5 Consumer Defensive Dividend Stocks with Over 2% Yield

4. Village Super Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLGEA)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 7
Dividend Yield: 4.4%

Village Super Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLGEA) is the owner and operator of a supermarket chain in the US. The company’s stores provide a range of products through their specialty departments like the on-site bakery, prepared foods, and pharmacy departments. It ranks 4th on our list of consumer defensive stocks with over 2% yield.

This March, Village Super Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLGEA) announced that its sales improved in light of the Fairway acquisition closed in May 2020.

In the fiscal third quarter of 2021, Village Super Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLGEA) had an EPS of $0.18. The company’s revenue was $481.09 million, up 5.87% year over year. Village Super Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLGEA) has gained 0.09% in the past 6 months and 1.22% year to date.

By the end of the first quarter of 2021, 7 hedge funds out of the 866 tracked by Insider Monkey held stakes in Village Super Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLGEA) worth roughly $30.3 million. This is compared to 10 hedge funds in the previous quarter with a total stake value of approximately $28.1 million.