Dividend paying consumer staples stocks
Staples are what people buy in every economy, which is why this sector has the highest share of known long raise streaks in our database. You're trading growth for reliability.
89 operating companies currently paying a dividend, median yield 2.90%. Funds and ETFs are excluded on purpose — this is companies only. Prices as of Sep 3, 2026.
- 1BGSB&G Foods, Inc.11.55%
- 2UGUnited-Guardian, Inc.8.49%
- 3FLOFlowers Foods, Inc.7.97%
- 4UVVUniversal Corporation7.22%
- 5PPCPilgrim's Pride Corporation7.03%
- 6KHCThe Kraft Heinz Company Common Stock6.44%
- 7MOAltria Group, Inc.6.39%
- 8GISGeneral Mills, Inc.6.01%
- 9NOMDNomad Foods Limited5.91%
- 10SFDSmithfield Foods, Inc. Common Stock5.72%
- 1TGTTarget Corporation2.81% · payout 47%
- 2BF-BBrown-Forman Corporation3.46% · payout 59%
- 3MKCMcCormick & Company, Incorporated3.57% · payout 31%
- 4TAPMolson Coors Beverage Company Class B4.74% · payout 36%
- 5SYYSysco Corporation2.71% · payout 59%
- 6MZTIThe Marzetti Company Common Stock3.79% · payout 57%
- 7ACUAcme United Corporation1.00% · payout 27%
- 8STZConstellation Brands, Inc.3.19% · payout 39%
- 9SPBSpectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.2.11% · payout 58%
- 10GISGeneral Mills, Inc.6.01% · payout 59%
- 1CALMCal-Maine Foods, Inc.71.5%/yr
- 2IPARInterparfums, Inc.57.5%/yr
- 3ACIAlbertsons Companies, Inc.43.1%/yr
- 4COKECoca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.40.6%/yr
- 5EPCEdgewell Personal Care Company31.9%/yr
- 6FDPFresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.31.9%/yr
- 7DMCDel Monte Corporation31.9%/yr
- 8TAPMolson Coors Beverage Company Class B27.0%/yr
- 9LFVNLifevantage Corporation24.8%/yr
- 10DLMAFDollarama Inc.18.4%/yr
No company in this sector pays monthly — the quarterly cheque is the norm here. For monthly income, look at REITs, BDCs and specialty finance.
Specialty financeAll 89 consumer defensive dividend payers
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| Company | Industry | Yield | Annual $ | Payout | Div growth | Streak | Quality | Size | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walmart Inc. Common Stock | Discount Retail | 0.93% | $0.99 | 35% | +7.1%† | 53y | 60 | $860.2B | +6.2% |
COSTraised Costco Wholesale Corporation | Discount Retail | 0.63% | $5.88 | 27% | +12.6%† | 22y | 65 | $411.8B | -4.2% |
Coca-Cola Company (The) | Beverages | 2.39% | $2.12 | 63% | +4.5% | 64y | 39 | $379.7B | +29.0% |
Procter & Gamble Company (The) | Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics | 2.96% | $4.35 | 64% | +6.0% | 70y | 66 | $342.9B | -8.0% |
Philip Morris International Inc. | Cigarettes | 3.16% | $5.88 | 81% | +3.5% | 17y | 50 | $299.1B | +13.3% |
Nestlé S.A. | Packaged Foods | 2.99% | $3.10 | 107% | +2.5% | 17y | 8 | $255.9B | +10.7% |
PepsiCo, Inc. Common Stock | Beverages | 4.23% | $5.92 | 75% | +6.9% | 54y | 50 | $191.8B | -6.3% |
Altria Group, Inc. | Cigarettes | 6.39% | $4.44 | 89% | +4.1% | 56y | 58 | $114.6B | +3.4% |
Mondelez International, Inc. Class A | Food and Kindred Products | 3.39% | $2.08 | 73% | +10.1% | 13y | 42 | $78.2B | +0.6% |
Target Corporation | Discount Retail | 2.81% | $4.64 | 47% | +11.0% | 55y | 94 | $74.2B | +77.4% |
Colgate-Palmolive Company | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | 2.35% | $2.12 | 82% | +3.3% | 63y | 21 | $71.8B | +6.1% |
Loblaw Companies Limited | Grocery Stores | 1.33% | $0.62 | 26% | +1.2% | 14y | 21 | $55.1B | +14.9% |
