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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CHGG Chegg Inc | NYSE | Education & Training Services |
| CL Colgate Palmolive Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| CLX Clorox Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| 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 |
| GIS General Mills Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corp | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| HSY Hershey Co | NYSE | Confectioners |
| INGR Ingredion Inc | NYSE | 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 |
| 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 |
| NWL Newell Brands Inc | NASDAQ | Household & Personal Products |
| PEP Pepsico Inc | NASDAQ | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| PG PROCTER & GAMBLE Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| PM Philip Morris International Inc | NYSE | Tobacco |
| SAM Boston Beer Co Inc | NYSE | Beverages - Brewers |
| SJM J M SMUCKER Co | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| 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 |
| TSN Tyson Foods Inc | NYSE | Farm Products |
| TWOU 2U Inc | NASDAQ | Education & Training Services |
| WMT Walmart Inc | NYSE | Discount Stores |