Top 10 / Top 10 — Consumer Staples
Top 10 — Consumer Staples
The 10 highest scores among covered Consumer Staples companies, rebalanced on the first trading day of each month.
Tracked against the market equal weight · dividends included
SPY is the S&P 500 ETF — the US large-cap market average.
Top 10SPY (dashed)rebalance
−3.1% since 18 Aug 2026, against +1.1% for SPY: 4.2 percentage points behind the market.
Both lines include dividends: each payout is reinvested in the company that paid it, and SPY's payouts are reinvested the same way.
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The 10 members
| # | Company | Why it is here | Score | Pillars | Sector rank | Price | Since entry | In the list since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maplebear Inc. (CART) | Financial health 89th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 24.3%).Financial health 89th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 24.3%) and trend 71st (a trend forming but not yet strong (ADX below 25)); weakest is valuation (38th, price to book 4.6, price to earnings 25.4).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 1 | 46.30 8 Oct 2026 | −7.5% | 1 Sep 2026 | |
| 2 | Philip Morris International (PM) | Profitability 93rd (operating margin 36.6%).Profitability 93rd (operating margin 36.6%) and trend 77th (it is 3.5% below its highest point of the past year); weakest is valuation (36th, price to earnings 28.7 (within its sector)).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 2 | 200.50 8 Oct 2026 | +6.9% | 18 Aug 2026 | |
| 3 | Altria (MO) | Profitability 96th (operating margin 42.5%).Profitability 96th (operating margin 42.5%) and capital return 82nd (consecutive years of dividend increases 17 years, net share count bought back over the year 2); weakest is growth (13th, 3-year revenue CAGR -2.5%, revenue growth year over year -0.6%).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 3 | 71.42 8 Oct 2026 | +9.6% | 18 Aug 2026 | |
| 4 | THE VITA COCO COMPANY INC (COCO) | Financial health 94th (debt to equity 0).Financial health 94th (debt to equity 0) and growth 84th (revenue growth year over year 26.1%); weakest is capital return (23rd, consecutive years of dividend increases 0 years, net share count bought back over the year -1.1).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 4 | 55.98 8 Oct 2026 | −3.6% | 1 Sep 2026 | |
| 5 | INTERPARFUMS INC (IPAR) | Profitability 67th (operating margin 19.1%, return on equity 15.3%).Profitability 67th (operating margin 19.1%, return on equity 15.3%) and trend 64th (trading above its 200-day average); weakest is valuation (47th, price to book 4.1, price to earnings 21.3).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 5 | 111.60 8 Oct 2026 | −1.6% | 18 Aug 2026 | |
| 6 | Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) | Trend 68th (it is 7.6% below its highest point of the past year).Trend 68th (it is 7.6% below its highest point of the past year) and growth 65th (revenue growth year over year 27.5%, 3-year revenue CAGR 5.7%); weakest is financial health (39th, debt to equity 1.1, free cash flow margin 9.1%).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 6 | 31.26 8 Oct 2026 | +1.5% | 18 Aug 2026 | |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)NEW | Trend 73rd (it is 8.8% below its highest point of the past year).Trend 73rd (it is 8.8% below its highest point of the past year) and profitability 68th (return on equity 23.8%, operating margin 13.4%); weakest is financial health (37th, debt to equity 1.5, free cash flow margin 10.5%). Scored on 5 of 6 pillars — it pays a dividend, but its filings carry no per-share series to count increases from; no annual share count in its filings.
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 7 | 103.64 8 Oct 2026 | +2.8% | 1 Oct 2026 | |
| 8 | Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) | Profitability 90th (return on equity 38.2%, operating margin 28.7%).Profitability 90th (return on equity 38.2%, operating margin 28.7%) and trend 75th (it is 5.1% below its highest point of the past year); weakest is valuation (25th, price to book 11.2, price to earnings 26.4).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 8 | 87.77 8 Oct 2026 | −1.2% | 18 Aug 2026 | |
| 9 | WD-40 (WDFC) | Profitability 77th (return on equity 33.9%, operating margin 16.7%).Profitability 77th (return on equity 33.9%, operating margin 16.7%) and capital return 68th (consecutive years of dividend increases 16 years, net share count bought back over the year 0.1); weakest is valuation (22nd, price to book 9.8, price to earnings 30.9).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 11 | 203.90 8 Oct 2026 | −11.4% | 18 Aug 2026 | |
| 10 | Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) | Trend 73rd (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 45.0 percentage points).Trend 73rd (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 45.0 percentage points) and capital return 56th (consecutive years of dividend increases 4 years); weakest is valuation (28th, price to book 7.8, price to earnings 29).
Pillar percentiles |
PGHVCT | 16 | 191.86 8 Oct 2026 | +1.7% | 18 Aug 2026 |
Changes at the 1 Oct 2026 rebalance
Entered
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) — Entered 1 Oct 2026: score 54.8, rank 8 (not compared with 1 Sep 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 3, this pass under 4, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version).
Left
McCormick & Company (MKC) — Left 1 Oct 2026: score 47.4, rank 26 (not compared with 1 Sep 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 3, this pass under 4, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version) (a member leaves above rank 15).
1 of 10 changed at this rebalance. Average 4.3 of 10 per rebalance.
How the score is built
The Top 10 score is a published weighted sum of percentile ranks, rebalanced on the first trading day of each month. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4. Full method → What is the top 10 score? →
Questions
How is the score built?
The Top 10 score is a published weighted sum of percentile ranks, rebalanced on the first trading day of each month. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100.
How often does this list change?
Members are rebalanced on the first trading day of each month. Scores are recomputed nightly, but membership only changes at a scheduled rebalance, or immediately if a company stops being eligible. A member is held while it stays inside the top 15, so a small move in rank does not force a change.
What score does a company need to be in this list?
The cutoff today is 54.2 across 65 ranked Consumer Staples companies. #11 (WDFC) is 0.5 below it. A member leaves only if it falls past #15 — 50.9 today.
Why did MKC leave the list?
Left 1 Oct 2026: score 47.4, rank 26 (not compared with 1 Sep 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 3, this pass under 4, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version) (a member leaves above rank 15).
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