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
34 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VDC and XLP would leave roughly 75.8% 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.
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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
34 shared in total| # | Holding | In VDC | In XLP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart Inc | 14.71% | 10.80% | 10.80% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale Corp | 12.00% | 9.03% | 9.03% |
| 3 | Procter & Gamble Co/The | 9.24% | 7.43% | 7.43% |
| 4 | Coca-Cola Co/The | 8.69% | 6.85% | 6.85% |
| 5 | Philip Morris International Inc | 4.65% | 6.13% | 4.65% |
| 6 | PepsiCo Inc | 4.28% | 4.32% | 4.28% |
| 7 | Altria Group Inc | 3.90% | 4.53% | 3.90% |
| 8 | Mondelez International Inc | 2.68% | 4.15% | 2.68% |
| 9 | Colgate-Palmolive Co | 2.36% | 4.70% | 2.36% |
| 10 | Monster Beverage Corp | 2.24% | 4.45% | 2.24% |
| 11 | Target Corp | 2.03% | 3.85% | 2.03% |
| 12 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co | 1.41% | 2.39% | 1.41% |
Only in VDC
69 total- US Foods Holding Corp 0.74%
- Performance Food Group Co 0.65%
- Darling Ingredients Inc 0.52%
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.50%
- Sprouts Farmers Market Inc 0.46%
- Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc 0.45%
- Primo Brands Corp 0.41%
- Maplebear Inc 0.39%
- Ingredion Inc 0.35%
- Vita Coco Co Inc/The 0.34%
Only in XLP
1 total- CONTRA WALGREENS BOOTS 0.00%
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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