Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF FSTA · AMEX
$56.47 +1.42% (+$0.79)
Summary
Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Fidelity. Positions inside: 100. The ten largest make up 65% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.08%
- Fund size
- $1.36B
- Positions
- 100
- Dividend yield
- 2.09%
- Running since
- 2013
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.08% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.43%).
- A large fund with $1.36B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.0%.
- It has been running since 2013.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 65% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 96% of the fund is in one sector (Consumer defensive).
- 102% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +11%
- 3 months
- +5.3%
- This year
- +15%
- 1 year
- +16%
- 3 years
- +35%
- 5 years
- +30%
- 10 years
- +79%
- Avg. market cap
- $333.3B
- P/E
- 26.8x
- Forward P/E
- 22.2x
- P/S
- 1.5x
- P/B
- 5.2x
- P/FCF
- 22.8x
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.4x
- Dividend yield
- 2.25%
- ROIC
- 14.3%
- ROE
- 27.9%
- Gross margin
- 40.2%
- Operating margin
- 15.7%
- Net margin
- 11.4%
- Payout ratio
- 60.4%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.5x
- Beta
- 0.50
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 93% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 WMWalmart WMT 14%
- 2 COCostco COST 12%
- 3 PGProcter & Gamble PG 9.8%
- 4 KOCoca-Cola KO 9.4%
- 5 PMPhilip Morris PM 4.5%
- 6 PEPepsiCo PEP 4.4%
- 7 MOAltria MO 4.0%
- 8 MDMondelez MDLZ 2.6%
- 9 CLColgate-Palmolive Company CL 2.3%
- 10 TGTarget TGT 2.2%
Positions in the fund: 100. The ten largest make up 65% of it.
Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Consumer defensive 96%
- Basic materials 1.6%
- Consumer cyclical 0.9%
- Technology 0.4%
- Industrials 0.3%
- Other 0.4%
By country
- United States 102%
- Ireland 0.1%
By company size
- Mega cap 50%
- Large cap 41%
- Mid cap 6.6%
- Small cap 2.4%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Consumer defensive (96%). Largest country: United States (102%). Largest size group: Mega cap (50%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $8.00
- Over 20 years
- $401
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $8.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $401.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +6.0%
- Deepest drop
- -18%
- Yearly volatility
- 15%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.0%. Deepest drop in these years: 18% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.09%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.29
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.18 per share, which is 2.09% of today's price. The last payment was $0.29 on Sep 18, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $9.49M
- Shares a day
- 168K
On an average day about $9.49M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 26.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 66 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 7.5%
- Fairly valued 8.4%
- Overvalued 84%
On average the companies inside trade for 26.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 84% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 93% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VC VCSAX Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund Admiral Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.09% | $8.70B | +16% | Pays out | 96% |
VD VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples Fund | United States | 0.09% | $8.83B | +16% | Pays out | 96% |
ZP ZPDS.DE State Street SPDR S&P U.S. Consumer Staples Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) | Ireland | 0.15% | $360.8M | +25% | Reinvests | 85% |
2B 2B7D.DE iShares S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.15% | $541.5M | +25% | Reinvests | 85% |
XL XLPS.MI Invesco Consumer Staples S&P US Select Sector UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.14% | $40.4M | +25% | Reinvests | 84% |
XU XUCS.DE Xtrackers MSCI USA Consumer Staples UCITS ETF 1D | Ireland | 0.12% | $190.8M | +24% | Pays out | 84% |
