S&P 500 Cons Staples Sector SPDR (XLP)

It’s time to start looking at the other 10 sectors of the S&P 500 to see what looks most likely to pick up the slack if and when the artificial intelligence (AI) trade finally loses steam.

As Dollar Tree has performed weaker than its peers over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a cautious outlook on the stock’s prospects.

Though Dollar General has performed weaker than the consumer defensive sector over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook on the stock’s prospects.

In the old tactical playbook for a top-heavy, late-cycle market regime, one of the rules is “when growth gets risky, hide out in the consumer staples sector.” Well, the 20th century stock market called....

Kimberly-Clark has underperformed the Consumer Staples sector over the past year, but analysts are moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Even though Constellation Brands’ shares have underperformed the broader market and sector peers, analysts are moderately bullish on the stock’s growth potential.

Bunge Global has rallied the broader market over the past year, and analysts remain highly optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Church & Dwight has underperformed the broader market over the past year, but analysts are cautiously optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

There’s a large camp among Wall Street analysts that assumes when the technology and other growth sectors plunge, the safety trade is in consumer staples. Here's why that might be changing.

Brown-Forman has underperformed the broader market over the past year, and analysts are skeptical about the stock's prospects.