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 1.50% | $1.64 | 47% | +15.3% | — | 41 | $46.7B | +21.0% |
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | Beverages | 2.80% | $0.92 | 68% | +8.9% | 5y | 30 | $43.8B | +11.4% |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | Fats & Oils | 2.46% | $2.08 | 92% | +7.2% | 53y | 41 | $39.3B | +36.6% |
Sysco Corporation | Groceries & Related Products | 2.71% | $2.20 | 59% | +3.1% | 56y | 79 | $39.2B | -3.0% |
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | 1.35% | $1.40 | 280% | -1.2% | — | 40 | $37.6B | +18.8% |
DLMAFraised Dollarama Inc. | Discount Stores | 0.37% | $0.48 | 9% | +18.4% | 15y | 30 | $37.1B | -5.3% |
Kenvue Inc. | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | 4.42% | $0.84 | 98% | +1.2%† | 64y | 54 | $36.7B | -8.8% |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods | 4.74% | $5.12 | 100% | +3.3% | 54y | 50 | $36.3B | -18.7% |
KRraised Kroger Company (The) | Grocery Stores | 2.65% | $1.56 | 80% | +14.5% | 20y | 64 | $35.7B | -13.6% |
The Hershey Company | Confectionery | 3.35% | $5.81 | 77% | +11.7% | 15y | 62 | $35.2B | -6.6% |
The Kraft Heinz Company Common Stock | Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties | 6.44% | $1.60 | 73% | 0.0% | 0y | 27 | $30.1B | -7.8% |
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. | Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics | 1.23% | $1.23 | 39% | +4.2% | 30y | 53 | $24.0B | +3.5% |
Bunge Limited | Fats & Oils | 2.40% | $2.88 | 61% | +6.8% | 13y | 24 | $23.6B | +46.3% |
Constellation Brands, Inc. | Beverages | 3.19% | $4.12 | 39% | +6.3% | 12y | 74 | $22.3B | -12.1% |
General Mills, Inc. | Grain Mill Products | 6.01% | $2.44 | 59% | +4.1% | 22y | 69 | $21.7B | -22.8% |
Carlsberg A/S | Brewers Beverages | 2.98% | $0.89 | 60% | +5.4% | 11y | 21 | $19.7B | +20.9% |
Tyson Foods, Inc. | Poultry Slaughtering and Processing | 3.94% | $2.04 | 159% | +3.4% | 12y | 47 | $18.1B | -8.5% |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated | Packaged Foods | 3.57% | $1.92 | 31% | +6.8%† | 39y | 85 | $14.6B | -25.7% |
MTRAFraised Metro Inc. | Grocery Stores | 2.50% | $1.63 | 37% | +10.5% | 15y | 36 | $14.0B | -12.7% |
The J.M. Smucker Company | Canned, Fruits, Veg, Preserves, Jams & Jellies | 3.55% | $4.48 | 206% | +4.1% | 27y | 70 | $13.5B | +12.2% |
COKEcut Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters | 0.53% | $1.00 | 13% | +40.6% | 3y | 73 | $13.1B | +58.7% |
Brown-Forman Corporation Class B | Beverages | 3.37% | $0.92 | — | +5.3% | 3y | 77 | $12.5B | -5.2% |
Clorox Company (The) | Specialty Cleaning, Polishing and Sanitation Preparations | 5.30% | $5.00 | 103% | +2.5% | 48y | 30 | $12.4B | -25.3% |
Brown-Forman Corporation | Beverages | 3.46% | $0.92 | 59% | +5.3% | 12y | 91 | $12.3B | -5.2% |
Hormel Foods Corporation | Meat Packing Plants | 5.31% | $1.17 | 188% | +4.5% | 60y | 60 | $11.9B | -14.7% |
Saputo Inc. | Packaged Foods | 2.90% | $0.84 | 46% | +2.5% | 24y | 27 | $11.3B | +42.5% |
SFDraised Smithfield Foods, Inc. Common Stock | Meat Packing Plants | 5.72% | $1.25 | 42% | +58.3%† | 1y | 35 | $8.7B | -9.4% |
EMLAFraised Empire Company Limited | Grocery Stores | 2.81% | $0.97 | 102% | +10.9% | 31y | 12 | $8.2B | -7.2% |
PRMBraised Primo Brands Corporation | Beverages | 2.18% | $0.48 | 147% | +17.9%† | 2y | 42 | $8.0B | -12.4% |
Molson Coors Beverage Company Class B | Malt Beverages | 4.74% | $1.92 | 36% | +27.0% | — | 85 | $7.7B | -18.9% |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties | 3.01% | $1.52 | 72% | +10.0% | 9y | 74 | $7.6B | -10.6% |
