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Top 10 — Consumer Staples — 1 Sep 2026
The ten as they stood on 1 Sep 2026. Scores, pillars and reasons are the ones recorded that day; nothing here is recomputed. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100.
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The ten
| # | Company | Why it was here | Sector | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maplebear Inc. (CART) | Financial health 91st (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 29.5%).Financial health 91st (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 29.5%) and trend 72nd (it is 3.8% below its highest point of the past year); weakest is valuation (35th, price to earnings 27.5, price to book 5). |
Consumer Staples | 63.4 |
| 2 | Philip Morris International (PM) | Profitability 95th (return on equity 575.4%, operating margin 37.8%).Profitability 95th (return on equity 575.4%, operating margin 37.8%) and capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is valuation (36th, price to earnings 26.8 (within its sector)). |
Consumer Staples | 62.4 |
| 3 | INTERPARFUMS INC (IPAR) | Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years).Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and financial health 69th (debt to equity 0.2, free cash flow margin 16.2%); weakest is valuation (45th, price to book 4.3, price to earnings 22.4). |
Consumer Staples | 62.2 |
| 4 | Altria (MO) | Profitability 97th (return on equity 149.7%, operating margin 46.8%).Profitability 97th (return on equity 149.7%, operating margin 46.8%) and valuation 81st (price to earnings 14.6 (within its sector)); weakest is growth (14th, 3-year revenue CAGR -2.5%, revenue growth year over year -0.6%). |
Consumer Staples | 61.6 |
| 5 | Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) | Profitability 87th (return on equity 43%, operating margin 30.4%).Profitability 87th (return on equity 43%, operating margin 30.4%) and capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is valuation (25th, price to book 11.3, price to earnings 26.5). |
Consumer Staples | 60.5 |
| 6 | THE VITA COCO COMPANY INC (COCO) | Growth 83rd (revenue growth year over year 26.1%).Growth 83rd (revenue growth year over year 26.1%) and financial health 80th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 17.6%); weakest is valuation (24th, price to book 8.3, price to earnings 32). |
Consumer Staples | 59.5 |
| 8 | Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) | Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years).Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and growth 65th (revenue growth year over year 27.5%, 3-year revenue CAGR 5.7%); weakest is financial health (36th, debt to equity 1.1, free cash flow margin 9.8%). |
Consumer Staples | 55.8 |
| 9 | McCormick & Company (MKC) | Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years).Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and valuation 75th (price to earnings 9, price to book 3.1); weakest is trend (29th, a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day). |
Consumer Staples | 54.0 |
| 13 | Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) | Trend 69th (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 46.7 percentage points).Trend 69th (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 46.7 percentage points) and profitability 66th (return on equity 39.6%, operating margin 11%); weakest is valuation (27th, price to book 7.8, price to earnings 29.2). |
Consumer Staples | 51.5 |
| 14 | WD-40 (WDFC) | Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years).Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and profitability 73rd (return on equity 33.1%, operating margin 17.5%); weakest is valuation (21st, price to book 10.2, price to earnings 32.2). |
Consumer Staples | 51.1 |
Entered on 1 Sep 2026
Maplebear Inc. (CART) — Entered 1 Sep 2026: score 63.4, rank 1 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version).
THE VITA COCO COMPANY INC (COCO) — Entered 1 Sep 2026: score 59.5, rank 6 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version).
Left on 1 Sep 2026
MARZETTI (MZTI) — Left 1 Sep 2026: score 49.6, rank 16 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version) (a member leaves above rank 15).
Seaboard Corporation (SEB) — Left 1 Sep 2026: score 46.7, rank 30 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, 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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