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VDCVanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money22y track recordRanked #107 of 2,992 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the MSCI US IMI/Consumer Staples 25/50 Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.09%

#343 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$9.2B

#301 of 5,854 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+8.1%

Track Record

22 years

#180 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,694+6.9%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 65.0% of fundconcentrated

Walmart Inc
15.0%
Costco Wholesale Corp
11.8%
Procter & Gamble Co/The
10.0%
Coca-Cola Co/The
8.3%
PepsiCo Inc
4.8%
Philip Morris International Inc
4.6%
Altria Group Inc
3.5%
Mondelez International Inc
2.5%
Colgate-Palmolive Co
2.4%
Monster Beverage Corp
2.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.2%
Cash
0.5%
Other
0.2%

By sector

Consumer Defensive
97.5%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
Basic Materials
0.4%
Industrials
0.3%
Healthcare
0.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
13.8%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-25.3%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.35Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.50Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of the MSCI US IMI/Consumer Staples 25/50 Index.
Strategy
Employs an indexing investment approach to replicate the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50, investing primarily in large, mid-size, and small U.S. consumer staples companies. The Fund holds stocks in approximately the same proportion as their weighting in the Target Index.
Inception date
January 26, 2004
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-08-03