Consumer Staples

Food, beverage, household products, and retail staples

Sector classifications follow the GICS industry standard.

Companies Analyzed20 / 20in this sector

Avg FCF Margin12.7%

Top PerformerMO45.1%

Avg Debt/FCF6.7xacross 19 companies

FCF Margin Rankings

Companies ranked by free cash flow margin

Health grades across the sector

A9 (45%)

B1 (5%)

C2 (10%)

D4 (20%)

F4 (20%)

#	Symbol	Grade	FCF Margin	Cash Conv.	Trend	Debt/FCF	Revenue	FCF
1	MO	A	45.1%	133.7%	improving	2.8x	$20.1B	$9.1B
2	PM	A	26.2%	107.8%	improving	4.6x	$40.6B	$10.7B
3	MNST	A	21.9%	110.1%	improving	—	$8.3B	$1.9B
4	STZ	A	18.9%	158.2%	stable	6.5x	$9.1B	$1.8B
5	CL	A	17.1%	196.9%	improving	2.5x	$20.4B	$3.6B
6	PG	A	16.1%	111.5%	stable	2.6x	$84.3B	$14.0B
7	HSY	A	14.4%	257.8%	improving	3.4x	$11.7B	$1.7B
8	KHC	A	14.3%	-76.3%	improving	6.0x	$24.9B	$3.7B
9	KO	A	10.5%	56.5%	improving	9.1x	$47.9B	$5.3B
10	CLX	D	9.6%	121.1%	declining	4.2x	$7.1B	$761.0M
11	TAP	C	9.3%	-83.4%	improving	6.2x	$11.1B	$1.1B
12	KMB	B	9.1%	137.4%	improving	4.9x	$16.4B	$1.6B
13	GIS	D	8.4%	—	stable	9.0x	$18.4B	$1.6B
14	KDP	D	8.4%	95.8%	improving	11.6x	$16.6B	$1.5B
15	MDLZ	F	8.1%	184.2%	declining	7.0x	$38.5B	$3.2B
16	PEP	C	7.9%	146.7%	improving	6.8x	$93.9B	$7.7B
17	EL	F	2.6%	-112.3%	improving	25.9x	$14.3B	$670.0M
18	COST	D	2.5%	164.6%	declining	1.2x	$275.2B	$7.8B
19	WMT	F	2.1%	189.9%	declining	4.5x	$713.2B	$14.9B
20	TSN	F	2.0%	—	improving	8.2x	$54.4B	$1.2B

Tobacco prints 45% margins while Walmart barely clears 2%. Nine A-grades, but only tobacco and Monster look built to last.

Tobacco and beverages print cash. Big retail burns it. The sector splits cleanly between generators and destroyers.

Half the sector earns A-grades on FCF margins above 14%, but Walmart, Costco, and Estée Lauder tell a different story about retail cash generation.