Consumer Staples

Food, beverage, household products, and retail staples

Sector classifications follow the GICS industry standard.

Companies Analyzed19 / 20in this sector

Avg FCF Margin11.8%

Top PerformerPM26.2%

Avg Debt/FCF5.5xacross 19 companies

FCF Margin Rankings

Companies ranked by free cash flow margin

Health grades across the sector

A8 (42%)

B4 (21%)

C3 (16%)

D1 (5%)

F3 (16%)

#	Symbol	Grade	FCF Margin	Cash Conv.	Trend	Debt/FCF	Revenue	FCF
1	PM	A	26.2%	107.8%	improving	4.6x	$40.6B	$10.7B
2	MNST	A	21.6%	127.8%	improving	0.2x	$7.5B	$1.6B
3	STZ	B	19.0%	—	declining	6.3x	$10.2B	$1.9B
4	CL	A	17.6%	142.2%	stable	2.4x	$20.1B	$3.5B
5	HSY	A	17.2%	114.0%	improving	2.8x	$11.2B	$1.9B
6	PG	A	16.7%	111.5%	stable	2.5x	$84.3B	$14.0B
7	KHC	A	14.7%	-76.3%	stable	5.8x	$24.9B	$3.7B
8	GIS	C	11.8%	127.1%	declining	6.7x	$19.5B	$2.3B
9	CLX	A	10.7%	121.1%	improving	3.8x	$7.1B	$761.0M
10	TAP	B	10.6%	170.2%	improving	5.0x	$11.6B	$1.2B
11	KDP	D	10.4%	154.0%	stable	10.8x	$15.4B	$1.6B
12	KO	A	10.1%	64.0%	improving	9.4x	$47.1B	$4.7B
13	KMB	C	10.0%	137.4%	stable	4.5x	$16.4B	$1.6B
14	MDLZ	B	8.4%	184.2%	improving	6.7x	$38.5B	$3.2B
15	PEP	C	8.2%	146.7%	improving	6.5x	$93.9B	$7.7B
16	EL	F	4.7%	-112.3%	stable	14.1x	$14.3B	$670.0M
17	COST	B	2.8%	164.6%	improving	1.0x	$275.2B	$7.8B
18	TSN	F	2.2%	—	stable	7.5x	$54.4B	$1.2B
19	WMT	F	1.9%	187.5%	improving	4.7x	$681.0B	$12.7B

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