Consumer Staples

Food, beverage, household products, and retail staples

Sector classifications follow the GICS industry standard.

Companies Analyzed20 / 20in this sector

Avg FCF Margin13.4%

Top PerformerMO45.1%

Avg Debt/FCF5.7xacross 19 companies

FCF Margin Rankings

Companies ranked by free cash flow margin

Health grades across the sector

A8 (40%)

B3 (15%)

C4 (20%)

D1 (5%)

F4 (20%)

#	Symbol	Grade	FCF Margin	Cash Conv.	Trend	Debt/FCF	Revenue	FCF
1	MO	A	45.1%	133.7%	stable	2.8x	$20.1B	$9.1B
2	PM	A	26.2%	107.8%	improving	4.6x	$40.6B	$10.7B
3	MNST	A	23.4%	110.1%	stable	—	$8.3B	$1.9B
4	STZ	B	19.0%	—	declining	6.3x	$10.2B	$1.9B
5	CL	A	17.8%	196.9%	improving	2.4x	$20.4B	$3.6B
6	PG	A	16.7%	111.5%	stable	2.5x	$84.3B	$14.0B
7	HSY	A	15.0%	257.8%	stable	3.3x	$11.7B	$1.7B
8	KHC	A	14.7%	-76.3%	stable	5.8x	$24.9B	$3.7B
9	GIS	C	11.8%	127.1%	declining	6.7x	$19.5B	$2.3B
10	KO	B	11.0%	56.5%	stable	8.6x	$47.9B	$5.3B
11	CLX	A	10.7%	121.1%	improving	3.8x	$7.1B	$761.0M
12	KMB	C	10.0%	137.4%	stable	4.5x	$16.4B	$1.6B
13	TAP	D	9.6%	-83.4%	stable	5.9x	$11.1B	$1.1B
14	KDP	F	9.0%	95.8%	declining	10.8x	$16.6B	$1.5B
15	MDLZ	B	8.4%	184.2%	improving	6.7x	$38.5B	$3.2B
16	PEP	C	8.2%	146.7%	improving	6.5x	$93.9B	$7.7B
17	EL	F	4.7%	-112.3%	stable	14.1x	$14.3B	$670.0M
18	COST	C	2.8%	164.6%	stable	1.0x	$275.2B	$7.8B
19	TSN	F	2.2%	—	stable	7.5x	$54.4B	$1.2B
20	WMT	F	2.1%	189.9%	stable	4.5x	$713.2B	$14.9B

Philip Morris and Monster print 26% and 22% margins. Walmart and Tyson barely break 2%. Same sector, different planets.

Tobacco and energy drinks print 20%+ margins. Retail giants barely break 2%. Both earn A-grades. Something's broken.