ETF comparison
IYK vs VDC
Both Consumer Staples.
iShares US Consumer Staples ETF · Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
48 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYK and VDC would leave roughly 60.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VDC is 29 bps cheaper than IYK. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/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
48 shared in total| # | Holding | In IYK | In VDC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 13.58% | 10.04% | 10.04% |
| 2 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 12.12% | 8.34% | 8.34% |
| 3 | Pepsico, Inc. | 8.73% | 4.76% | 4.76% |
| 4 | Philip Morris International Inc. | 10.25% | 4.62% | 4.62% |
| 5 | Altria Group, Inc. | 4.84% | 3.55% | 3.55% |
| 6 | Mondelez International, Inc. | 3.54% | 2.47% | 2.47% |
| 7 | COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY | 3.05% | 2.38% | 2.38% |
| 8 | MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION | 2.60% | 1.98% | 1.98% |
| 9 | SYSCO CORPORATION | 1.73% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 10 | THE KROGER CO. | 1.91% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 11 | KEURIG DR PEPPER INC. | 1.84% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 12 | KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION | 1.58% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
Only in IYK
6 total- CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 4.29%
- MCKESSON CORPORATION 3.95%
- CORTEVA, INC. 2.65%
- CENCORA, INC. 2.60%
- Smithfield Foods, Inc. 0.06%
- BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION 0.06%
Only in VDC
56 total- Walmart Inc 15.03%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 11.81%
- Target Corp 1.66%
- Dollar General Corp 1.19%
- Estee Lauder Cos Inc/The 0.90%
- Dollar Tree Inc 0.86%
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.51%
- Maplebear Inc 0.31%
- elf Beauty Inc 0.29%
- PriceSmart Inc 0.28%
Open IYK or VDC 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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.