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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 92 companies Rhea AI
# Symbol Company Sector
1 MO Altria Group, Inc. Consumer Defensive 29.84% $114.61B
2 PM Philip Morris International Inc. Consumer Defensive 27.92% $296.50B
3 KO The Coca-Cola Company Consumer Defensive 27.34% $381.25B
4 MNST Monster Beverage Corporation Consumer Defensive 22.97% $86.73B
5 STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive 18.46% $20.08B
6 PG The Procter & Gamble Company Consumer Defensive 18.44% $344.27B
7 TAL TAL Education Group Consumer Defensive 17.64% $6.58B
8 LAUR Laureate Education, Inc. Consumer Defensive 16.55% $4.98B
9 FIZZ National Beverage Corp. Consumer Defensive 15.56% $2.91B
10 BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Consumer Defensive 14.29% $153.99B
11 IPAR Interparfums, Inc. Consumer Defensive 13.97% $3.79B
12 LRN Stride, Inc. Consumer Defensive 13.43% $3.27B
13 ATGE Adtalem Global Education Inc Consumer Defensive 13.26% $3.40B
14 CVSA Covista Inc. Consumer Defensive 12.87% $4.19B
15 FRPT Freshpet, Inc. Consumer Defensive 12.63% $2.89B
16 KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Consumer Defensive 12.52% $42.88B
17 KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation Consumer Defensive 12.29% $32.90B
18 CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Consumer Defensive 11.88% $22.80B
19 MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Consumer Defensive 11.54% $13.29B
20 CLX The Clorox Company Consumer Defensive 11.40% $10.54B
21 CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 10.88% $3.42B
22 NUS Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Consumer Defensive 10.79% $0.24B
23 K Kellanova Consumer Defensive 10.53% $29.03B
24 CL Colgate-Palmolive Company Consumer Defensive 10.46% $69.39B
25 INGR Ingredion Incorporated Consumer Defensive 10.10% $6.17B
26 STRA Strategic Education, Inc. Consumer Defensive 9.98% $1.70B
27 MZTI The Marzetti Company Consumer Defensive 9.93% $2.83B
28 KVUE Kenvue Inc. Consumer Defensive 9.72% $34.31B
29 BRBR BellRing Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive 9.33% $1.05B
30 DEO Diageo plc Consumer Defensive 9.08% $48.57B
31 OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 9.08% $4.90B
32 PEP PepsiCo, Inc. Consumer Defensive 8.77% $179.06B
33 EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. Consumer Defensive 8.39% $8.49B
34 COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. Consumer Defensive 7.89% $12.71B
35 HSY The Hershey Company Consumer Defensive 7.55% $33.85B
36 SMPL The Simply Good Foods Company Consumer Defensive 7.14% $0.89B
37 DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. Consumer Defensive 6.61% $21.58B
38 MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. Consumer Defensive 6.36% $77.96B
39 SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 6.36% $7.70B
40 SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Consumer Defensive 5.95% $6.40B
41 CPB The Campbell's Company Consumer Defensive 5.87% $6.03B
42 PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Consumer Defensive 5.85% $6.90B
43 SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Consumer Defensive 5.57% $1.73B
44 JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. Consumer Defensive 5.27% $0.79B
45 CENT Central Garden & Pet Company Consumer Defensive 5.20% $2.52B
46 HLF Herbalife Ltd. Consumer Defensive 4.53% $1.28B
47 LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 4.39% $6.37B
48 CELH Celsius Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 4.29% $7.44B
49 JJSF J&J Snack Foods Corp. Consumer Defensive 4.14% $1.47B
50 POST Post Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 4.11% $3.44B
51 HRL Hormel Foods Corporation Consumer Defensive 3.95% $11.19B
52 FMX Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. Consumer Defensive 3.93% $41.57B
53 MH McGraw Hill, Inc. Consumer Defensive 3.74% $2.59B
54 SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 3.56% $2.02B
55 DG Dollar General Corporation Consumer Defensive 3.54% $27.05B
56 TGT Target Corporation Consumer Defensive 3.54% $72.24B
57 NGVC Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. Consumer Defensive 3.49% $0.69B
58 WMT Walmart Inc. Consumer Defensive 3.07% $873.66B
59 KLG WK Kellogg Co Consumer Defensive 2.99% $1.99B
60 COST Costco Wholesale Corporation Consumer Defensive 2.94% $398.87B
61 PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. Consumer Defensive 2.81% $5.33B
62 AVO Mission Produce, Inc. Consumer Defensive 2.71% $1.11B
63 BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive 2.69% $11.49B
64 JBS JBS N.V. Consumer Defensive 2.59% $39.15B
65 VLGEA Village Super Market, Inc. Consumer Defensive 2.43% $0.67B
66 DMC Del Monte Corporation Consumer Defensive 2.16% $1.49B
67 SYY Sysco Corporation Consumer Defensive 2.08% $37.73B
68 WMK Weis Markets, Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.89% $1.80B
69 CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.74% $4.42B
70 USFD US Foods Holding Corp. Consumer Defensive 1.71% $20.38B
71 CHSCL CHS Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.69% –
72 ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.61% $6.03B
73 FLO Flowers Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.59% $1.25B
74 IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated Consumer Defensive 1.57% $1.59B
75 ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Company Consumer Defensive 1.34% $39.68B
76 EL The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.21% $36.28B
77 BG Bunge Global SA Consumer Defensive 1.16% $21.13B
78 EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company Consumer Defensive 1.14% $1.29B
79 DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. Consumer Defensive 1.02% $9.73B
80 DDL Dingdong (Cayman) Limited Consumer Defensive 0.95% $0.51B
81 PRMB Primo Brands Corporation Consumer Defensive 0.90% $7.11B
82 ANDE The Andersons, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.87% $2.27B
83 TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.87% $18.23B
84 THS Treehouse Foods Inc Consumer Defensive 0.80% $1.23B
85 KR The Kroger Co. Consumer Defensive 0.69% $34.58B
86 DOLE Dole plc Consumer Defensive 0.56% $1.25B
87 PFGC Performance Food Group Company Consumer Defensive 0.53% $14.48B
88 UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.27% $2.77B
89 ACI Albertsons Companies, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.26% $5.86B
90 UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.06% $1.26B
91 DIT AMCON Distributing Company Consumer Defensive 0.02% $0.07B
92 LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Consumer Defensive 0.02% $3.83B

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.
  • Size floor: A company qualifies at $1 billion in annual revenue or above, so a small filer with a freak ratio cannot top the list.
  • Value range: Only figures above 0% and up to 100% qualify.
  • Update cadence: refreshed as companies file new annual reports (typically within 60–90 days of fiscal year end).

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