VDCVanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money22y track recordRanked #109 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index measuring consumer staples stocks.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.09%

#474 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$9.1B

#293 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+5.8%

Track Record

22 years

#185 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,166+1.7%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Consumer staples

Index tracked

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

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 64.1% of fundconcentrated

Walmart Inc

14.5%

Costco Wholesale Corp

12.0%

Procter & Gamble Co/The

10.1%

Coca-Cola Co/The

8.5%

PepsiCo Inc

4.5%

Philip Morris International Inc

4.5%

Altria Group Inc

3.4%

Mondelez International Inc

2.6%

Colgate-Palmolive Co

2.2%

Monster Beverage Corp

2.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.5%

Cash

0.3%

Other

0.2%

By sector

Consumer Defensive

97.7%

Consumer Cyclical

1.6%

Basic Materials

0.4%

Industrials

0.3%

Healthcare

0.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

12.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-25.3%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.43Below average

Sortino (3Y)

0.62Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index measuring consumer staples stocks.
Strategy: Invests primarily in stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies in the consumer staples sector, using full replication to track the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. Holds stocks in approximately the same proportion as their index weightings.
Inception date: January 26, 2004
Fund family: Vanguard