VDCVanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares
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 · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,694+6.9%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Sector
Consumer staplesIndex tracked
MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
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+ yearsVolatility (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