Consumer Staples
3 Food and Beverage Stocks Wall Street Thinks Could Turn Around in 2026
Dutch Bros, Monster Beverage, and Domino’s Pizza can expand through standout offerings, digital engagement, and riding consumption trends.
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Restaurants, Weed, and Other Stock Themes On Our 2026 Radar
Barron’s Investor Circle reporters pick their favorite ideas for the coming year.
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Food Makers Need to Rekindle Demand in 2026. That’s a Tall Order.
Food and beverage stock performance will depend on whether companies can spark demand through innovation and successful marketing.
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Put Some Eggs in Cal-Maine Foods’ Basket
The company is producing record profits, with shares poised to appreciate by almost 20%.
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Campbell's Stock Fell on Continued Sales Decline. It's Making a Bigger Bet on Rao's.
Campbell’s has been battling slowing sales and fallout from tariffs. It is buying almost half of Rao’s Italy-based producer.
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Carvana Stock Heads for a New High. There’s More to the Story Than S&P 500 Inclusion.
The used-car retailer should outpace its closest rival in quarterly units sold in 2026, says BofA Securities.
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Hormel Foods Rises on Earnings. It’s Been a Brutal Year for the Stock.
Hormel reports mixed quarterly results but issues a solid forecast for the year ahead.
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Kroger Stock Falls on a Mixed Quarter. What Stood Out.
While grocery sales are stable, shoppers remain sensitive to prices and seek discounted items.
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Casey’s General Has the Economics of Convenience Stores Down
Shares have soared as the company expands and gains market share. More upside awaits.
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Could Retail Stocks Rally Into Year End? What the Charts of Marriott, On Holding, Lululemon Say.
Healthy indicators are emerging in retail stocks.
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AI Is Remaking Shopping. These Companies Are the Leaders.
From Shopify to Walmart, brands and retailers are laying the groundwork for agentic e-commerce. Why “discoverability” is an issue.
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The Market Is Tanking. It's an Odd Time for Defensive Stocks.
Recent market turmoil led by an artificial-intelligence selloff seems like the perfect opportunity for lagging, less risky areas of the market to shine. Not all seem up to the task.
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This Market Selloff Has Engulfed Stocks, Crypto, Gold. How the Fed Can Stop It.
Crypto caught in broad market selloff, food, restaurant companies feeling relief, U.S.-China trade deal is fragile, and more news to start your day.
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Stocks Begin the Week on the Right Foot. The Path Forward Gets Tricky.
Some of Wall Street’s biggest concerns will be tested this week.
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Stock Markets Face a Crunch Week. It’s About Much More Than Nvidia Earnings.
Nvidia earnings are coming, the Fed’s path forward is getting murkier, Berkshire Hathaway bought $4.3 billion worth of Alphabet stock, and more news to start your day.
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The Stock Market Is Tumbling. Here’s How to Play Defense.
It may seem crazy to move money out of shares, considering how well equities have done.
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JBS Earnings Beat. Rising Beef Prices and Tight Supply Are in Focus.
For the three months ended in September, JBS posted net revenue of $22.6 billion, up 13% from a year ago.
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Why Staples Aren’t Safe Anymore—and 11 Stocks That May Be Worth a Look
The sector is cheaper than it was—but only the shares of some companies are worth buying.
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Crown Holdings: Investors Should Drink From This Can-Do Stock
The canning company’s low valuation, hefty cash flows, and big-name customers could help the shares pop 30%.
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Markets Face a Big Risk From This AI Spending Spree. What to Watch.
OpenAI strikes cloud computing deal with Amazon, Palantir CEO touts strong third-quarter results, Trump threatens to cut NYC funds, and more news to start your day.
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Kimberly-Clark to Buy Tylenol Maker Kenvue. Why the Stock Market Hates the Deal.
Kenvue shareholders will receive $21.01 a share under terms of the deal.
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Altria Stock Slides on Earnings. What’s Spooking the Market.
The cigarette maker’s CEO insisted its tobacco business ‘remained resilient’ even as revenue for smokeable products decreased.
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High-Quality Stocks Fumbled Without AI. Own Them Anyway.
Quality and value underperformed in the third quarter. But there’s more to the market than Nvidia and AI.
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Coffee Rally Sparks Stock Moves. What the Charts of Keurig Dr Pepper, Starbucks, Dutch Bros Say.
Technical indicators are flashing bullish after a tough year for three coffee-linked stocks.
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Stocks Could Climb Through 2026, According to Our Latest Survey of Money Managers
The bulls are back, our Big Money poll shows. They see profit growth, lower interest rates, and AI driving the market higher. A strong vote for gold.
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