For reference purposes, below are two charts depicting quarterly Operating Margins and quarterly Sales Per Share for the Consumer Staples Sector of the S&P500, as depicted. Each chart begins in the third (September) quarter of 2010 and extends through the first quarter of 2013. The first quarter of 2013 data is estimated, as shown.
The underlying data is from Standard & Poor’s earnings estimates for the S&P500, from the update of June 13, 2013:
Companies in the Consumer Staples Sector include:
| Altria Group Inc |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Co |
| Avon Products |
| Beam Inc |
| Brown-Forman Corp B |
| Campbell Soup Co |
| Clorox Co |
| Coca-Cola Co |
| Coca-Cola Enterprises |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co |
| ConAgra Foods Inc |
| Constellation Brands Inc A |
| Costco Wholesale Corp |
| CVS Caremark Corp. |
| Dean Foods Co |
| Dr Pepper Snapple Group |
| Estee Lauder Cos. |
| General Mills Inc |
| Heinz H.J. Co |
| Hershey Foods Corp |
| Hormel Foods Corp |
| Kellogg Co |
| Kimberly-Clark |
| Kraft Foods Group Inc. |
| Kroger Co |
| Lorillard Inc |
| McCormick & Co |
| Mead Johnson Nutrition Co |
| Molson Coors Brewing Co B |
| Mondelez International Inc |
| Monster Beverage Corp |
| PepsiCo Inc |
| Philip Morris International |
| Procter & Gamble |
| Reynolds American Inc |
| Safeway Inc |
| Smucker J.M. Co |
| Sysco Corp |
| Tyson Foods Inc A |
| Wal-Mart Stores |
| Walgreen Co |
| Whole Foods Market Inc |
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