Clear leader
12 companies value 516 bn revenue 144 bn margin 14.9% free cash flow 23 bn avg. score 4.7
PG holds 71.1% of the group's value, 4.9x the runner-up
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PG | Procter & Gamble United States · score 7.0 | 71% | 367 bn | 87 bn | 18.4% | 15 bn | 4.1% | 2.8% | Everyday products: Pampers, Gillette, Ariel and Pantene · World's largest consumer goods company; 20+ billion-dollar brands | |
| 2 | CL | Colgate-Palmolive United States · score 6.4 | 14% | 74 bn | 21 bn | 9.7% | 3.9 bn | 5.2% | — | Toothpaste, soap, detergents and Hill's pet food · Global toothpaste leader (~40% share) and Hill's premium pet food | |
| 3 | KMB | Kimberly-Clark United States · score 7.0 | 7% | 35 bn | 17 bn | 11.8% | 1.8 bn | 5.2% | 4.8% | Toilet paper, diapers and personal care: Kleenex and Huggies · Leader in personal care; bought Kenvue (Tylenol, Band-Aid) in 2026 | |
| 4 | CHD | Church & Dwight United States · score 6.6 | 5% | 25 bn | 6.2 bn | 12.0% | 1.1 bn | 4.5% | 1.2% | Cleaning and personal care products, with Arm & Hammer baking soda · Arm & Hammer and OxiClean; a portfolio half premium, half value | |
| 5 | CLX | Clorox United States · score 5.7 | 2% | 10 bn | 6.7 bn | 8.7% | 0.4 bn | 3.9% | 5.8% | Cleaning and home care products, under the Clorox brand · Dominant US disinfectant brand | |
| 6 | SPB | Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. United States · score 7.0 | 0% | 1.8 bn | 2.9 bn | 2.8% | 0.3 bn | 16.5% | 2.5% | Consumer brands: pet, home and garden, and personal care · Wisconsin — revenue of $2.9bn | |
| 7 | EPC | EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co United States · score 2.1 | 0% | 1.3 bn | 2.2 bn | -4.2% | 0.1 bn | 4.1% | 2.2% | Personal care: shaving, sunscreen and feminine care · Connecticut — revenue of $2.2bn | |
| 8 | ODC | Oil-Dri Corp of America United States · score 6.1 | 0% | 1.0 bn | 0.5 bn | 11.5% | 0.1 bn | 4.5% | 1.0% | Sorbent products and cat litter · Illinois — revenue of $494m | |
| 9 | HNST | Honest Company, Inc. United States · score 3.8 | 0% | 0.5 bn | 0.3 bn | -3.6% | 0.1 bn | 9.9% | — | Clean-formula personal care and hygiene products · California — revenue of $342m | |
| 10 | ZONE | Zone Frontier Inc. United States · score 1.2 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | — | -0.0 bn | -37.7% | — | Cleaning products based on pure aqueous ozone · Nebraska — revenue of $3m | |
| 11 | DSY | Big Tree Cloud Holdings Ltd China · score 1.3 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | — | -0.0 bn | -49.0% | — | Hygiene and personal care products, from China · China — revenue of $2m | |
| 12 | TANH | TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD China · score 1.6 | — | — | 0.0 bn | -80.9% | -0.0 bn | — | — | Bamboo charcoal for purification, deodorizing, agriculture and cleaning, from China · China — revenue of $38m |
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- Sector overview
- Food retail and wholesale 5 companies
- Non-alcoholic beverages 18 companies
- Tobacco and nicotine 7 companies
- Alcoholic beverages 12 companies
- Cosmetics 11 companies
- Processed foods 29 companies
- Pharmacies and retail health 6 companies
- Foodservice distribution 8 companies
- Packaged foods (brands) 13 companies
- Discount retail (dollar stores) 5 companies
- Agribusiness and agricultural trading 15 companies
- Supermarkets 10 companies
and 9 industries more
- Bottled water and delivery 3 companies
- Animal protein 10 companies
- Convenience stores and fuel 3 companies
- American spirits 3 companies
- Pet retail 5 companies
- Animal feed and nutrition 3 companies
- Nutrition and supplements 18 companies
- Industrial baking 2 companies
- Fresh produce and foods 6 companies
What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.