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About Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund delivers pure-play consumer staples exposure with a broad and representative basket of consumer staples stocks, as classified under GICS. It tracks an all-cap index selected and weighted by market capitalization. To ensure diversification, the index applies certain investment limits with no more than 25% of the value to a single issuer, and the sum of the weights of all issuers with more than 5% not exceeding 50% of total assets. These limits are imposed on RICs under the current US Internal Revenue Code. The index is rebalanced quarterly.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Consumer Non-Durables
Retail Trade
Stocks99.67%
Consumer Non-Durables59.89%
Retail Trade33.39%
Distribution Services2.59%
Process Industries2.55%
Transportation0.88%
Commercial Services0.16%
Consumer Durables0.14%
Health Technology0.06%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.33%
Cash0.33%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VDC invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Consumer Non-Durables, with 59.89% stocks, and Retail Trade, with 33.39% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VDC top holdings are Costco Wholesale Corporation and Walmart Inc., occupying 13.33% and 12.50% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VDC last dividends amounted to 1.24 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 1.17 USD in dividends, which shows a 6.08% increase.
VDC assets under management is 7.70 B USD. It's fallen 0.13% over the last month.
VDC fund flows account for 530.68 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, VDC pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 2.26%. The last dividend (Jun 30, 2025) amounted to 1.24 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
VDC shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Jan 26, 2004, and its management style is Passive.
VDC expense ratio is 0.09% meaning you'd have to pay 0.09% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VDC follows the MSCI US IMI 25/50 Consumer Staples. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VDC invests in stocks.
VDC price has fallen by −1.81% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 5.62% increase. See more dynamics on VDC price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −1.01% over the last month, have fallen by −1.01% over the last month, showed a 1.20% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 8.22% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −1.01% over the last month, have fallen by −1.01% over the last month, showed a 1.20% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 8.22% in a year.
VDC trades at a premium (0.01%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.