Long-term Top 10 — Consumer Staples — 18 Aug 2026
The ten as they stood on 18 Aug 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 | Sector | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Morris International (PM) Profitability 93rd (return on equity 575.4%, operating margin 37.8%) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is valuation (16th, price to book 592.3, price to earnings 27). |
Consumer Staples | 57.9 |
| 2 | INTERPARFUMS INC (IPAR) Financial health 74th (debt to equity 0.2, free cash flow margin 16.2%) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is long-term trend (43rd, a trend forming but not yet strong (ADX below 25)). |
Consumer Staples | 57.8 |
| 3 | Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) Profitability 84th (return on equity 43%, operating margin 30.4%) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is valuation (24th, price to book 9.3, price to earnings 26.3). |
Consumer Staples | 56.8 |
| 4 | WD-40 (WDFC) Shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and profitability 68th (return on equity 33.1%, operating margin 17.5%); weakest is valuation (14th, price to book 10.9, price to earnings 35). |
Consumer Staples | 54.5 |
| 5 | McCormick & Company (MKC) Shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and valuation 69th (price to earnings 8.9, price to book 3.1); weakest is long-term trend (34th, a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day). |
Consumer Staples | 53.9 |
| 6 | Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) Growth 72nd (revenue growth year over year 27.5%, 3-year revenue CAGR 5.7%) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is profitability (33rd, return on equity 5.2%, operating margin 16.2%). |
Consumer Staples | 51.0 |
| 7 | Altria (MO) Profitability 97th (return on equity 149.7%, operating margin 46.8%) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is growth (15th, revenue growth year over year -0.6%, 3-year revenue CAGR -2.5%). |
Consumer Staples | 50.9 |
| 8 | Seaboard Corporation (SEB) Valuation 98th (price to earnings 6.4, price to book 0.8) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is profitability (26th, operating margin 3.4%, return on equity 12.1%). |
Consumer Staples | 49.5 |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) Long-term trend 62nd (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 43.8 percentage points) and profitability 60th (return on equity 39.6%, operating margin 11%); weakest is valuation (28th, price to book 7.8, price to earnings 23). |
Consumer Staples | 49.0 |
| 10 | MARZETTI (MZTI) Financial health 75th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 12.8%) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is long-term trend (33rd, over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 56.4 percentage points). |
Consumer Staples | 48.7 |
Entered on 18 Aug 2026
Philip Morris International (PM) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 1, score 57.9.
INTERPARFUMS INC (IPAR) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 2, score 57.8.
Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 3, score 56.8.
WD-40 (WDFC) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 4, score 54.5.
McCormick & Company (MKC) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 5, score 53.9.
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 6, score 51.0.
Altria (MO) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 7, score 50.9.
Seaboard Corporation (SEB) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 8, score 49.5.
Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 9, score 49.0.
MARZETTI (MZTI) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 10, score 48.7.
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