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 |
|---|---|---|
| ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co | NYSE | Farm Products |
| BF.B Brown Forman Corp | NYSE | Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co Inc | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| CL Colgate Palmolive Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| CLX Clorox Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp | NASDAQ | Discount Stores |
| CPB Campbell Soup Co | 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 |
| K Kellogg Co | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| 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 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc | NASDAQ | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| PG PROCTER & GAMBLE Co | NYSE | Household & Personal Products |
| PM Philip Morris International Inc | NYSE | Tobacco |
| SJM J M SMUCKER Co | NYSE | Packaged Foods |
| STZ Constellation Brands Inc | NYSE | Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries |
| SYY Sysco Corp | NYSE | Food Distribution |
| TGT Target Corp | NYSE | Discount Stores |
| TSN Tyson Foods Inc | NYSE | Farm Products |
| WMT Walmart Inc | NYSE | Discount Stores |