Consumer staples companies with the highest operating cash flow

Operating cash flow is the cash the business itself produced over the year, before anything is spent on new assets or paid out to lenders and shareholders. It strips out the non-cash charges that separate profit from cash. Figures are for fiscal year 2025 and are read directly from each company's SEC filings; the source column on every row links to the document.

Ranks 1–99 of 99 · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026

Procter & Gamble (PG) tops the list with $17.8B in operating cash flow for fiscal 2025, ahead of Anheuser-Busch InBev ($14.9B) and Philip Morris International ($12.2B). The top 10 together report $104B in operating cash flow; the gap between #1 and #10 is ×3.27. 99 companies in Consumer staples report operating cash flow, 3.9% of the 2517-filer universe. The last place on the list, Forafric Global, comes in at $356,000.

Operating cash flow
#CompanyOperating cash flowYoY15-year trend
1Procter & GamblePGUS$17.8B−10.2%
2Anheuser-Busch InBevBUDBE$14.9B−1.1%
3Philip Morris InternationalPMUS$12.2B+0.1%
4PepsiCoPEPUS$12.1B−3.4%
5UnileverULGB$9.4B−8.4%
6Altria GroupMOUS$9.3B+6.1%
7British American Tobacco P.L.CBTIGB$8.4B−35.4%
8Coca ColaKOUS$7.4B+8.9%
9KrogerKRUS$7.3B+26.2%
10Archer-Daniels-MidlandADMUS$5.5B+95.4%
11Mondelez InternationalMDLZUS$4.5B−8.1%
12Kraft HeinzKHCUS$4.5B+6.6%
13AmbevABEVBR$4.4B−9.6%
14DiageoDEOGB$4.3B+4.7%
15Colgate PalmoliveCLUS$4.2B+2.2%
16HaleonHLNGB$3.5B+18.1%
17CortevaCTVAUS$3.4B+58.8%
18Coca-Cola Europacific PartnersCCEPGB$3.3B+0.7%
19EcolabECLUS$3.0B+4.9%
20JBSJBSNL$2.9B−30.7%
21Constellation BrandsSTZUS$2.7B−15.3%
22Albertsons CompaniesACIUS$2.4B−11.7%
23HersheyHSYUS$2.3B−10.0%
24KenvueKVUEUS$2.2B+24.2%
25General MillsGISUS$2.2B−25.8%
26Tyson FoodsTSNUS$2.2B−16.8%
27Monster BeverageMNSTUS$2.1B+8.8%
28Keurig Dr PepperKDPUS$2.0B−10.3%
29Molson Coors BeverageTAP-AUS$1.8B−6.6%
30J M SmuckerSJMUS$1.5B+21.7%
31Conagra BrandsCAGUS$1.4B−17.1%
32Pilgrims PridePPCUS$1.4B−31.1%
33Estee Lauder CompaniesELUS$1.3B−46.1%
34Church & DwightCHDUS$1.2B+5.1%
35Campbell'sCPBUS$1.1B−4.6%
36Darling IngredientsDARUS$1.1B+26.3%
37Smithfield FoodsSFDUS$1.1B+15.6%
38Brown FormanBF-BUS$1.0B+67.2%
39Post HoldingsPOSTUS$998M+7.1%
40CloroxCLXUS$981M+41.2%
41McCormickMKCUS$962M+4.4%
42IngredionINGRUS$944M−34.3%
43Lamb WestonLWUS$943M+8.6%
44Coca-Cola ConsolidatedCOKEUS$932M+6.3%
45Hormel FoodsHRLUS$845M−33.3%
46Bunge GlobalBGCH$844M−55.6%
47Sprouts Farmers MarketSFMUS$716M+11.0%
48Primo BrandsPRMBUS$680M+46.7%
49Magnum Ice CreamMICCNL$546M−54.7%
50CotyCOTYUS$493M−19.9%
51Cal-Maine FoodsCALMUS$480M−60.8%
52Flowers FoodsFLOUS$446M+8.1%
53Nomad FoodsNOMDGB$374M−20.7%
54Celsius HoldingsCELHUS$359M+36.7%
55Green Thumb IndustriesGTBIFUS$295M+51.1%
56Brightview HoldingsBVUS$292M+41.9%
57Boston BeerSAMUS$270M+8.5%
58MarzettiMZTIUS$261M+4.0%
59Bellring BrandsBRBRUS$261M+30.6%
60Del MonteDMCUS$245M+34.3%
61BBB FoodsTBBBMX$244M+19.3%
62Grocery OutletGOUS$222M+98.4%
63InterparfumsIPARUS$215M+14.5%
64E.L.F. BeautyELFUS$213M+58.8%
65Weis MarketsWMKUS$207M+10.5%
66ArkoARKOUS$193M−13.2%
67National BeverageFIZZUS$181M−12.3%
68Simply Good FoodsSMPLUS$178M−17.3%
69J&J Snack FoodsJJSFUS$165M−4.6%
70FreshpetFRPTUS$161M+4.1%
71RLX TechnologyRLXCN$158M+34.9%
72Ingles MarketsIMKTAUS$154M−41.3%
73StepanSCLUS$148M−8.7%
74Tootsie Roll IndustriesTRUS$131M−6.0%
75Sanfilippo John B & SonJBSSUS$124M+305.4%
76DoleDOLEIE$123M−53.1%
77Edgewell Personal CareEPCUS$118M+$349M
78Utz BrandsUTZUS$112M+5.6%
79B&G FoodsBGSUS$101M−22.5%
80Village Super MarketVLGEAUS$93.2M+15.3%
81Mission ProduceAVOUS$88.6M−5.1%
82Oddity TechODDIL$87.6M−36.4%
83Olaplex HoldingsOLPXUS$58.7M−59.0%
84Village Farms InternationalVFFUS$58.1M+461.6%
85Turning Point BrandsTPBUS$57.4M−14.4%
86Natural Grocers By Vitamin CottageNGVCUS$55.3M−25.0%
87Verano HoldingsVRNOUS$52.9M−52.9%
88Vita CocoCOCOUS$47.2M+10.0%
89Krispy KremeDNUTUS$33.9M−26.0%
90Vital FarmsVITLUS$33.7M−48.0%
91Hain CelestialHAINUS$22.1M−81.0%
92TerrascendTSNDFCA$21.5M−43.3%
93Farmer BrothersFARMUS$16.1M+$30.2M
94Brasilagro - Brazilian Agricultural Real EstateLNDBR$12.8M−13.1%
95Mama's CreationsMAMAUS$11.4M+120.6%
96Lifeway FoodsLWAYUS$10.9M−15.5%
97MedifastMEDUS$6.9M−72.0%
98Ianthus CapitalITHUFCA$3.1M−74.9%
99Forafric GlobalAFRI$356,000−98.5%

All figures from SEC filings · FY2025 · 99

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