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Top Consumer Defensive Stocks by Net Margin

Top consumer defensive companies ranked by net margin, latest annual filings.

What Net Margin Means for Consumer Defensive Companies

Net margin in consumer defensive reflects the relative stability of staples demand filtered through the cost structure of branded food, beverage, household, and tobacco businesses, alongside the much thinner economics of grocery retail. Staples demand does not swing much with the economic cycle, which tends to produce steadier net margins than most sectors exhibit, and premium tobacco and spirits franchises in particular can sustain elevated bottom-line margins year after year.

Why It Matters in Consumer Defensive

A durable net margin in staples usually reflects brand loyalty, distribution scale, and disciplined input-cost management. Where grocery retailers sit in the sector, net margin is structurally thin and the business earns its return through turnover rather than profitability per unit. It is worth noting that commodity input swings, currency translation on multinational operations, and pension or litigation items can shape reported net margin in ways that look more dramatic than the underlying economics actually are.

What to Read Alongside

Pair net margin with Gross Margin for top-of-stack pricing power, Operating Margin for the layer including marketing spend, and Free Cash Flow because staples businesses are typically strong cash generators.

Data as of FY 2025 90 companies Rhea AI
# Symbol Company Sector
1 MO Altria Group, Inc. Consumer Defensive 29.84% $113.13B
2 PM Philip Morris International Inc. Consumer Defensive 27.92% $293.10B
3 KO Coca-Cola Company Consumer Defensive 27.34% $373.68B
4 MNST Monster Beverage Corporation Consumer Defensive 22.97% $92.09B
5 STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive 18.46% $22.63B
6 PG Procter & Gamble Company Consumer Defensive 18.44% $341.62B
7 TAL TAL Education Group Consumer Defensive 17.64% $6.91B
8 LAUR Laureate Education, Inc. Consumer Defensive 16.55% $5.14B
9 FIZZ National Beverage Corp. Consumer Defensive 15.56% $2.99B
10 BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Consumer Defensive 14.29% $165.35B
11 IPAR Interparfums, Inc. Consumer Defensive 13.97% $3.81B
12 LRN Stride, Inc. Consumer Defensive 13.43% $3.32B
13 ATGE Adtalem Global Education Inc Consumer Defensive 13.26% $3.40B
14 CVSA Covista Inc. Consumer Defensive 12.87% $4.23B
15 FRPT Freshpet, Inc. Consumer Defensive 12.63% $3.21B
16 KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Consumer Defensive 12.52% $41.33B
17 KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation Consumer Defensive 12.29% $36.14B
18 CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Consumer Defensive 11.88% $24.52B
19 MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Consumer Defensive 11.54% $14.06B
20 CLX Clorox Company Consumer Defensive 11.40% $12.77B
21 CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 10.88% $3.98B
22 NUS NuSkin Enterprises, Inc. Consumer Defensive 10.79% $0.25B
23 K Kellanova Consumer Defensive 10.53% $29.03B
24 CL Colgate-Palmolive Company Consumer Defensive 10.46% $74.14B
25 INGR Ingredion Incorporated Consumer Defensive 10.10% $6.49B
26 STRA Strategic Education, Inc. Consumer Defensive 9.98% $1.86B
27 KVUE Kenvue Inc. Consumer Defensive 9.72% $36.83B
28 BRBR BellRing Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive 9.33% $1.41B
29 DEO Diageo plc Consumer Defensive 9.08% $51.59B
30 OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 9.08% $4.71B
31 MZTI The Marzetti Company Consumer Defensive 8.77% $3.02B
32 PEP PepsiCo, Inc. Consumer Defensive 8.77% $188.96B
33 COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. Consumer Defensive 7.89% $12.53B
34 EDU New Oriental Education and Technology Group, Inc. American Consumer Defensive 7.59% $9.04B
35 HSY The Hershey Company Consumer Defensive 7.55% $36.77B
36 SMPL The Simply Good Foods Company Consumer Defensive 7.14% $0.99B
37 DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. Consumer Defensive 6.61% $24.92B
