Consumer Defensive companies by risk reading
Consumer Defensive companies by risk reading: 1,055 companies ranked by a composite risk reading built from filed statements -- leverage, cash conversion, operating pressure, customer and supplier concentration and competitive position. Recomputed 21 October 2026.
Composite readings for 14,899 companies, recomputed 21 October 2026. A company appears here once at least three weighted categories cleared their inputs; the rest carry per-mechanism readings without a headline.
| Company | Reading | Band | Sector | Country | Coverage | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walmart Inc WMT | 51 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $942.7B |
| Costco Wholesale Corp COST | 44 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $441.3B |
| Coca-Cola Company KO | 39 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $402.0B |
| Procter & Gamble Company PG | 30 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $366.4B |
| Philip Morris International Inc PM | 24 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 4 / 6 | $313.4B |
| Nestle S.A. NESN | 46 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $241.4B |
| Nestlé S.A NESM | 47 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $237.1B |
| L'Oréal S.A. OR.PA | 38 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | France | 6 / 6 | $227.6B |
| PepsiCo Inc PEP | 49 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $182.2B |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV BUD | 36 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Belgium | 5 / 6 | $160.3B |
| Unilever plc UL | 45 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $141.1B |
| Unilever PLC ULVR | 35 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 6 / 6 | $138.8B |
| British American Tobacco Plc BTI | 36 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $126.5B |
| Altria Group Inc MO | 31 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $123.7B |
| British American Tobacco PLC BATS | 37 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $121.9B |
| Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG N LISN | 37 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $107.2B |
| Monster Beverage Corp MNST | 34 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $91.7B |
| Japan Tobacco Inc. 2914.T | 25 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 5 / 6 | $84.0B |
| JAPAN TOBACCO UNSP.ADR1/2 JATA | 27 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 5 / 6 | $81.2B |
| Mondelez International Inc - Class A MDLZ | 38 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $81.1B |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company CL | 34 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $74.4B |
| Target Corp TGT | 51 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $69.6B |
| Nongfu Spring Co., Ltd. 9633.HK | 16 | Contained | Consumer Defensive | China | 5 / 6 | $59.0B |
| Diageo plc DEO | 50 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $52.0B |
| Ambev S.A. ABEV | 31 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Brazil | 5 / 6 | $50.2B |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Plc CCEP | 27 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $49.5B |
| Diageo PLC DGE | 33 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 3 / 6 | $47.5B |
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc KDP | 50 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $46.9B |
| Heineken HEIA | 44 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Netherlands | 5 / 6 | $45.0B |
| Danone S.A. BN.PA | 43 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | France | 5 / 6 | $42.4B |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group plc RKT.L | 47 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $41.7B |
| Danone SA BSND | 44 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | France | 5 / 6 | $40.8B |
| Tesco PLC TSCO.L | 51 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 6 / 6 | $39.9B |
| Sysco Corp SYY | 54 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $39.0B |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company ADM | 46 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $38.8B |
| Estee Lauder Cos. Inc - Class A EL | 39 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $38.3B |
| Kroger Company KR | 51 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $37.6B |
| Kenvue Inc KVUE | 36 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $36.2B |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp KMB | 49 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $35.1B |
| Woolworths Group Ltd WOW | 50 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Australia | 4 / 6 | $33.8B |
| Hershey Company HSY | 53 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $33.6B |
| Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 2802.T | 38 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 4 / 6 | $31.8B |
| Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV AD.AS | 43 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Netherlands | 4 / 6 | $31.6B |
| Henkel AG & Co. KGaA HEN | 39 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Germany | 5 / 6 | $31.4B |
| Dollar General Corp DG | 49 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $29.4B |
| Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. 3382.T | 49 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 5 / 6 | $29.4B |
| Kraft Heinz Company KHC | 61 | Stretched | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $27.5B |
| Imperial Brands PLC IMB | 46 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $27.3B |
| Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. FMX | 39 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Mexico | 5 / 6 | $25.0B |
| Church & Dwight Co. Inc CHD | 33 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 4 / 6 | $24.7B |
| Dollar Tree Inc DLTR | 46 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $23.1B |
| Constellation Brands Inc - Class A STZ | 35 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $22.3B |
