Top Consumer Defensive Companies by Net Margin
Trailing-twelve-month net margin for the largest Consumer Defensive filers, ranked in USD. Switch axes via the column headers.
How TTM margins are measured
Margins divide a profitability line by trailing-twelve-month revenue, expressed as a percentage. Each column on this page measures a different layer of the income statement — gross strips only direct production costs; operating subtracts overhead, R&D and D&A; EBITDA adds D&A back to operating; net subtracts interest and taxes; FCF replaces accrual profit with operating cash flow minus capex. Together they describe where a business actually makes its money.
Margins make capital-light franchises directly comparable to capital-heavy ones — a software filer with a 35% operating margin runs a different model than a global retailer at 6%. To compare absolute scale instead of percentages see the revenue ranking and net income ranking. Non-USD filers are ranked on USD-translated TTM lines so peers stay comparable. Rankings USD translation methodology · IFRS IAS 21 (official)
Calculated from each company's four most recent reported quarters, as of (reported ).
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Top consumer defensive companies by net margin
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| 1 | Altria Group (MO) | Consumer Defensive | 69.6% | 47.4% | 51.2% | 33.2% | 43.4% |
| 2 | Coca-Cola (KO) | Consumer Defensive | 61.7% | 29.3% | 37.2% | 27.8% | 25.5% |
| 3 | Philip Morris International (PM) | Consumer Defensive | 67.3% | 36.8% | 42.8% | 26.7% | 25.7% |
| 4 | McCormick & Company (MKC) | Consumer Defensive | 37.9% | 15.5% | 17.5% | 23.1% | 12.0% |
| 5 | Monster Beverage (MNST) | Consumer Defensive | 55.8% | 29.2% | 31.0% | 23.0% | 23.7% |
| 6 | Brown-Forman (BF-B) | Consumer Defensive | 59.5% | 28.4% | 30.4% | 20.6% | 18.6% |
| 7 | Procter & Gamble (PG) | Consumer Defensive | 50.3% | 23.2% | 26.8% | 19.2% | 17.3% |
| 8 | Constellation Brands (STZ) | Consumer Defensive | 51.7% | 31.3% | 35.2% | 18.5% | 19.6% |
| 9 | General Mills (GIS) | Consumer Defensive | 33.0% | 19.1% | 16.6% | 12.1% | 9.0% |
| 10 | Kimberly-Clark (KMB) | Consumer Defensive | 35.9% | 15.0% | 18.6% | 11.9% | 15.6% |
| 11 | Church & Dwight Co. (CHD) | Consumer Defensive | 44.7% | 17.4% | 20.9% | 11.9% | 17.6% |
| 12 | Clorox (CLX) | Consumer Defensive | 44.0% | 15.2% | 19.5% | 11.2% | 11.5% |
| 13 | Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) | Consumer Defensive | 53.8% | 21.3% | 21.8% | 10.8% | 9.3% |
| 14 | Colgate-Palmolive (CL) | Consumer Defensive | 60.1% | 21.3% | 18.5% | 10.5% | 17.8% |
| 15 | Kenvue (KVUE) | Consumer Defensive | 58.1% | 17.9% | 19.6% | 9.7% | 11.4% |
| 16 | Marzetti (MZTI) | Consumer Defensive | 24.1% | 11.6% | 15.3% | 9.3% | 14.0% |
| 17 | PepsiCo (PEP) | Consumer Defensive | 54.1% | 14.8% | 15.8% | 9.2% | 9.3% |
| 18 | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) | Consumer Defensive | 35.6% | 11.9% | 16.1% | 8.2% | 10.8% |
| 19 | Hershey (HSY) | Consumer Defensive | 33.3% | 12.1% | 15.0% | 7.6% | 17.7% |
| 20 | Mondelez International (MDLZ) | Consumer Defensive | 28.8% | 9.4% | 11.9% | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 21 | Dollar Tree (DLTR) | Consumer Defensive | 36.4% | 8.2% | 11.2% | 6.6% | 7.2% |
| 22 | Campbell Soup (CPB) | Consumer Defensive | 29.3% | 12.1% | 14.5% | 5.5% | 9.2% |
| 23 | Lamb Weston (LW) | Consumer Defensive | 20.6% | 9.3% | 13.7% | 4.6% | 9.7% |
| 24 | Hormel Foods (HRL) | Consumer Defensive | 15.5% | 6.0% | 8.4% | 4.0% | 4.8% |
| 25 | Dollar General (DG) | Consumer Defensive | 30.7% | 5.2% | 7.6% | 3.5% | 7.2% |
| 26 | Target (TGT) | Consumer Defensive | 27.9% | 4.9% | 8.0% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| 27 | Walmart (WMT) | Consumer Defensive | 24.9% | 4.2% | 6.5% | 3.1% | 2.1% |
| 28 | Costco (COST) | Consumer Defensive | 12.9% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 3.2% |
| 29 | Universal Corporation (UVV) | Consumer Defensive | 18.2% | 7.8% | 9.7% | 2.9% | 1.8% |
| 30 | Sysco (SYY) | Consumer Defensive | 18.5% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| 31 | Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) | Consumer Defensive | 5.8% | 1.3% | 4.8% | 1.3% | 5.2% |
| 32 | Bunge Global S.A. (BG) | Consumer Defensive | 4.8% | 1.8% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 0.4% |
| 33 | Andersons (ANDE) | Consumer Defensive | 6.3% | 0.8% | 2.8% | 0.9% | -0.5% |
| 34 | Kroger (KR) | Consumer Defensive | 21.0% | 3.2% | 5.8% | 0.7% | 2.4% |
| 35 | Performance Food Group (PFGC) | Consumer Defensive | 11.9% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| 36 | Tyson Foods (TSN) | Consumer Defensive | 6.0% | 1.7% | 4.1% | 0.4% | 2.0% |
| 37 | Albertsons Companies (ACI) | Consumer Defensive | 26.7% | 0.9% | 4.1% | 0.3% | 2.5% |
| 38 | Conagra Brands (CAG) | Consumer Defensive | 24.2% | 12.3% | 8.4% | -0.4% | 7.5% |
| 39 | Estée Lauder Companies (EL) | Consumer Defensive | 74.4% | 7.3% | 10.8% | -1.2% | 7.7% |
| 40 | J. M. Smucker (SJM) | Consumer Defensive | 32.7% | 3.4% | -1.8% | -14.1% | 10.9% |
| 41 | Molson Coors Beverage (TAP) | Consumer Defensive | 37.6% | -21.0% | -14.5% | -19.2% | 9.6% |
| 42 | Kraft Heinz (KHC) | Consumer Defensive | 33.3% | -18.7% | -14.2% | -23.4% | 14.7% |
Sorted by Net Margin · Ranks (#) are among the loaded leaderboard rows, not worldwide.