Sector Value screen

Low PE Consumer Defensive Stocks

This page screens the US consumer defensive sector for lower-P/E names that still post usable profitability, refreshed automatically from live data.

42 matching stocks Updated Oct 8, 2026, 10:43 PM ET 4896 stock screenable universe
Median ROE17.16%
Median Debt / Equity0.63
Median P/E13.04
Median Market Cap$3.41B

Methodology

DeltaScreener currently builds this page from your US-listed stock universe using the following rules:

  • Sector equal to Consumer Defensive
  • P/E at most 18
  • P/E at least 1
  • ROE at least 8
  • Debt to equity at least 0
  • Market cap at least $50.0M

Top sectors in the current result set: Consumer Defensive (40).

Current Results

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# Ticker Company Exchange Price Market Cap P/E P/B ROE ROA Net Margin D/E
1 SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. NASDAQ $18.88 $7.43B 7.07 1.07 15.60% 8.81% 6.85% 0.34
2 AFYA Afya Limited NASDAQ $14.15 $1.28B 7.46 1.19 16.38% 8.43% 20.41% 0.64
3 MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated NYSE $45.94 $12.35B 7.96 1.84 25.58% 9.88% 22.05% 0.71
4 MKC.V McCormick & Company, Incorporated XNYS $51.78 $13.92B 8.06 1.72 22.47% 9.01% 19.52% 0.61
5 GHC Graham Holdings Company NYSE $1,184.62 $5.11B 9.17 1.03 11.56% 6.66% 10.69% 0.28
6 LRN Stride, Inc. NYSE $81.36 $3.46B 9.96 2.06 21.31% 13.89% 13.43% 0.33
7 SENEA Seneca Foods Corp. NASDAQ $177.03 $1.21B 10.12 1.55 16.36% 9.45% 6.75% 0.29
8 SENEB Seneca Foods Corp. NASDAQ $179.09 $1.25B 10.16 1.55 16.36% 9.45% 6.75% 0.29
9 INGR Ingredion Incorporated NYSE $95.11 $6.00B 10.25 1.33 13.46% 7.34% 8.21% 0.39
10 PXED Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. NYSE $26.15 $942.6M 10.61 2.7 29.02% 13.62% 8.18% 0.2
11 STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. NYSE $123.63 $21.12B 10.83 2.37 23.13% 8.25% 20.14% 1.28
12 PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation NASDAQ $33.43 $2.10B 11.09 1.88 17.70% 13.27% 20.63% 0.05
13 PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation NASDAQ $28.50 $6.78B 11.86 1.73 14.85% 5.44% 2.96% 0.81
14 VLGEA Village Super Market, Inc. NASDAQ $43.94 $650.7M 12.09 1.16 10.74% 5.39% 2.27% 0.62
15 POST Post Holdings, Inc. NYSE $74.23 $3.36B 12.15 1.06 8.69% 2.28% 3.48% 2.48
16 NATR Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. NCM $12.57 $221.0M 12.21 1.31 11.00% 6.97% 3.68% 0.13
17 SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. NASDAQ $66.01 $6.16B 12.26 4.04 34.84% 11.61% 5.58% 1.4
18 ANDE The Andersons, Inc. NASDAQ $66.53 $2.27B 12.82 1.72 14.15% 5.10% 1.62% 0.68
19 JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. NMS $68.39 $799.5M 12.95 2.11 16.51% 9.40% 5.27% 0.29
20 STRA Strategic Education, Inc. NASDAQ $82.39 $1.87B 12.96 1.04 8.19% 6.50% 10.46% 0.07
21 LGCY Legacy Education Inc. ASE $10.10 $127.8M 13.12 2.29 19.04% 11.64% 11.42% 0.29
22 FRPT Freshpet, Inc. NASDAQ $65.18 $3.20B 13.84 2.29 16.65% 11.23% 17.28% 0.4
23 FTLF FitLife Brands, Inc. NASDAQ $8.70 $81.7M 13.9 1.82 13.98% 6.07% 6.15% 0.81
24 DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. NASDAQ $118.62 $22.80B 13.91 6.35 45.58% 11.49% 8.03% 2.24
25 MZTI The Marzetti Company NASDAQ $102.19 $2.80B 14.21 2.72 18.82% 15.03% 9.93% 0.06