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Top Consumer Defensive Stocks by Revenue

Top consumer defensive companies ranked by revenue, latest annual filings.

What Revenue Means for Consumer Defensive Companies

Revenue in consumer defensive is dollars from staples households continue purchasing regardless of economic conditions: packaged food, beverages, household products, tobacco, and everyday grocery. The top line is typically steadier than in cyclical categories because demand is inelastic, but growth is slow. Investors often parse revenue into volume and price, since a healthy staples franchise grows both units sold and realized pricing over time.

Why It Matters in Consumer Defensive

Stable revenue signals resilient demand and brand strength that supports predictable cash generation across cycles. Scale in distribution and shelf space is a real competitive moat in this sector. Still, revenue growth can mask volume declines when pricing carries the number: units shrinking while prices rise often leads to private-label share gains and negotiating losses with large retailers, which eventually shows up in slowing top line.

What to Read Alongside

Pair revenue with Gross Margin to track input-cost pressure from commodities and packaging, Free Cash Flow for conversion quality across the cycle, and Net Income for bottom-line durability after marketing and distribution spend.

Data as of FY 2025 100 companies Rhea AI
# Symbol Company Sector
1 WMT Walmart Inc. Consumer Defensive $713.16B $852.40B
2 COST Costco Wholesale Corporation Consumer Defensive $275.24B $398.46B
3 KR The Kroger Co. Consumer Defensive $147.64B $35.25B
4 TGT Target Corporation Consumer Defensive $104.78B $71.65B
5 PEP PepsiCo, Inc. Consumer Defensive $93.92B $176.88B
6 PG The Procter & Gamble Company Consumer Defensive $87.03B $339.30B
7 JBS JBS N.V. Consumer Defensive $86.18B $39.58B
8 SYY Sysco Corporation Consumer Defensive $84.55B $37.61B
9 ACI Albertsons Companies, Inc. Consumer Defensive $83.17B $5.88B
10 ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Company Consumer Defensive $80.27B $40.19B
11 BG Bunge Global SA Consumer Defensive $70.33B $21.63B
12 PFGC Performance Food Group Company Consumer Defensive $67.84B $14.52B
13 BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Consumer Defensive $59.32B $153.49B
14 TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive $54.44B $18.30B
15 KO The Coca-Cola Company Consumer Defensive $47.94B $374.84B
16 FMX Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. Consumer Defensive $46.70B $40.83B
17 DG Dollar General Corporation Consumer Defensive $42.72B $27.01B
18 PM Philip Morris International Inc. Consumer Defensive $40.65B $292.21B
19 USFD US Foods Holding Corp. Consumer Defensive $39.42B $20.38B
20 MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. Consumer Defensive $38.54B $76.80B
21 UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive $31.15B $2.79B
22 DEO Diageo plc Consumer Defensive $27.96B $48.26B
23 KHC The Kraft Heinz Company Consumer Defensive $24.94B $28.90B
24 MO Altria Group, Inc. Consumer Defensive $23.28B $114.43B
25 BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive $21.46B $11.66B
26 CL Colgate-Palmolive Company Consumer Defensive $20.38B $68.76B
27 DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. Consumer Defensive $19.41B $21.08B
28 PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Consumer Defensive $18.50B $7.02B
29 GIS General Mills, Inc. Consumer Defensive $18.42B $18.93B
30 KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Consumer Defensive $16.60B $41.67B
31 KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation Consumer Defensive $16.45B $32.51B
32 SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive $15.53B $7.82B
33 KVUE Kenvue Inc. Consumer Defensive $15.12B $33.94B
34 EL The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Consumer Defensive $15.05B $34.86B
35 TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company Consumer Defensive $13.04B $7.00B
36 K Kellanova Consumer Defensive $12.75B $29.03B
37 HRL Hormel Foods Corporation Consumer Defensive $12.11B $11.26B
38 HSY The Hershey Company Consumer Defensive $11.69B $33.74B
39 CAG Conagra Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive $11.28B $7.26B
40 ANDE The Andersons, Inc. Consumer Defensive $11.01B $2.33B
41 CPB The Campbell's Company Consumer Defensive $10.25B $5.94B
