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Best Consumer Discretionary stocks
The most cyclical consumer exposure — it leads recoveries and leads drawdowns.
The screen: 16 US exchange-listed companies in Consumer Discretionary, 8 of which pay a dividend. Size mix: 4 mega-cap, 5 large-cap, 4 mid-cap, 3 small-cap.
What separates the winners from the losers here
- 16 names in our Consumer Discretionary universe, 8 of which pay a dividend
- Sector weight you already hold through any S&P 500 fund — check before adding
- Which part of the economic cycle historically rewards this sector
The full list
| Ticker | Company | Price | 1D | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZN | Amazon | $263.25 | +0.31% | Retail logistics at scale with AWS carrying the profit. |
| TSLA | Tesla | $368.79 | +0.20% | Electric vehicles plus energy storage and autonomy ambitions. |
| ABNB | Airbnb | $175.19 | -0.15% | Short-stay marketplace with asset-light economics. |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings | $162.61 | +0.01% | Online travel agency with dominant European hotel supply. |
| HD | Home Depot | $310.10 | +0.04% | Home improvement demand tied to housing turnover. |
| LOW | Lowe's | $196.01 | +0.06% | The second home-improvement chain, weighted to DIY. |
| MCD | McDonald's | $242.77 | +0.03% | Franchised royalty and rent income more than food margin. |
| SBUX | Starbucks | $97.75 | -0.12% | Store-level throughput with a large China variable. |
| NKE | Nike | $37.45 | +0.62% | Brand pricing power working through a wholesale reset. |
| LULU | Lululemon | $97.79 | +0.03% | Premium athletic apparel with high direct-to-consumer mix. |
| F | Ford | $12.19 | +0.08% | Trucks funding a loss-making electric division. |
| GM | General Motors | $82.40 | -0.39% | Volume manufacturer buying back stock aggressively. |
| RIVN | Rivian | $12.34 | 0.00% | Electric trucks scaling toward positive gross margin. |
| LCID | Lucid Group | $3.09 | -0.16% | Luxury electric vehicles dependent on external funding. |
| NIO | NIO (ADR) | $3.40 | +0.15% | Chinese EV maker; ADR carries delisting and policy risk. |
| GME | GameStop | $26.15 | -1.10% | Retailer whose price has decoupled from its operating results. |
Where to buy them
To hold these as real shares you need a stockbroker rather than a CFD provider. If you only want exposure to the price movement, a share CFD does that with leverage — and without ownership.
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Frequently asked questions
How many Consumer Discretionary stocks are in this list?
16, drawn from our US exchange-listed universe and spread across 1 sector. 8 of them pay a dividend.
Is this a list of Consumer Discretionary stocks to buy?
No. It is a screen — a defined, reproducible filter over a stated universe. A screen tells you which companies share a characteristic; it says nothing about whether the price you would pay today is a sensible one. Nothing here is investment advice.
What is the main risk with Consumer Discretionary stocks?
Sector concentration removes the diversification that made the index work. A single Consumer Discretionary shock hits every holding in this list at the same time.
How do I actually buy these from outside the US?
You need a broker that accepts your country of residence and gives you access to US exchanges. To own the shares outright, that usually means an international stockbroker plus a W-8BEN form to claim your treaty rate on dividend withholding.
Screen definition reviewed October 2026. Universe: US exchange-listed securities tracked by InvestingTrading. This page is information, not investment advice.