ETF comparison
IYK vs VDC
Both Consumer Staples.
iShares US Consumer Staples ETF · Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
45 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYK and VDC would leave roughly 59.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VDC is 28 bps cheaper than IYK. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IYK.
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 IYK vs VDC.
Top shared holdings
45 shared in total| # | Holding | In IYK | In VDC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 12.82% | 9.24% | 9.24% |
| 2 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 12.99% | 8.69% | 8.69% |
| 3 | Philip Morris International Inc. | 11.39% | 4.65% | 4.65% |
| 4 | Pepsico, Inc. | 7.40% | 4.28% | 4.28% |
| 5 | Altria Group, Inc. | 4.01% | 3.90% | 3.90% |
| 6 | Mondelez International, Inc. | 3.21% | 2.68% | 2.68% |
| 7 | COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY | 3.01% | 2.36% | 2.36% |
| 8 | MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION | 2.93% | 2.24% | 2.24% |
| 9 | ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY. | 1.73% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 10 | KEURIG DR PEPPER INC. | 1.83% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 11 | THE KROGER CO. | 1.46% | 1.38% | 1.38% |
| 12 | SYSCO CORPORATION | 1.85% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
Only in IYK
8 total- CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 4.57%
- MCKESSON CORPORATION 3.91%
- CENCORA, INC. 2.64%
- CARDINAL HEALTH, INC. 2.45%
- CORTEVA, INC. 2.40%
- JBS N.V. 0.21%
- BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION 0.06%
- Smithfield Foods, Inc. 0.05%
Only in VDC
58 total- Walmart Inc 14.71%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 12.00%
- Target Corp 2.03%
- Dollar General Corp 0.92%
- Dollar Tree Inc 0.87%
- Estee Lauder Cos Inc/The 0.83%
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.50%
- Maplebear Inc 0.39%
- Vita Coco Co Inc/The 0.34%
- PriceSmart Inc 0.33%
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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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