VanguardConsumer DefensiveVDC · NYSE Arca
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC)
- Price
- $225.21
- —11 Sept 2026
- Assets
- $9.3B
- Total net assets
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Category 0.74%
- Yield
- 2.09%
- Trailing distributions
- 3Y CAGR
- 8.2%+3.3%
- Category 4.9%
- 5Y CAGR
- 6.4%+2.2%
- Category 4.2%
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Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF
Calendar-year returns
Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.
Risk statistics
Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.
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Holdings
The 10 largest positions make up 61.8% of the fund.
Top holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| WMT | Walmart Inc | 13.52% |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corp | 11.43% |
| KO | Coca-Cola Co | 8.51% |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Co | 8.49% |
| PM | Philip Morris International Inc | 4.55% |
| PEP | PepsiCo Inc | 4.24% |
| MO | Altria Group Inc | 3.72% |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International Inc Class A | 2.65% |
| MNST | Monster Beverage Corp | 2.37% |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Co | 2.33% |
Portfolio valuation
Weighted averages of what the fund holds.
- P/E
- 25.7
- P/B
- 4.3
- P/S
- 1.2
- P/CF
- 14.8
Sector allocation
Share of the equity the fund holds.
- Consumer staples97.5%
- Consumer discretionary1.8%
- Materials0.4%
- Industrials0.3%
- Health care0.0%
Asset mix
- Stocks99.7%
- Other0.2%
- Cash0.1%
ETF details
- Issuer
- Vanguard
- Category
- Equity · Consumer Defensive
- Ticker
- VDC
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- Inception
- 26 Jan 2004 (22.6 years)
- Structure
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Expense ratio
- 0.09% (category 0.74%)
- Holdings turnover
- 9% (category 26%)
- Distribution yield
- 2.09%
- Beta, 3 years
- 0.51
- Total net assets
- $9.3B
Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.
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