Consumer Staples: S&P 500 Growth / Value Directory

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The Consumer Staples sector within the S&P 500 Growth/Value framework includes food and beverage producers, household products companies, and personal care firms that sell products with inelastic demand. Companies are assigned to the Growth or Value index based on their individual style scores, and Consumer Staples constituents skew toward the Value index given their typically lower growth rates and higher dividend yields. Consumer Staples is one of eleven GICS sectors represented across the S&P 500 Growth and Value indexes.