Top 10 — Consumer Staples — 1 Oct 2026

The ten as they stood on 1 Oct 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	THE VITA COCO COMPANY INC (COCO)	Financial health 94th (debt to equity 0). Financial health 94th (debt to equity 0) and growth 83rd (revenue growth year over year 26.1%); weakest is valuation (22nd, price to book 8.2, price to earnings 31.5). Profitability77.6 Growth83.4 Financial health94.3 Valuation21.9 Capital return23.1 Trend51.2	Consumer Staples	62.2
2	Philip Morris International (PM)	Profitability 93rd (operating margin 36.6%). Profitability 93rd (operating margin 36.6%) and trend 71st (it is 10.2% below its highest point of the past year); weakest is valuation (36th, price to earnings 27 (within its sector)). Profitability93.4 Growth53.2 Financial health42.7 Valuation35.8 Capital return68.6 Trend70.6	Consumer Staples	62.1
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%). Profitability95.9 Growth13.4 Financial health48.9 Valuation77.5 Capital return82.0 Trend62.4	Consumer Staples	61.5
4	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 growth 67th (3-year revenue CAGR 13.6%, revenue growth year over year 12.6%); weakest is valuation (39th, price to book 4.4, price to earnings 24.2). Profitability62.9 Growth67.4 Financial health88.6 Valuation39.0 Capital return49.3 Trend56.6	Consumer Staples	61.5
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 67th (trading above its 200-day average); weakest is valuation (45th, price to book 4.1, price to earnings 21.4). Profitability67.3 Growth58.5 Financial health58.5 Valuation44.6 Capital return55.5 Trend66.6	Consumer Staples	59.5
6	Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP)	Trend 68th (it is 9.3% below its highest point of the past year). Trend 68th (it is 9.3% 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%). Profitability56.9 Growth64.6 Financial health39.1 Valuation54.5 Capital return61.6 Trend67.8	Consumer Staples	58.1
7	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 76th (it is 6.9% below its highest point of the past year); weakest is valuation (25th, price to book 11, price to earnings 25.9). Profitability89.8 Growth36.8 Financial health40.1 Valuation25.4 Capital return69.1 Trend75.6	Consumer Staples	57.2
8	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)	Profitability 68th (return on equity 23.8%, operating margin 13.4%). Profitability 68th (return on equity 23.8%, operating margin 13.4%) and trend 61st (it is 11.3% below its highest point of the past year); 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. Profitability68.4 Growth54.2 Financial health36.8 Valuation47.1 Capital returnnot scored Trend61.2	Consumer Staples	54.8
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 69th (consecutive years of dividend increases 16 years, net share count bought back over the year 0.1); weakest is valuation (22nd, price to book 9.7, price to earnings 30.7). Profitability77.1 Growth50.4 Financial health61.6 Valuation21.5 Capital return68.5 Trend45.3	Consumer Staples	53.9
15	Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE)	Trend 71st (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 43.0 percentage points). Trend 71st (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 43.0 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 28.2). Profitability55.0 Growth50.0 Financial health37.3 Valuation27.7 Capital return56.1 Trend71.2	Consumer Staples	50.6

Entered on 1 Oct 2026

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 on 1 Oct 2026

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).

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