Weekly consumer staples check: Dollar Tree worst performer, Clorox tops

Wall Street indexes last week were influenced by the economic calendar, and traders are now fully pricing in a rate cut in September after the latest labor report came in cooler than expected. Five of the 11 S&P segments closed trading in positive territory, led by real estate. Taking a deeper dive into the consumer staples sector, let us look at the weekly top and bottom performers.

Top weekly gainers include:

• Clorox (CLX) +7.71%
• Campbells (CPB) +7.55% gave mixed Q4 numbers and issued fiscal 2026 guidance with full-year reported net sales expected to be down 2% to flat, inclusive of divestitures.
• J.M. Smucker (SJM) +5.43%
• Walmart (WMT) +4.58%, while CFO John Rainey has entered into a stock trading plan to sell 20K shares on February 2, 2026, and on March 2, 2026, as part of his long-term asset diversification, tax, and financial planning strategy.
• General Mills (GIS) +4.42% while the company said that it continues to expect organic net sales to be down 1% to up 1%, as inorganic items such as divestitures, foreign exchange rates, and an extra week in FY26 are expected to reduce full-year net sales growth by ~4%

Top weekly losers include:  

• Dollar Tree (DLTR) -10.12% as the company updated its prior EPS guidance from continuing operations to a range of $5.32 to $5.72 to reflect the current operating environment and year-to-date share repurchases.
• Kenvue (KVUE) -9.35%
• Constellation Brands (STZ) -6.70% after trading lower as the beer, wine, and spirits company revised down its fiscal 2026 financial outlook, citing weak consumer demand.
• Target (TGT) -3.76%
• Estee Lauder (EL) -2.80%