Summary
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund Admiral Shares is a mutual fund run by Vanguard. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 280. The ten largest make up 57% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.09%
- Fund size
- $6.20B
- Positions
- 280
- Dividend yield
- 0.78%
- Running since
- 2005
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.09% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- A large fund with $6.20B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%.
- It has been running since 2005.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 57% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 96% of the fund is in one sector (Consumer cyclical).
- 96% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 40% from its high.
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
- +2.0%
- 3 months
- +1.6%
- This year
- -4.0%
- 1 year
- -3.8%
- 3 years
- +50%
- 5 years
- +13%
- 10 years
- +205%
- Avg. market cap
- $1.12T
- P/E
- 27.1x
- Forward P/E
- 23.3x
- P/S
- 2.6x
- P/B
- 5.7x
- P/FCF
- 24.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.2x
- Dividend yield
- 0.76%
- ROIC
- 11.9%
- ROE
- 31.0%
- Gross margin
- 40.3%
- Operating margin
- 12.8%
- Net margin
- 11.9%
- Payout ratio
- 20.7%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.2x
- Beta
- 1.26
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 80% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 AMAmazon AMZN 23%
- 2 TSTesla TSLA 16%
- 3 HDThe Home Depot HD 4.5%
- 4 MCMcDonald's MCD 2.6%
- 5 TJThe TJX Companies, Inc. TJX 2.4%
- 6 BKBooking BKNG 2.1%
- 7 SBStarbucks SBUX 1.7%
- 8 LOLowe's LOW 1.7%
- 9 MAMarriott International, Inc. MAR 1.3%
- 10 MEMercadoLibre MELI 1.3%
Positions in the fund: 280. The ten largest make up 57% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Consumer cyclical 96%
- Consumer defensive 1.2%
- Technology 1.2%
- Industrials 0.8%
- Real estate 0.1%
- Other 0.2%
By country
- United States 96%
- Uruguay 1.3%
- Switzerland 1.1%
- Canada 0.2%
- Other countries 0.9%
By company size
- Mega cap 44%
- Large cap 39%
- Mid cap 14%
- Small cap 3.9%
- Micro cap 0.2%
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 cyclical (96%). Largest country: United States (96%). Largest size group: Mega cap (44%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $9.00
- Over 20 years
- $451
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $9.00 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 $451.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +12%
- Deepest drop
- -40%
- Yearly volatility
- 19%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 40% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.78%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.42
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.55 per share, which is 0.78% of today's price. The last payment was $0.42 on Sep 23, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 27.1
- Average Bulios Score
- 60 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 8.4%
- Fairly valued 1.7%
- Overvalued 90%
On average the companies inside trade for 27.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 90% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 80% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Can I buy it as an ETF?
A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VC VCR Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Fund | United States | 0.09% | $6.20B | -3.8% | Pays out | 100% |
FD FDIS Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF | United States | 0.08% | $1.63B | -3.6% | Pays out | 92% |
GX GXPD Global X Funds - Global X PureCap MSCI Consumer Discretionary ETF | United States | 0.25% | $48.2M | -3.1% | - | 77% |
QD QDVK.DE iShares S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.15% | $764.2M | +1.6% | Reinvests | 77% |
XL XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund | United States | 0.08% | $21.6B | -4.8% | Pays out | 76% |
XU XUCD.DE Xtrackers MSCI USA Consumer Discretionary UCITS ETF 1D | Ireland | 0.12% | $155.8M | +1.8% | Pays out | 75% |
