Consumer Staples
Consumer Staples sector: regime, opportunity and risk scores, industry rankings, signals, leading stocks and ETFs, and the weekly brief.
Consumer Staples at a glance
Consumer Staples (XLP) is in a Bullish regime with a Bull/Bear score of +100, ranked 3 of 11 on opportunity (65/100) with low risk. It is leading against the S&P 500: +6.8% over 1 month and +5.9% over 3 months; 70% of its 34 stocks are above their 200-day average.
Industries
| Rank | Industry | Signal | Opportunity | 3 months | Leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverages: Non-Alcoholic | Bullish | 90 | +13.7% | KDP, KO, MNST |
| 2 | Household/Personal Care | Bullish | 74 | +4.5% | EL, CHD, PG |
| 3 | Specialty Stores | Improving | 62 | +9.7% | TGT, COST, WMT |
| 4 | Other Consumer Staples | Improving | 60 | +2.8% | DLTR, DG, PM |
| 5 | Food: Specialty/Candy | Improving | 42 | +0.2% | SJM, MDLZ, PEP |
Leading stocks
- SJM – The J.M. Smucker Company (Food: Specialty/Candy): Bullish, 3 months +12.0%
- KDP – Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (Beverages: Non-Alcoholic): Bullish, 3 months +16.9%
- KO – Coca-Cola Company (The) (Beverages: Non-Alcoholic): Bullish, 3 months +13.7%
- EL – Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) (Household/Personal Care): Bullish, 3 months +35.5%
- CHD – Church & Dwight Company, Inc. (Household/Personal Care): Bullish, 3 months +9.1%
- MO – Altria Group, Inc. (Tobacco): Improving, 3 months +2.8%
What drives Consumer Staples
Essential consumption, pricing power, margins. Bullish indicators: Stable demand; improving profit margins; relative performance strengthens. Bearish indicators: Input inflation squeezes margins; sales volumes decline; earnings revisions weaken.
Source: Sonsero Sectors weekly snapshot 2026-10-25 (market data from TradingView). Scores, regimes and signals are rules-based descriptions of market conditions, not investment advice.