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Consumer Staples: which companies drove growth

The 20 largest Consumer Staples companies by market cap at the end of Q2 2025 (30 Jun 2025), compared with Q1 2025.

The top 20 at Q2 2025

Q2 2025 vs Q1 2025: combined net profit $20.4B (−19%), median EPS +7% (12 of 19 up), market-cap-weighted price +2%. 20 of 20 reported.

Weight is each company's share of the 20 companies' combined market cap. Contribution is the change in its owners' profit divided by their combined base profit, in percentage points, so the column adds up to the sector's earnings growth. EPS cannot be added across companies, which is why contributions use profit.

#CompanyWeightEPS $, base → nowEPS growthContributionPrice
1Walmart Inc.WMT25.3%0.56 → 0.88+57% +10.1 pp+11%
2Costco Wholesale CorporationCOST14.3%4.02 → 4.28+6% +0.5 pp+5%
3The Procter & Gamble CompanyPG12.6%1.54 → 1.48−4% −0.6 pp−7%
4The Coca-Cola CompanyKO9.9%0.77 → 0.88+14% +1.9 pp−1%
5Philip Morris International Inc.PM9.2%1.72 → 1.95+13% +1.4 pp+15%
6PepsiCo, Inc.PEP5.9%1.33 → 0.92−31% −2.3 pp−12%
7Altria Group, Inc.MO3.2%0.63 → 1.41+124% +5.2 pp−2%
8Mondelez International, Inc.MDLZ2.9%0.31 → 0.49+58% +1.0 pp+1%
9Colgate-Palmolive CompanyCL2.4%0.85 → 0.91+7% +0.2 pp−2%
10Monster Beverage CorporationMNST2.0%0.23 → 0.25+11% +0.2 pp+7%
11The Kroger Co.KR1.5%0.90 → 1.29+43% +0.9 pp+11%
12Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.KDP1.5%0.38 → 0.40+5% +0.1 pp−3%
13Target CorporationTGT1.5%2.27 → 2.05−10% −0.4 pp−5%
14Kimberly-Clark CorporationKMB1.4%1.70 → 1.53−10% −0.2 pp−9%
15Kenvue Inc.KVUE1.3%0.17 → 0.22+29% +0.4 pp−13%
16Sysco CorporationSYY1.2%0.82 → 1.10+34% +0.5 pp+1%
17The Hershey CompanyHSY1.1%1.10 → 0.31−72% −0.6 pp−3%
18Jbs N.V.JBS1.1%— → 1.37sources disagree ——
19The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC1.0%0.60 → −6.57to loss −34.0 pp−15%
20The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EL0.9%0.44 → −1.51to loss −2.8 pp+23%
Sector earnings growth100%−18.6 pp

Who joined and who left

2 joined and 2 left the top 20 since Q1 2025, as market caps moved.

Joined the top 20 since Q1 2025 2

Left the top 20 since Q1 2025 2

  • was #19 General Mills, Inc. GIS
  • was #20 Constellation Brands, Inc. STZ

EPS growth by company, Q3 2023 to Q2 2026

Each company's EPS growth quarter on quarter, every quarter it was in the top 20.

≤ −40%−20%0+20%≥ +40% Blue is growth, red is decline, grey is about zero; the colour stops deepening at ±40%.
  • turned profitableto loss crossed zero, so there is no growth rate to print
  • loss, smallerloss, bigger a loss in both quarters
  • sources disagree our two sources disagree, so the figure is left out of the sector totals
  • outside not in the sector's top 20 that quarter
EPS growth of each company in the sector's top 20, by quarter
CompanyQ3 2023Q4 2023Q1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
WMT−94%+1,116%−7%−11%+2%+14%−14%+57%−13%−31%+26%+19%
COST+66%−26%+9%−4%+40%−24%0%+6%+37%−23%+2%+8%
PG+26%−23%+9%−16%+27%+17%−18%−4%+32%−9%−8%−23%
KO+20%−35%+61%−24%+18%−23%+51%+14%−2%−38%+72%+13%
PM+31%+7%−2%+12%+28%to lossturned profitable+13%+14%−39%+14%+15%
PEP+13%−58%+57%+51%−4%−48%+20%−31%+107%−3%−8%+28%
MO+3%−5%+4%+83%−39%+34%−65%+124%0%−53%+97%+5%
MDLZ+4%−3%+49%−57%+40%+106%−76%+58%+16%−11%−16%+179%
CL+43%+1%−5%+7%+1%0%−6%+7%0%to lossturned profitable+7%
MNST+10%−19%+20%−2%−7%−26%+61%+11%+6%−13%+26%+3%
KRoutsideoutside+15%+28%−50%+31%+7%+43%−29%to lossturned profitable+7%
KDP+3%+32%−33%+15%+18%to lossturned profitable+5%+22%−47%−23%−78%
TGT+17%+42%−32%+27%−28%+30%−6%−10%−26%+52%−26%+141%
KMB+477%−13%+27%−16%+67%−50%+27%−10%−12%+12%+33%−48%
KVUE+5%−26%−12%outside+562%−25%+13%+29%−5%−19%+47%−4%
SYYoutsideoutside+4%+45%−20%−17%0%+34%−10%−18%−12%+62%
HSY+27%−33%+129%−77%+147%+78%−72%−72%+339%+15%+36%+6%
JBSoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsidesources disagreesources disagreeoutsideoutsideoutside
KHC−74%+190%+8%−87%to lossturned profitable−66%to lossturned profitable+6%+22%to loss
ELturned profitable+912%+5%to lossoutsideoutsideoutsideto lossturned profitable+238%outsideto loss