Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC)
- Expense ratio0.10%
- Net assets$7.99B
- Dividend yield2.27%
- 1-year return+12.40%
- Holdings102
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VDC performance
Total return · as of October 17, 2026- YTD+13.82%
- 1 year+12.40%
- 3 years+12.48%/yr
- 5 years+7.72%/yr
- 10 years+8.26%/yr
- 1Y volatility
- 16.12%
- 3Y volatility
- 12.00%
- 3Y Sharpe ratio
- 0.37
Returns include reinvested distributions; 3-, 5- and 10-year figures are annualized.
VDC top 10 holdings
| # | Symbol | Name | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WMT | Walmart Inc. | 13.44% |
| 2 | COST | Costco Wholesale Corp | 12.39% |
| 3 | PG | Procter & Gamble Company | 9.46% |
| 4 | KO | The Coca-Cola Company | 9.40% |
| 5 | PM | Philip Morris International Inc | 4.99% |
| 6 | PEP | PepsiCo Inc | 4.30% |
| 7 | MO | Altria Group | 3.69% |
| 8 | MDLZ | Mondelez International Inc | 2.68% |
| 9 | TGT | Target Corporation | 2.41% |
| 10 | CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | 2.30% |
The top 10 holdings make up 65.1% of the fund (102 holdings in total). As of October 17, 2026.
About Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the consumer staples sector, as classified under the GICS. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.
VDC ETF FAQ
What is the VDC expense ratio?
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a net expense ratio of 0.10%, or $10.00 a year for every $10,000 invested.
How much money is in VDC?
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has about $7.99B in net assets.
What are the top holdings of VDC?
The largest positions in VDC are Walmart Inc. (13.44%), Costco Wholesale Corp (12.39%), Procter & Gamble Company (9.46%). The fund holds 102 securities in total.
How has VDC performed?
VDC returned +12.40% over the past year and +7.72% a year over the past five years, including reinvested distributions.
Does VDC pay dividends?
VDC has a dividend yield of 2.27% and pays distributions na.
When was VDC launched?
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF began trading on January 26, 2004.
ETFs similar to VDC
Funds that track the same index or whose top-10 holdings overlap most with VDC's. Overlap: shared top-10 weight as a share of the larger top-10 total of the two funds.
| Symbol | Fund | Overlap | Expense ratio | Net assets | 1-year return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VDC | Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF | — | 0.10% | $7.99B | +12.40% |
| FSTA | Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples ETF | 97% | 0.07% | $1.36B | +13.32% |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | 86% | 0.09% | $14.83B | +14.66% |
| GXPS | Global X Purecap MSCI Consumer Staples ETF | 79% | 0.14% | $69.6M | +12.82% |
| PBCS | Portfolio Building Block World Consumer… | 71% | — | — | — |
| UGE | ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods | 58% | 0.93% | $9.6M | +17.48% |
| IYK | iShares US Consumer Staples ETF | 55% | 0.38% | $1.64B | +14.93% |
| KXI | iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF | 54% | 0.43% | $1.21B | +11.24% |
| TSIC | Truth Social American Icons ETF | 52% | — | $1.7M | — |