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Short-term Top 10 — Consumer Staples — 24 Aug 2026

The ten as they stood on 24 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

#CompanyWhy it was hereSectorScore
1 Brown–Forman (BF.B)
Setup 93rd: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.

Setup 93rd: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move; catalysts 72nd: open-market insider buys in 90 days 31, analysts have raised their average price target by 0.2% since the prior reading; weakest is momentum 46th: MACD momentum is negative. Its short interest was not measured, so no short-interest deduction applies.

  • Trend56.8
  • Momentum46.0
  • Setup93.0
  • Volume and participation51.2
  • Catalysts71.6
Consumer Staples 64.0
2 Dollar General (DG)
Setup 88th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down.

Setup 88th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; volume and participation 66th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; weakest is momentum 50th: MACD momentum is negative.

  • Trend57.3
  • Momentum50.4
  • Setup88.3
  • Volume and participation66.3
  • Catalysts55.3
Consumer Staples 63.1
3 Lamb Weston (LW)
Setup 75th: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.

Setup 75th: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move; trend 68th: it is trading 12.0% above its 50-day average, the short-term trend line; weakest is momentum 49th: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought).

  • Trend68.2
  • Momentum48.5
  • Setup74.8
  • Volume and participation52.9
  • Catalysts58.7
Consumer Staples 61.4
4 US Foods (USFD)
Trend 71st: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control.

Trend 71st: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control; volume and participation 62nd: it gapped 4.8% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed; weakest is setup 48th: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced only a small part of its move over the past year — 4% of it.

  • Trend70.8
  • Momentum58.2
  • Setup47.6
  • Volume and participation61.9
  • Catalysts58.1
Consumer Staples 59.8
5 BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ)
Volume and participation 80th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.

Volume and participation 80th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; trend 62nd: the price is 9% above the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain; weakest is momentum 44th: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought).

  • Trend62.2
  • Momentum44.4
  • Setup55.5
  • Volume and participation80.3
  • Catalysts60.1
Consumer Staples 59.6
6 Mondelez International (MDLZ)
Setup 65th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down.

Setup 65th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; trend 64th: the price is 3% above the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain; weakest is catalysts 51st: analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading.

  • Trend63.7
  • Momentum53.8
  • Setup64.8
  • Volume and participation59.6
  • Catalysts50.5
Consumer Staples 58.7
8 Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
Volume and participation 74th: it gapped 4.8% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed.

Volume and participation 74th: it gapped 4.8% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed; setup 62nd: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 10% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move; weakest is momentum 44th: MACD momentum is negative.

  • Trend53.7
  • Momentum44.1
  • Setup61.9
  • Volume and participation73.8
  • Catalysts58.7
Consumer Staples 57.4
9 Dollar Tree (DLTR)
Volume and participation 89th: it gapped 15.8% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed.

Volume and participation 89th: it gapped 15.8% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed; trend 74th: the price is 13% above the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain; weakest is setup 55th: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced only a small part of its move over the past year — 8% of it. Its score is docked 10 points for overextended (RSI above 75 or stochastic above 90).

  • Trend73.5
  • Momentum59.1
  • Setup54.9
  • Volume and participation89.1
  • Catalysts63.4
Consumer Staples 57.2
11 Freshpet (FRPT)
Volume and participation 83rd: it gapped 5.2% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed.

Volume and participation 83rd: it gapped 5.2% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed; trend 79th: it is trading 25.6% above its 50-day average, the short-term trend line; weakest is setup 43rd: day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history. Its score is docked 10 points for overextended (RSI above 75 or stochastic above 90). It is heavily shorted, but it also meets the short-squeeze screen, so no deduction applies.

  • Trend78.8
  • Momentum59.0
  • Setup43.0
  • Volume and participation82.5
  • Catalysts61.4
Consumer Staples 54.8
13 Target Corporation (TGT)
Trend 89th: the price is 23% above the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain.

Trend 89th: the price is 23% above the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain; volume and participation 87th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; weakest is setup 35th: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced essentially none of its move over the past year — 0% of it. Its score is docked 10 points for overextended (RSI above 75 or stochastic above 90).

  • Trend88.6
  • Momentum52.2
  • Setup34.6
  • Volume and participation86.7
  • Catalysts58.1
Consumer Staples 54.1

Entered on 24 Aug 2026

Dollar General (DG) — Entered 24 Aug 2026: score 63.1, rank 2 (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).

Lamb Weston (LW) — Entered 24 Aug 2026: score 61.4, rank 3 (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).

BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ) — Entered 24 Aug 2026: score 59.6, rank 5 (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).

Mondelez International (MDLZ) — Entered 24 Aug 2026: score 58.7, 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 24 Aug 2026

Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL) — Left 24 Aug 2026: score 51.5, rank 20 (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).

McCormick & Company (MKC) — Left 24 Aug 2026: score 43.1, rank 41 (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).

J.M. Smucker Company (The) (SJM) — Left 24 Aug 2026: score 52.2, rank 18 (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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