ETF comparison
FSTA vs XLP
Both Consumer Staples.
Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF · State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
35 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FSTA and XLP would leave roughly 75.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.084% vs 0.080%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with FSTA vs XLP.
Top shared holdings
35 shared in total| # | Holding | In FSTA | In XLP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart Inc | 16.12% | 11.86% | 11.86% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale Corp | 12.24% | 9.63% | 9.63% |
| 3 | Procter & Gamble Co/The | 9.10% | 7.31% | 7.31% |
| 4 | Coca-Cola Co/The | 8.32% | 6.41% | 6.41% |
| 5 | PepsiCo Inc | 4.52% | 4.62% | 4.52% |
| 6 | Philip Morris International Inc | 4.15% | 5.60% | 4.15% |
| 7 | Altria Group Inc | 3.92% | 4.59% | 3.92% |
| 8 | Mondelez International Inc | 2.59% | 4.80% | 2.59% |
| 9 | Colgate-Palmolive Co | 2.16% | 4.38% | 2.16% |
| 10 | Target Corp | 2.00% | 3.71% | 2.00% |
| 11 | Monster Beverage Corp | 1.88% | 3.49% | 1.88% |
| 12 | Kroger Co/The | 1.46% | 2.85% | 1.46% |
Only in FSTA
59 total- Casey's General Stores Inc 1.14%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.81%
- Performance Food Group Co 0.58%
- Darling Ingredients Inc 0.55%
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.53%
- Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc 0.52%
- Sprouts Farmers Market Inc 0.44%
- Maplebear Inc 0.41%
- Ingredion Inc 0.37%
- Albertsons Cos Inc 0.33%
Only in XLP
1 total- State Street Global Advisors 0.05%
Open FSTA or XLP at a brokerage
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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