42 SPTN SpartanNash Company Consumer Defensive $9.55B $0.91B
43 DOLE Dole plc Consumer Defensive $9.17B $1.23B
44 STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive $9.14B $20.22B
45 SJM The J. M. Smucker Company Consumer Defensive $9.05B $12.81B
46 SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Consumer Defensive $8.81B $6.40B
47 MNST Monster Beverage Corporation Consumer Defensive $8.29B $86.20B
48 POST Post Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive $8.16B $3.41B
49 COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. Consumer Defensive $7.23B $12.64B
50 INGR Ingredion Incorporated Consumer Defensive $7.22B $6.12B
51 NWL Newell Brands Inc. Consumer Defensive $7.20B $2.39B
52 CLX The Clorox Company Consumer Defensive $7.10B $10.26B
53 MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Consumer Defensive $6.84B $13.14B
54 PRMB Primo Brands Corporation Consumer Defensive $6.66B $7.41B
55 LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive $6.61B $6.50B
56 CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Consumer Defensive $6.20B $22.48B
57 DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. Consumer Defensive $6.14B $9.98B
58 COTY Coty Inc. Consumer Defensive $5.81B $2.21B
59 EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. Consumer Defensive $5.66B $8.78B
60 IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated Consumer Defensive $5.33B $1.58B
61 PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. Consumer Defensive $5.27B $5.27B
62 FLO Flowers Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive $5.26B $1.26B
63 HLF Herbalife Ltd. Consumer Defensive $5.04B $1.25B
64 WMK Weis Markets, Inc. Consumer Defensive $4.96B $1.81B
65 GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. Consumer Defensive $4.69B $1.11B
66 DMC Del Monte Corporation Consumer Defensive $4.32B $1.46B
67 CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. Consumer Defensive $4.15B $4.52B
68 THS Treehouse Foods Inc Consumer Defensive $3.35B $1.23B
69 CENT Central Garden & Pet Company Consumer Defensive $3.13B $2.51B
70 TAL TAL Education Group Consumer Defensive $3.01B $6.56B
71 CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Consumer Defensive $2.91B $3.39B
72 UVV Universal Corporation Consumer Defensive $2.89B $1.08B
73 SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive $2.81B $1.96B
74 KLG WK Kellogg Co Consumer Defensive $2.71B $1.99B
75 OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive $2.65B $4.73B
76 LRN Stride, Inc. Consumer Defensive $2.52B $3.30B
77 CELH Celsius Holdings, Inc. Consumer Defensive $2.52B $7.09B
78 VLGEA Village Super Market, Inc. Consumer Defensive $2.32B $0.66B
79 BRBR BellRing Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive $2.32B $1.04B
80 EPC Edgewell Personal Care Company Consumer Defensive $2.22B $1.25B
81 MH McGraw Hill, Inc. Consumer Defensive $2.10B $2.54B
82 SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.96B $1.76B
83 CVSA Covista Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.95B $4.28B
84 MZTI The Marzetti Company Consumer Defensive $1.93B $2.80B
85 ATGE Adtalem Global Education Inc Consumer Defensive $1.79B $3.40B
86 HELE Helen of Troy Limited Consumer Defensive $1.79B $0.64B
87 LAUR Laureate Education, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.70B $5.00B
88 ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.64B $5.77B
89 JJSF J&J Snack Foods Corp. Consumer Defensive $1.58B $1.46B
90 DNUT Krispy Kreme, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.52B $0.52B
91 IPAR Interparfums, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.49B $3.61B
92 SMPL The Simply Good Foods Company Consumer Defensive $1.45B $0.88B
93 UTZ Utz Brands, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.44B $1.26B
94 AGRO Adecoagro S.A. Consumer Defensive $1.43B $1.61B
95 AVO Mission Produce, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.39B $1.12B
96 NGVC Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.33B $0.71B
97 STRA Strategic Education, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.27B $1.74B
98 WEST Westrock Coffee Company Consumer Defensive $1.19B $0.75B
99 FIZZ National Beverage Corp. Consumer Defensive $1.18B $2.94B
100 JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. Consumer Defensive $1.18B $0.78B

How this ranking is built

Companies are ranked by revenue 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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