Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index. The VDC ETF contains 96 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $175.18 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 2.48% |
| Expense ratio | 0.1% |
| Average spread | 0.034% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.134% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -2.1% | -1.0% | 1.5% | 2.1% | -4.3% | -2.6% | 3.4% | -1.6% | -8.4% | 2.0% | -10.8% | ||
| 2021 | -4.1% | -0.7% | 8.2% | 1.8% | 1.8% | -0.7% | 1.6% | 1.1% | -3.9% | 3.6% | -1.4% | 9.9% | 17.3% |
| 2020 | -0.5% | -8.1% | -6.1% | 7.4% | 2.1% | -0.2% | 6.9% | 4.6% | -1.9% | -2.4% | 7.9% | 2.0% | 11.8% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 2.5% | -4.2% | 5.0% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.9% | -0.5% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 23.8% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -7.4% | -0.6% | -3.7% | -1.1% | 4.6% | 3.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 1.9% | -9.0% | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | 4.5% | -0.2% | 1.1% | 2.2% | -2.2% | 0.6% | -1.2% | -0.6% | -1.5% | 5.6% | 2.0% | 11.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.9% | -1.1% | 0.8% | 5.2% | -0.4% | -0.5% | -1.6% | -0.8% | -3.8% | 3.2% | 6.5% |
| 2015 | -1.4% | 4.3% | -1.3% | -1.1% | 1.2% | -1.7% | 4.9% | -5.6% | -0.0% | 5.8% | -0.9% | 2.2% | 6.3% |
| 2014 | -5.3% | 3.9% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.1% | -0.1% | -3.5% | 4.7% | 0.3% | 3.7% | 5.1% | -0.3% | 15.5% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | 3.1% | 5.0% | 2.9% | -1.6% | 0.0% | 4.5% | -4.3% | 1.6% | 6.0% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 25.5% |
| 2012 | -1.1% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 0.2% | -1.6% | 3.6% | 2.5% | -0.3% | 1.6% | -1.1% | 1.9% | -2.0% | 10.8% |
| 2011 | -1.6% | 2.8% | 1.8% | 5.3% | 2.7% | -2.2% | -1.4% | 0.2% | -3.4% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 13.3% |
| -1.8% | 7.6% | 21.9% | 20.0% | 0.2% | 8.7% | 25.0% | -0.3% | -13.8% | 21.1% | 21.5% | 14.1% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.74 | 1.21 | 1.15 | 3.10 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 4.28 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.62 | 1.29 | 0.87 | 1.57 | 4.35 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.75 | 1.04 | 1.09 | 1.06 | 3.94 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.54 | 1.25 | 0.82 | 1.04 | 3.65 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.83 | 1.04 | 0.77 | 1.04 | 3.68 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.84 | 0.97 | 3.21 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 2.40 | 0.90 | 3.29 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 2.42 | 2.42 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 2.43 | 2.43 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 2.59 | 2.59 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 1.89 | 1.89 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.16 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Top 0 Weights | 0.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VDC | FSTA | IECS | JHMS | KXI | XLP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF | FIDELITY MSCI CONSUMER STAPLES INDEX ETF | iShares Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF | John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF | iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Fidelity | iShares | John Hancock | iShares | SPDR |
| Price | $175.18 | $41.11 | $34.7199 | $34.4732 | $53.82 | $67.87 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.1% |  0.08% |  0.18% | 0.4% | 0.43% | 0.12% |
| Average Spread | 0.034% | 0.049% | 0.058% | 0.203% | 0.204% | 0.015% |
| AUM | $5,589,260,000 | $776,165,000 | $15,584,200 | $21,632,200 | $568,540,000 | $11,233,100,000 |
| Shares | 31,905,785 | 18,880,202 | 448,855 | 627,507 | 10,563,722 | 165,508,772 |
| Average Daily Volume | 235,423 | 127,191 | 2,152 | 16,259 | 84,356 | 12,318,597 |
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| Inception Date | 2004-01-26 | 2013-10-21 | 2018-03-21 | 2016-03-28 | 2006-09-12 | 1998-12-16 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index | MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index | No Underlying Index | John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Staples Index | S&P Global 1200 Consumer Staples (Sector) Capped Index | S&P Consumer Staples Select Sector Index |
| Category | Consumer Staples Equities | Consumer Staples Equities | Consumer Staples Equities | Consumer Staples Equities | Consumer Staples Equities | Consumer Staples Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps |
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend |
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $4.352 | $0.756 | $0 | $0.61 | $1.372 | $1.821 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.025% | 0.018% | 0.000% | 0.018% | 0.025% | 0.027% |
| Number of Holdings | 96 | 102 | 121 | 49 | 90 | 32 |
| YTD Return | -10.85% | -10.90% | -0.34% | -6.50% | -16.01% | -10.34% |
| Beta | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.71 |
| Upside Beta | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.08 | 0.24 |
| Downside Beta | 0.15 | -0.15 | 0.61 | 0.20 | -0.02 | 0.19 |
| Volatility 1Y | 17.02% | 16.89% | 14.76% | 16.76% | 15.91% | 17.16% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.06 | 0.47 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |