The Consumer Defensive sector comprises companies whose businesses are less sensitive to the economic cycle. These are products that people are unable or unwilling to cut out of their budgets regardless of the economic condition. These companies are engaged in the manufacturing of food, beverages, household and personal products, packaging, or tobacco. This sector also includes companies that provide services such as education & training services, as well as food & drug retailing companies such as hypermarkets and consumer super centers.
| Name | Exchange | Industry |
|---|---|---|
| ACI Albertsons Companies Inc | NYSE | Grocery Stores |
| ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co | NYSE | Farm Products |
| AGFS AgroFresh Solutions Inc | NASDAQ | Farm Products |
| ALCO Alico Inc | NASDAQ | Farm Products |
| ANDE Andersons Inc | NASDAQ | Food Distribution |
| APEI American Public Education Inc | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| ASPU Aspen Group Inc | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| ATGE Adtalem Global Education Inc | NYSE | Education & Training Services |
| BF.B Brown Forman Corp | NYSE | Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries |
| BG Bunge LTD | NYSE | Farm Products |
| BIG Big Lots Inc | NYSE | Discount Stores |
| BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc | NYSE | Discount Stores |
| BRBR Bellring Brands Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| BRID Bridgford Foods Corp | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| BYND Beyond Meat Inc | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| CALM Cal-Maine Foods Inc | NASDAQ | Farm Products |
| CASY Caseys General Stores Inc | NASDAQ | Grocery Stores |
| CELH Celsius Holdings Inc | NASDAQ | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| CENT Central Garden & Pet Co | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co Inc | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| CHEF Chefs' Warehouse Inc | NASDAQ | Food Distribution |
| CHGG Chegg Inc | NYSE | Education & Training Services |
| CL Colgate Palmolive Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| CLX Clorox Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| CLXT Calyxt Inc | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc | NASDAQ | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| CORE Core-Mark Holding Company Inc | NASDAQ | Food Distribution |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp | NASDAQ | Discount Stores |
| COTY Coty Inc | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| CPB Campbell Soup Co | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| DG Dollar General Corp | NYSE | Discount Stores |
| DLTR Dollar Tree Inc | NASDAQ | Discount Stores |
| EL Estee Lauder Companies Inc | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| EPC EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| FDP Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc | NYSE | Farm Products |
| FIZZ National Beverage Corp | NASDAQ | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| FLO Flowers Foods Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| FRPT Freshpet Inc | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| GHC Graham Holdings Co | NYSE | Education & Training Services |
| GIS General Mills Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp | NASDAQ | Grocery Stores |
| HAIN Hain Celestial Group Inc | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| HELE Helen Of Troy Ltd | NASDAQ | Household & Personal Products |
| HLF Herbalife Nutrition Ltd | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| HMHC Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corp | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| HSY Hershey Co | NYSE | Confectioners |
| INGR Ingredion Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| IPAR Inter Parfums Inc | NASDAQ | Household & Personal Products |
| JJSF J&J Snack Foods Corp | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| K Kellogg Co | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc | NYSE | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| KHC Kraft Heinz Co | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| KMB Kimberly Clark Corp | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| KO Coca Cola Co | NYSE | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| KR Kroger Co | NYSE | Grocery Stores |
| LANC Lancaster Colony Corp | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| LAUR Laureate Education Inc | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| LOPE Grand Canyon Education Inc | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| LW Lamb Weston Holdings Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc | NASDAQ | Confectioners |
| MKC Mccormick & Co Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| MNST Monster Beverage Corp | NASDAQ | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| MO Altria Group Inc | NYSE | Tobacco |
| NUS Nu Skin Enterprises Inc | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| NWL Newell Brands Inc | NASDAQ | Household & Personal Products |
| OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc | NASDAQ | Discount Stores |
| PEP Pepsico Inc | NASDAQ | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| PFGC Performance Food Group Co | NYSE | Food Distribution |
| PG PROCTER & GAMBLE Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| PM Philip Morris International Inc | NYSE | Tobacco |
| POST Post Holdings Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| PPC Pilgrims Pride Corp | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| PRDO PERDOCEO EDUCATION Corp | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| PSMT Pricesmart Inc | NASDAQ | Discount Stores |
| REV Revlon Inc | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| SAFM Sanderson Farms Inc | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| SAM Boston Beer Co Inc | NYSE | Beverages - Brewers |
| SFM Sprouts Farmers Market Inc | NASDAQ | Grocery Stores |
| SJM J M SMUCKER Co | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| SMPL Simply Good Foods Co | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| STRA Strategic Education Inc | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| STZ Constellation Brands Inc | NYSE | Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries |
| SYY Sysco Corp | NYSE | Food Distribution |
| TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co | NYSE | Beverages - Brewers |
| TGT Target Corp | NYSE | Discount Stores |
| THS TreeHouse Foods Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| TSN Tyson Foods Inc | NYSE | Farm Products |
| TWNK Hostess Brands Inc | NASDAQ | Packaged Foods |
| TWOU 2U Inc | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| UNFI United Natural Foods Inc | NYSE | Food Distribution |
| USFD US Foods Holding Corp | NYSE | Food Distribution |
| USNA Usana Health Sciences Inc | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| UTZ Utz Brands Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| VGR Vector Group Ltd | NYSE | Tobacco |
| WMT Walmart Inc | NYSE | Discount Stores |