CAGcut ConAgra Brands, Inc. | Food and Kindred Products | 4.52% | $0.70 | 79% | +8.9% | — | 44 | $7.4B | -18.3% |
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Poultry Slaughtering and Processing | 7.03% | $2.10 | — | — | — | 16 | $7.3B | -31.2% |
The Campbell's Company | Food and Kindred Products | 4.68% | $1.00 | 119% | +2.2% | — | 34 | $6.6B | -34.5% |
Ingredion Incorporated | Grain Mill Products | 3.22% | $3.28 | 36% | +4.9% | 14y | 63 | $6.4B | -20.9% |
ACIraised Albertsons Companies, Inc. | Grocery Stores | 5.40% | $0.68 | 388% | +43.1% | — | 48 | $6.1B | -34.3% |
PSMTraised PriceSmart, Inc. | Discount Retail | 0.80% | $1.40 | 26% | +12.5% | — | 35 | $5.4B | +58.9% |
Interparfums, Inc. | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | 2.81% | $3.20 | 61% | +57.5% | — | 69 | $3.8B | +1.9% |
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | Farm Products | 1.91% | $1.43 | 55% | +71.5%* | — | 44 | $3.5B | -34.0% |
The Marzetti Company Common Stock | Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties | 3.79% | $4.00 | 57% | +6.2% | 63y | 77 | $3.0B | -42.7% |
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | Confectionery | 0.93% | $0.36 | 28% | 0.0% | 58y | 65 | $3.0B | -1.2% |
Newell Brands Inc. | Plastics | 4.58% | $0.28 | 196% | -21.2% | — | 25 | $2.6B | -3.2% |
The Andersons, Inc. | Farm Product Raw Materials | 1.15% | $0.80 | 15% | +2.2% | 29y | 51 | $2.4B | +67.0% |
PRDOraised Perdoceo Education Corporation | Educational Services | 2.05% | $0.68 | 22% | +14.8%† | 3y | 29 | $2.1B | +1.0% |
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies | 2.11% | $1.88 | 58% | +2.3% | 3y | 73 | $2.0B | +58.6% |
Strategic Education, Inc. | Educational Services | 2.94% | $2.40 | 40% | 0.0% | — | 67 | $1.8B | -1.7% |
Weis Markets, Inc. | Grocery Stores | 1.92% | $1.36 | 34% | +1.9% | — | 57 | $1.7B | -0.3% |
Adecoagro S.A. | Farm Products | 2.09% | $0.24 | 78% | +3.3%* | — | 3 | $1.7B | +42.1% |
Nomad Foods Limited | Packaged Foods | 5.91% | $0.68 | 65% | +3.0%† | 1y | 26 | $1.7B | -22.1% |
Ingles Markets, Incorporated | Grocery Stores | 0.79% | $0.66 | 12% | 0.0% | — | 64 | $1.6B | +17.8% |
J & J Snack Foods Corp. | Cookies & Crackers | 3.80% | $3.20 | 124% | +6.6% | 21y | 50 | $1.6B | -22.3% |
Del Monte Corporation | Farm Products | 3.80% | $1.20 | 169% | +31.9% | — | 49 | $1.5B | -14.1% |
Turning Point Brands, Inc. | Tobacco Products | 0.43% | $0.32 | 14% | +8.4% | 9y | 58 | $1.5B | -23.9% |
Stepan Company | Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics | 2.54% | $1.58 | 76% | +6.5% | 58y | 48 | $1.4B | +28.1% |
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. | Farm Products | 4.11% | $1.20 | 83% | +31.9% | — | 24 | $1.4B | -0.4% |
Flowers Foods, Inc. | Food and Kindred Products | 7.97% | $0.50 | 334% | +4.5% | 24y | 47 | $1.4B | -57.1% |
Dole PLC | Farm Products | 2.42% | $0.34 | 46% | +1.5%* | 3y | 34 | $1.3B | +4.5% |
Edgewell Personal Care Company | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | 2.11% | $0.60 | 546% | +31.9% | — | 18 | $1.3B | +22.4% |
Afya Limited | Education & Training Services | 4.46% | $0.66 | 40% | — | 1y | 33 | $1.3B | -1.3% |
Utz Brands Inc | Packaged Foods | 1.77% | $0.25 | 25% | +12.3% | — | 66 | $1.3B | +4.1% |
Universal Corporation | Farm Product Raw Materials | 7.22% | $3.32 | 432% | +1.3% | 56y | 52 | $1.1B | -17.0% |
Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. | Educational Services | 2.88% | $0.84 | 19% | — | — | 64 | $1.0B | -22.8% |
