Best Grocery Stocks Worth Watching - August 18th

Key Points

• Seven grocery-related stocks are highlighted for August 18: Maplebear (Instacart), Casey’s General Stores, Conagra Brands, CAVA Group, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Albertsons Companies, and Brixmor Property Group. They ranked among the sector’s highest in recent dollar trading volume.
• The group spans online grocery delivery, convenience stores, packaged foods, restaurants, warehouse clubs, supermarkets, and grocery-anchored retail centers, offering varied exposure to everyday consumer spending.
• Grocery stocks are often viewed as relatively defensive because demand for essential goods can remain steady during economic downturns, although thin margins, inflation, competition, and shifting consumer habits can pressure profitability.

Maplebear, Casey's General Stores, Conagra Brands, CAVA Group, BJ's Wholesale Club, Albertsons Companies, and Brixmor Property Group are the seven Grocery stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Grocery stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that sell food, household goods, and other everyday essentials through supermarkets, grocery stores, or online channels. Investors often view them as relatively defensive investments because demand for basic necessities tends to remain steady across economic conditions, though profitability can be affected by thin margins, competition, inflation, and changing consumer habits. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Grocery stocks within the last several days.

Maplebear (CART)

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers.

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Casey's General Stores (CASY)

Casey's General Stores, Inc. engages in the provision of management and operation of convenience stores and gasoline stations. It provides self-service gasoline, a wide selection of grocery items, and an array of freshly prepared food items. The firm offers food, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty aids, automotive products, and other non-food items.

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Conagra Brands (CAG)

Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer packaged goods food company primarily in the United States. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products through various retail channels.

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CAVA Group (CAVA)

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BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ)

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. engages in the operation of membership warehouse clubs. Its product categories include grocery, household and pet, television and electronics, furniture, computer and tablets, patio and outdoor living, lawn and garden, baby and kids, toys, home, health and beauty, appliances, and jewelry.

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Albertsons Companies (ACI)

Albertsons Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of food and drug stores in the United States. The company's food and drug retail stores offer grocery products, general merchandise, health and beauty care products, pharmacy, fuel, and other items and services. It also manufactures and processes food products for sale in stores.

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Brixmor Property Group (BRX)

Brixmor Property Group, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in owning and operating a portfolio of grocery anchored community and neighborhood shopping centers. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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