMB | Primo Brands Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $1.04B | $7.11B |
| 38 | LW | Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.99B | $6.37B |
| 39 | HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $0.98B | $11.19B |
| 40 | SJM | The J. M. Smucker Company | Consumer Defensive | $0.92B | $12.94B |
| 41 | SFM | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.84B | $6.40B |
| 42 | EDU | New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.81B | $8.49B |
| 43 | DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.78B | $9.73B |
| 44 | MH | McGraw Hill, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.64B | $2.59B |
| 45 | HLF | Herbalife Ltd. | Consumer Defensive | $0.60B | $1.28B |
| 46 | LRN | Stride, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.58B | $3.27B |
| 47 | UNFI | United Natural Foods, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.51B | $2.77B |
| 48 | LAUR | Laureate Education, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.51B | $4.98B |
| 49 | CALM | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.47B | $3.42B |
| 50 | CVSA | Covista Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.44B | $4.19B |
| 51 | COTY | Coty Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.40B | $2.35B |
| 52 | ATGE | Adtalem Global Education Inc | Consumer Defensive | $0.39B | $3.40B |
| 53 | BRBR | BellRing Brands, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.38B | $1.05B |
| 54 | OLLI | Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.35B | $4.90B |
| 55 | NWL | Newell Brands Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.35B | $2.46B |
| 56 | TAL | TAL Education Group | Consumer Defensive | $0.35B | $6.58B |
| 57 | FLO | Flowers Foods, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.34B | $1.25B |
| 58 | DOLE | Dole plc | Consumer Defensive | $0.34B | $1.25B |
| 59 | CENT | Central Garden & Pet Company | Consumer Defensive | $0.33B | $2.52B |
| 60 | PSMT | PriceSmart, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.32B | $5.33B |
| 61 | MZTI | The Marzetti Company | Consumer Defensive | $0.31B | $2.83B |
| 62 | LOPE | Grand Canyon Education, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.30B | $3.83B |
| 63 | IPAR | Interparfums, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.30B | $3.79B |
| 64 | FIZZ | National Beverage Corp. | Consumer Defensive | $0.25B | $2.91B |
| 65 | THS | Treehouse Foods Inc | Consumer Defensive | $0.25B | $1.23B |
| 66 | IMKTA | Ingles Markets, Incorporated | Consumer Defensive | $0.24B | $1.59B |
| 67 | WMK | Weis Markets, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.24B | $1.80B |
| 68 | PRDO | Perdoceo Education Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $0.24B | $1.95B |
| 69 | SAM | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.24B | $1.73B |
| 70 | SPB | Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.22B | $2.02B |
| 71 | STRA | Strategic Education, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.22B | $1.70B |
| 72 | UVV | Universal Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $0.22B | $1.08B |
| 73 | DMC | Del Monte Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $0.21B | $1.49B |
| 74 | CHEF | The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.20B | $4.42B |
| 75 | KLG | WK Kellogg Co | Consumer Defensive | $0.20B | $1.99B |
| 76 | EPC | Edgewell Personal Care Company | Consumer Defensive | $0.19B | $1.29B |
| 77 | SMPL | The Simply Good Foods Company | Consumer Defensive | $0.18B | $0.89B |
| 78 | CELH | Celsius Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.17B | $7.44B |
| 79 | FRPT | Freshpet, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.16B | $2.89B |
| 80 | JJSF | J&J Snack Foods Corp. | Consumer Defensive | $0.16B | $1.47B |
| 81 | SPTN | SpartanNash Company | Consumer Defensive | $0.16B | $0.91B |
| 82 | ELF | e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.15B | $6.03B |
| 83 | ODD | Oddity Tech Ltd. | Consumer Defensive | $0.13B | $0.87B |
| 84 | TR | Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.12B | $2.82B |
| 85 | JBSS | John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.12B | $0.79B |
| 86 | UTI | Universal Technical Institute, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.12B | $1.12B |
| 87 | VLGEA | Village Super Market, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.11B | $0.67B |
| 88 | UTZ | Utz Brands, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.10B | $1.26B |
| 89 | AVO | Mission Produce, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.10B | $1.11B |
| 90 | NGVC | Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.09B | $0.69B |
| 91 | COCO | The Vita Coco Company, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.08B | $3.45B |
| 92 | STKL | SunOpta Inc | Consumer Defensive | $0.08B | $0.77B |
| 93 | APEI | American Public Education, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.06B | $0.74B |
| 94 | RLX | RLX Technology Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.06B | $2.14B |
| 95 | LINC | Lincoln Educational Services Corporation | Consumer Defensive | $0.05B | $0.77B |
| 96 | DAO | Youdao, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.03B | $1.78B |
| 97 | DDL | Dingdong (Cayman) Limited | Consumer Defensive | $0.03B | $0.51B |
| 98 | UDMY | Udemy, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.02B | $0.68B |
| 99 | MAMA | Mama's Creations, Inc. | Consumer Defensive | $0.01B | $0.65B |
| 100 | WEST | Westrock Coffee Company | Consumer Defensive | $0.01B | $0.80B |
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How this ranking is built
Companies are ranked by EBITDA as reported in their most recent annual filing with the SEC. Figures shown are in US dollars (or percent, as noted), rounded to two decimals.
- Source: annual 10-K / 20-F filings from companies trading on US exchanges (NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX).
- Fiscal year: whichever annual period the company has most recently filed. Fiscal years don't always align with the calendar year, so the "as of FY" stamp above reflects the most common year across the table.
- Filtered out: warrants, preferred shares, and duplicate listings that share a parent company's financials.
- Size floor: A company qualifies at $500 million in market cap or above. Below that, one mis-stated figure outranks the companies the list is about.
- Currency check: A company whose annual revenue runs above 15 times its market cap is left out, because at that gap the two figures are not in the same currency.
- Currency check: A company whose balance sheet runs above 150 times its market cap is left out for the same reason.
- Update cadence: refreshed as companies file new annual reports (typically within 60–90 days of fiscal year end).
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