38 MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. Consumer Defensive 6.36% $80.09B
39 SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 6.36% $9.87B
40 SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Consumer Defensive 5.95% $8.13B
41 CPB The Campbell's Company Consumer Defensive 5.87% $6.73B
42 PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Consumer Defensive 5.85% $6.56B
43 SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Consumer Defensive 5.57% $1.88B
44 JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. Consumer Defensive 5.32% $0.98B
45 CENT Central Garden & Pet Company Consumer Defensive 5.20% $2.91B
46 HLF Herbalife Ltd. Consumer Defensive 4.53% $1.21B
47 LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 4.39% $7.16B
48 CELH Celsius Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 4.29% $6.08B
49 JJSF J&J Snack Foods Corp. Consumer Defensive 4.14% $1.71B
50 POST Post Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 4.11% $4.09B
51 HRL Hormel Foods Corporation Consumer Defensive 3.95% $13.81B
52 FMX Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. Consumer Defensive 3.93% $41.62B
53 MH McGraw Hill, Inc. Consumer Defensive 3.74% $2.21B
54 SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 3.56% $2.03B
55 DG Dollar General Corporation Consumer Defensive 3.54% $28.11B
56 TGT Target Corporation Consumer Defensive 3.54% $66.80B
57 NGVC Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. Consumer Defensive 3.49% $0.75B
58 WMT Walmart Inc. Consumer Defensive 3.07% $891.86B
59 KLG WK Kellogg Co Consumer Defensive 2.99% $1.99B
60 COST Costco Wholesale Corporation Consumer Defensive 2.94% $420.93B
61 PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. Consumer Defensive 2.81% $5.50B
62 AVO Mission Produce, Inc. Consumer Defensive 2.71% $1.11B
63 BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 2.69% $12.41B
64 JBS JBS N.V. Consumer Defensive 2.59% $45.03B
65 VLGEA Village Super Market, Inc. Consumer Defensive 2.43% $0.64B
66 SYY Sysco Corporation Consumer Defensive 2.25% $40.37B
67 DMC Del Monte Corporation Consumer Defensive 2.16% $1.41B
68 WMK Weis Markets, Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.89% $1.89B
69 CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.74% $4.45B
70 USFD US Foods Holding Corp. Consumer Defensive 1.71% $23.56B
71 CHSCL CHS Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.69% –
72 ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.61% $5.44B
73 FLO Flowers Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.59% $1.53B
74 IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated Consumer Defensive 1.57% $1.65B
75 ADM Archer Daniels Midland Company Consumer Defensive 1.34% $37.36B
76 BG Bunge Global SA Consumer Defensive 1.16% $20.94B
77 EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company Consumer Defensive 1.14% $1.30B
78 DAR DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. Consumer Defensive 1.02% $9.62B
79 DDL Dingdong (Cayman) Limited Consumer Defensive 0.95% $0.49B
80 PRMB Primo Brands Corporation Consumer Defensive 0.90% $8.66B
81 ANDE The Andersons, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.87% $2.31B
82 TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.87% $20.59B
83 THS Treehouse Foods Inc Consumer Defensive 0.80% $1.23B
84 KR The Kroger Co. Consumer Defensive 0.69% $35.12B
85 DOLE Dole plc Consumer Defensive 0.56% $1.31B
86 PFGC Performance Food Group Company Consumer Defensive 0.54% $18.00B
87 ACI Albertsons Companies, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.26% $5.86B
88 UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.06% $1.25B
89 DIT AMCON Distributing Co. Consumer Defensive 0.02% $0.07B
90 LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.02% $3.88B

How this ranking is built

Companies are ranked by net margin 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.
  • Update cadence: refreshed as companies file new annual reports (typically within 60–90 days of fiscal year end).

Not financial advice. This is a research tool, not a recommendation.