Consumer Defensive Sector

Consumer Defensive

The consumer defensive sector includes companies that provide essential goods and services like food, beverages, tobacco and household items. These goods and services are “consumer staples,” i.e., these products are in constant demand regardless of the state of the economy. Such companies include P&G (PG), Coke (KO), Phillip Morris International (PM), Walmart (WMT) and Costco (COST). One reason why we call this sector “consumer defensive” is because such companies offer a good option for investors seeking steady growth and dividends. The low volatility of consumer staples stocks allow investors to “stay defensive” when markets become significantly overvalued.

* Data in this page is the median value and it's updated daily. Sector and industry weightings are calculated using market capitalization which is converted to USD.

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Industry	PE Ratio	PE Ratio without NRI	Shiller PE Ratio	EV-to-EBIT	EV-to-EBITDA	EV-to-Revenue	PS Ratio	PB Ratio	Price-to-Tangible-Book	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	Dividend Yield %	Dividend Payout Ratio	Gross Margin %	Net Margin %	Operating Margin %	Pre-Tax Margin %	ROE %	ROA %	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	ROIC %	WACC %	Altman Z-Score	Piotroski F-Score	Beneish M-Score	Debt-to-Equity	Cash-to-Debt	Equity-to-Asset	Days Sales Outstanding	Days Inventory	Days Payable	Cash Conversion Cycle	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio	Interest Coverage
Beverages - Alcoholic	31.50	25.32		13.24	11.08	2.49	2.79	2.48	3.49	29.44	20.67	0.93			45.31	6.43	12.27	7.86	3.53	2.85	8.27	4.81	5.54	2.90	4.00	-2.36	0.35	1.07	0.58	49.51	188.59	78.17	220.57	6.27	3.36	1.57	8.25
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	33.63	33.63		-3.13	-3.26	3.25	2.65	8.66	17.83	27.70	17.16	1.36			39.46	-17.36	-6.65	-18.73	-40.83	-29.25	-108.67	-8.27	10.07	2.41	4.00	-2.49	0.77	0.34	0.32	41.02	59.79	45.64	49.27	17.83	1.23	0.95	10.64
Consumer Packaged Goods	22.23	22.28	24.07	12.18	11.17	1.90	1.31	1.85	2.29	19.49	13.74	1.01	2.51	0.41	31.75	2.92	5.10	4.26	7.81	2.40	13.82	6.21	6.50	3.22	5.00	-2.59	0.28	0.22	0.49	32.20	81.95	40.33	55.64	6.43	1.72	0.93	8.13
Education	24.08	23.52		7.79	9.41	1.48	1.47	2.17	4.48	25.97	15.99	0.81			50.61	3.87	4.42	4.02	7.36	2.52	31.72	7.35	7.22	2.77	5.00	-2.61	0.19	5.85	0.45	22.24		30.61	2.72	2.42	1.40	1.21	124.62
Retail - Defensive	18.45	18.69	17.81	12.20	7.62	0.56	0.36	2.69	3.42	22.27	9.79	0.96	2.02		25.10	1.68	2.73	2.05	8.92	4.40	16.30	9.18	6.38	4.01	6.00	-2.64	0.88	0.10	0.35	10.75	39.83	36.93	18.16	9.80	1.55	0.46	6.70
Tobacco Products	23.67	23.67	17.04	13.40	12.18	2.37	1.74	6.84		29.93	14.96	1.10	4.92	0.82	37.66	3.94	11.43	6.44	6.30	4.47	62.48	12.44	4.00	3.44	5.00	-2.52	1.74	0.22	0.19	21.52	144.65	16.42	176.50	6.34	1.65	0.73	6.94
Average	51.18	49.22	30.76	23.68	19.28	3.65	3.02	6.80	8.69	51.59	30.60	2.17	3.84	0.41	74.29	3.62	10.84	5.45	7.80	1.77	20.43	13.78	13.98	7.22	11.00	-5.54	1.34	1.64	0.91	59.27	178.12	93.01	160.81	17.34	4.01	1.93	36.34

* All ratios are median value

Sector Performance

Trading Data
Open	$201.36
Volume	20,984
Day Low	$201.07
Day High	$203.04
52 Week Low	$168.10
52 Week High	$213.17
Fundamental Data
Market Cap (M)	$849
Shares Outstanding	4
PE Ratio	21.50
PB Ratio	4.49
Dividend Yield %	0.78

Total Return %	1 Week	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	YTD	3 Year	5 Year	10 Year
IYC	0.10	0.20	12.90	-0.80	9.90	11.50	40.10	69.80	452.70
SPY	-0.70	0.00	12.70	-3.00	5.90	11.70	42.00	63.10	315.70
Relative to SPY	0.80	0.20	0.20	2.20	4.00	-0.20	-1.90	6.70	137.00

Annual Total Return %	IYC	SPY
50
0 -50
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
IYC	0.00	-24.64	32.67	10.72	-2.34	13.80	-7.70	-30.57	32.63	23.25	6.74	23.44	41.09	14.46	6.09	4.41	18.69
SPY	-21.58	28.19	10.70	4.83	15.85	5.14	-36.79	26.35	15.05	1.90	15.99	32.30	13.47	1.24	11.99	21.71	-5.97

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