JBSScut John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | Confectionery | 2.05% | $1.50 | 17% | — | — | 27 | $855M | +13.8% |
Village Super Market, Inc. | Grocery Stores | 2.29% | $1.00 | 27% | +4.6% | — | 36 | $646M | +16.1% |
NGVCraised Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. | Grocery Stores | 2.20% | $0.60 | 28% | +12.7% | — | 62 | $628M | -28.8% |
Calavo Growers, Inc. | Food Distribution | 3.07% | $0.80 | 89% | -7.0% | — | 9 | $466M | -0.3% |
G. Willi-Food International Ltd. | Food Distribution | 1.65% | $0.47 | 23% | -5.6%* | — | 27 | $397M | +36.0% |
MGP Ingredients, Inc. | Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages | 2.94% | $0.48 | 96% | 0.0% | 6y | 3 | $350M | -42.8% |
Alico, Inc. | Farm Products | 0.49% | $0.20 | 95% | -19.7% | — | 3 | $300M | +20.0% |
Limoneira Company | Farm Products | 2.24% | $0.30 | 70% | 0.0% | 8y | 25 | $272M | -6.1% |
B&G Foods, Inc. | Food and Kindred Products | 11.55% | $0.38 | 333% | -16.7% | — | 25 | $267M | -29.3% |
Acme United Corporation | Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware | 1.00% | $0.64 | 27% | +5.3% | 21y | 76 | $241M | +42.1% |
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. | Drug Distribution | 4.97% | $0.24 | 22% | -30.7% | — | 42 | $236M | -60.6% |
LFVNraised Lifevantage Corporation | Pharmaceuticals | 3.28% | $0.20 | 46% | +24.8%* | — | 62 | $76M | -53.6% |
DITcut AMCON Distributing Company | Groceries, General Line | 0.73% | $0.48 | 25% | -29.4% | — | 46 | $64M | -13.2% |
UGraised United-Guardian, Inc. | Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | 8.49% | $0.60 | 93% | -8.3%† | — | 36 | $32M | -16.3% |
Coffee Holding Co., Inc. | Packaged Foods | 2.35% | $0.08 | 30% | — | — | 27 | $20M | -15.6% |
Operating companies only — ETFs, closed-end funds, ADRs and preferred shares or baby bonds are excluded. Payout ratio and raise-streak data isn't published for every company; blanks mean we don't have it rather than zero. * marks a 3-year growth rate where 5 years isn't available; † marks a 12-month growth rate shown because the longer rate is distorted by a stock split.
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Frequently asked
How many consumer defensive stocks pay a dividend?
We currently track 89 consumer defensive operating companies paying a dividend, with a median yield of 2.90%. ETFs, closed-end funds and ADRs are excluded from this count — those are funds, not companies.
Which consumer defensive stock has the highest dividend yield?
BGS shows the highest trailing yield in the sector at 11.55%. Treat the very top of any yield list with suspicion: an unusually high figure is often a special or one-off payment sitting in the trailing rate, or a share price that has collapsed.
Are high-yield consumer defensive dividends safe?
Yield alone tells you nothing about safety. In this sector 42 of 89 companies pay out 60% or less of earnings, which is the group with genuine room to keep raising. 4 have cut their dividend recently, and 13 have raised.
Do any consumer defensive companies pay monthly dividends?
No. Every dividend payer in this sector pays quarterly, semi-annually or annually. Monthly dividends are concentrated in REITs, BDCs and specialty finance.
How often is this list updated?
Nightly. Prices, yields, payout ratios and performance come from our own data pipeline, and this page reflects prices as of Sep 3, 2026. New dividend initiations and cuts are picked up automatically.
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