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Aarti Magan ...
  • Moritz Steinbauer
  • Reid Usher
  • Vikas Munjal

Global 2023 Outlook for Consumer Staples Companies: Steady Sailing Through Strong Headwinds

DBRS Morningstar released a commentary titled “Global 2023 Outlook for Consumer Staples Companies: Steady Sailing Through Strong Headwinds.” Our neutral outlook for this sector reflects our view that the credit risk profiles of consumer staples companies are generally well positioned to navigate near-term economic turbulence stemming from high inflation, elevated interest rates, and eroding consumer purchasing power. While we acknowledge that these headwinds could pressure 2023 operating performance, we believe that the consumer staples companies within our portfolio have ample headroom within their respective rating categories, and should generally be able to pass through most cost increases and exercise capital management in a balanced manner.

“We don’t expect to take any rating actions as a result of the broader sector trends in 2023, and we believe any rating actions will be driven by the evolution of the credit risk profiles of individual issuers instead,” notes Aarti Magan, Vice President, Diversified Industries.
Underlyings
Coca-Cola Company

Coca-Cola is a nonalcoholic beverage company. The company owns or licenses and markets nonalcoholic beverage brands, which it groups into the following category clusters: sparkling soft drinks; water, enhanced water and sports drinks; juice, dairy and plant-based beverages; tea and coffee; and energy drinks. The company's nonalcoholic sparkling soft drink brands are Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. The company markets, manufactures and sells beverage concentrates and syrups, including fountain syrups; and finished sparkling soft drinks and other nonalcoholic beverages. The company's segments are Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America; North America; Asia Pacific; Global Ventures; and Bottling Investments.

Kruger Products L.P.

Kruger Products L.P.

McCain Foods Limited

Molson Coors Beverage Company

Molson Coors Beverage Company Class B

Molson Coors Brewing is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a brewer and has a portfolio of brands, including Blue Moon, Coors Banquet, Coors Light, Miller Lite, Staropramen, Carling, Molson Canadian and other brands, as well as craft and specialty beers such as Creemore Springs, Cobra, Doom Bar, Henry's Hard and Leinenkugel's. The company's segments include: MillerCoors LLC operating in the U.S.; Molson Coors Canada operating in Canada; Molson Coors Europe operating in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, the Republic of Ireland, Romania, Serbia, the U.K. and various other European countries; and Molson Coors International operating in various other countries.

PepsiCo Inc.

PepsiCo is a food and beverage company. The company's segments include: Frito-Lay North America, which includes food and snack businesses in the United States and Canada; Quaker Foods North America, which includes cereal, rice, pasta and other food businesses in the United States and Canada; PepsiCo Beverages North America, which includes beverage businesses in the United States and Canada; Latin America, which includes beverage, food and snack businesses in Latin America; Europe, which includes beverage, food and snack businesses in Europe; and Africa, Middle East and South Asia, which includes beverage, food and snack businesses in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.

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Aarti Magan

Moritz Steinbauer

Reid Usher

Vikas Munjal

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