Consumer staples has 42 companies with five or more years of accounts filed with the SEC. The median one grew revenue +4% in its last fiscal year and kept 8% of it as operating profit; a quarter of them kept more than 16%. The median return on invested capital is 9%, with the middle half of the sector between 6% and 19%. Net debt is 1.4 times EBITDA at the median company.

Revenue growth, last year +4% middle half: +2% to +8% · 42 companies

Gross margin 37% middle half: 28% to 50% · 41 companies

Operating margin 8% middle half: 4% to 16% · 42 companies

Free cash flow margin 9% middle half: 5% to 13% · 42 companies

Return on invested capital 9% middle half: 6% to 19% · 30 companies

Net debt to EBITDA 1.4× middle half: 0.1× to 2.7× · 31 companies

R&D as a share of revenue 1% middle half: 1% to 2% · 20 companies

Stock compensation as a share of revenue 0% middle half: 0% to 1% · 40 companies

The companies

Largest first. Each figure is the company's last fiscal year, as filed; open a company for its ten years.

Company	Revenue	Growth	Operating margin	FCF margin	ROIC	Net debt / EBITDA
WMT Walmart Inc. 2026	706.4B	+5%	4%	2%	16%	0.6×
COST Costco Wholesale Corp 2025	275.2B	+8%	4%	3%	22%	-0.7×
KO Coca Cola Co 2025	47.9B	+2%	29%	11%	—	—
PG Procter & Gamble Co 2026	87.0B	+3%	23%	17%	19%	0.8×
PM Philip Morris International Inc. 2025	40.6B	+7%	37%	26%	—	-0.3×
PEP Pepsico Inc 2025	93.9B	+2%	12%	8%	13%	2.7×
MO Altria Group, Inc. 2025	23.3B	-3%	43%	39%	33%	2.1×
CVS CVS Health Corp 2025	402.1B	+8%	1%	2%	5%	-0.9×
MNST Monster Beverage Corp 2025	8.3B	+11%	29%	24%	—	—
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. 2025	38.5B	+6%	9%	8%	9%	0.1×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 2025	16.1B	+2%	17%	12%	21%	0.1×
TGT Target Corp 2026	104.8B	-2%	5%	3%	13%	1.1×
CL Colgate Palmolive Co 2025	20.4B	+1%	16%	18%	30%	1.7×
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. 2025	16.6B	+8%	22%	9%	7%	3.2×
ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 2025	25.0B	+2%	7%	17%	5%	2.2×
SYY Sysco Corp 2026	84.6B	+4%	4%	2%	—	—
EL Estee Lauder Companies Inc 2026	15.0B	+5%	5%	9%	6%	-1.9×
KR Kroger Co 2026	147.6B	+0%	1%	2%	7%	2.4×
HSY Hershey Co 2025	11.7B	+4%	12%	16%	22%	-0.4×
KHC Kraft Heinz Co 2025	24.9B	-3%	-19%	15%	—	—
DG Dollar General Corp 2026	42.7B	+5%	5%	6%	—	—
CHD Church & Dwight Co Inc 2025	6.2B	+2%	17%	18%	13%	1.4×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. 2026	19.4B	+10%	9%	5%	20%	0.7×
GIS General Mills Inc 2026	18.4B	-5%	5%	9%	-0%	9.0×
PFGC Performance Food Group Co 2026	67.8B	+7%	1%	2%	7%	2.9×
MKC Mccormick & Co Inc 2025	6.8B	+2%	16%	11%	9%	2.7×
FIVE Five Below, Inc 2026	4.8B	+23%	10%	9%	—	—
SJM J M Smucker Co 2026	9.1B	+4%	4%	13%	7%	9.2×
HRL Hormel Foods Corp 2025	12.1B	+2%	6%	4%	5%	2.2×
CLX Clorox Co 2025	7.1B	+0%	16%	11%	32%	1.7×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. 2026	6.1B	+7%	4%	11%	—	—
LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 2026	6.6B	+2%	9%	8%	7%	3.9×
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. 2025	8.8B	+14%	8%	5%	—	—
ELF e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. 2026	1.6B	+25%	4%	12%	2%	3.6×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. 2026	2.6B	+17%	11%	7%	—	—
IPAR Interparfums Inc 2025	1.5B	+2%	18%	13%	20%	0.6×
COCO Vita Coco Company, Inc. 2025	609.8M	+18%	14%	6%	—	—
FRPT Freshpet, Inc. 2025	1.1B	+13%	7%	1%	—	—
MZTI Marzetti Co 2026	1.9B	+1%	12%	11%	15%	0.6×
JJSF J&J Snack Foods Corp 2025	1.6B	+1%	5%	5%	7%	-0.7×
EPC Edgewell Personal Care Co 2025	2.2B	-1%	4%	2%	3%	6.2×
GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. 2026	4.7B	+7%	-5%	1%	-16%	-3.7×

Sectors are grouped from each company's SEC industry code — our own grouping of public data, not the GICS classification. Only companies that file their accounts with the US Securities and Exchange Commission are covered: their filings are public, so they can be shown to anyone. A European share or an ETF files elsewhere, and is not here. Nothing on these pages is a recommendation to buy or sell anything.