| Coles Group Limited COL.AX | 47 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Australia | 4 / 6 | $21.7B |
| US Foods Holding Corp USFD | 47 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $21.7B |
| Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Part LISP | 39 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $21.5B |
| Kao Corporation 4452.T | 39 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 4 / 6 | $21.3B |
| Carlsberg A/S CARL-A | 42 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Denmark | 5 / 6 | $21.1B |
| Heineken Holding NV HEIO | 45 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Netherlands | 5 / 6 | $21.1B |
| Coca Cola HBC AG CCH | 37 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $20.6B |
| COCA COLA HBC AG ADRS CCKC | 38 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $20.3B |
| Bunge Global SA BG | 64 | Stretched | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $19.8B |
| Heineken Holding N.V. 4H50 | 46 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Netherlands | 5 / 6 | $19.5B |
| Kao Corporation KAO0 | 42 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 4 / 6 | $19.3B |
| Beiersdorf Aktiengesellschaft BEI | 41 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Germany | 5 / 6 | $19.0B |
| Pernod Ricard S.A. RI | 32 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | France | 6 / 6 | $18.7B |
| Tyson Foods Inc - Class A TSN | 43 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $18.6B |
| Beiersdorf Aktiengesellschaft BEIA | 41 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Germany | 5 / 6 | $18.1B |
| Carlsberg A/S CARL-B | 41 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Denmark | 5 / 6 | $18.1B |
| Associated British Foods PLC ABF | 42 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 6 / 6 | $17.7B |
| Essity AB (publ) ESSITY-B | 45 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Sweden | 3 / 6 | $17.5B |
| General Mills Inc GIS | 52 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $17.4B |
| Wilmar International Limited F34.SI | 57 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Singapore | 5 / 6 | $17.0B |
| Kerry Group plc KRZ.IR | 45 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Ireland | 5 / 6 | $15.2B |
| Performance Food Group Company PFGC | 48 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $14.9B |
| Kirin Holdings Company, Limited 2503.T | 40 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 4 / 6 | $14.6B |
| Pan Pacific International Holdings Corporation 7532.T | 41 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 5 / 6 | $14.0B |
| Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc COKE | 53 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $14.0B |
| McCormick & Co. Inc MKC-V | 50 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $13.7B |
| J.M. Smucker Company SJM | 66 | Stretched | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $13.6B |
| Kirin Holdings Company, Limited KIR0 | 42 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 4 / 6 | $13.4B |
| BJ`s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc BJ | 45 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $13.0B |
| Carrefour SA CA | 46 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | France | 5 / 6 | $12.8B |
| JBS N.V. - Class A JBS | 50 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Netherlands | 5 / 6 | $12.6B |
| McCormick & Co. Inc (Non Voting) MKC | 49 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $12.3B |
| Brown-Forman Corp - Class A BF-A | 27 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $12.2B |
| Brown-Forman Corp - Class B BF-B | 27 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $12.0B |
| Puig Brands SA PUIG | 34 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Spain | 6 / 6 | $11.7B |
| Bunzl PLC BNZL | 46 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $11.6B |
| The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. MICC | 51 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Netherlands | 5 / 6 | $11.5B |
| Hormel Foods Corp HRL | 51 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 6 / 6 | $11.2B |
| WH Group Ltd 0WH | 46 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Hong Kong | 5 / 6 | $11.2B |
| Lotus Bakeries LOTB | 24 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Belgium | 6 / 6 | $11.0B |
| WH Group Limited 0288.HK | 45 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Hong Kong | 5 / 6 | $10.8B |
| Kikkoman Corporation 2801.T | 37 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 5 / 6 | $10.6B |
| Clorox Company CLX | 53 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 5 / 6 | $10.3B |
| New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc EDU | 24 | Normal | Consumer Defensive | China | 5 / 6 | $9.9B |
| Darling Ingredients Inc DAR | 54 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United States | 4 / 6 | $9.4B |
| J Sainsbury PLC SBRY | 47 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $9.4B |
| Suntory Beverage & Food Limited 2587.T | 40 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Japan | 5 / 6 | $9.4B |
| China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited 2319.HK | 47 | Elevated | Consumer Defensive | Hong Kong | 5 / 6 | $9.2B |
By sector
Industrials 3,117Technology 2,425Consumer Cyclical 2,231Healthcare 1,695Consumer Defensive 1,055Basic Materials 1,055Real Estate 1,011Communication Services 956Energy 487Utilities 343Financial Services 90
How the reading is built
Each company is scored on six mechanisms -- market expectation, operating pressure, cash conversion, leverage, concentration and competitive position -- from its own filed statements. A mechanism whose inputs do not clear its coverage floor is left unread rather than scored zero, and a reading built on thin coverage is pulled toward a neutral prior rather than claiming safety from what nobody looked at.
Descriptive, not advisory. These bands describe measured mechanisms; they are not investment advice, not a forecast, and not a statement about whether a share is worth owning.