ETF comparison
VDC vs XLP
Both Consumer Staples.
Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
35 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VDC and XLP would leave roughly 76.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLP is 1 bps cheaper than VDC. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VDC.
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 VDC vs XLP.
Top shared holdings
35 shared in total| # | Holding | In VDC | In XLP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart Inc | 15.03% | 11.86% | 11.86% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale Corp | 11.81% | 9.63% | 9.63% |
| 3 | Procter & Gamble Co/The | 10.04% | 7.31% | 7.31% |
| 4 | Coca-Cola Co/The | 8.34% | 6.41% | 6.41% |
| 5 | Philip Morris International Inc | 4.62% | 5.60% | 4.62% |
| 6 | PepsiCo Inc | 4.76% | 4.62% | 4.62% |
| 7 | Altria Group Inc | 3.55% | 4.59% | 3.55% |
| 8 | Mondelez International Inc | 2.47% | 4.80% | 2.47% |
| 9 | Colgate-Palmolive Co | 2.38% | 4.38% | 2.38% |
| 10 | Monster Beverage Corp | 1.98% | 3.49% | 1.98% |
| 11 | Target Corp | 1.66% | 3.71% | 1.66% |
| 12 | Sysco Corp | 1.43% | 2.31% | 1.43% |
Only in VDC
69 total- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.90%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.80%
- Performance Food Group Co 0.57%
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.51%
- Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc 0.47%
- Darling Ingredients Inc 0.43%
- Celsius Holdings Inc 0.38%
- Ingredion Inc 0.35%
- Sprouts Farmers Market Inc 0.33%
- Primo Brands Corp 0.33%
Only in XLP
1 total- State Street Global Advisors 0.05%
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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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