Sector Spotlight: Consumer Staples

Sector Spotlight

Each week, my exclusive Portfolio Grader database is updated to reflect what's working in each part of the market RIGHT NOW. Here's a breakdown of the Consumer Staples sector, with a look at one of the very best and one of the very worst stocks in each industry within this sector:

Sector	Best	Worst
Beverages	Pepsi Americas (PAS)	Heckmann (HECK)
Food & Staples Retailing	Pantry Inc. (PTRY)	Ruddick (RUD)
Food Products	American Dairy (ADY)	H.J. Heinz (HNJ)
Household Products	Orchids Paper Products (TIS)	Procter & Gamble (PG)
Personal Products	Female Health (FHCO)	CCA Industries (CAW)
Tobacco	Star Scientific (STSI)	Reynolds American (RAI)

You can view updated lists of the hottest stocks in any sector by clicking on the "Best By Sector" link on the homepage of Portfolio Grader. The database is updated every Monday, so check back often to see what's hot and what's not!

 

One of the most important sector analysis figures I track is "risk vs. reward." In a nutshell, my analysts and I dig through piles of data and put it all on a scale–with the good stuff on the "reward" side, and the bad stuff on the "risk" side. Then, we see which way the scale tips.

Let me be clear: A stock with a good risk vs. reward ratio is NOT always low risk.

Most stocks are pretty balanced–but I seek out the stocks that carry the potential for much higher rewards than risk. As you can see in the graph below, the profit potential is really starting to outpace the downside risk in the Consumer Staples sector.

To read the full Consumer Staples Sector Profit Alert, click here.

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