Summary
Vanguard Consumer Staples 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: 106. The ten largest make up 66% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.09%
- Fund size
- $8.70B
- Positions
- 106
- Dividend yield
- 2.08%
- Running since
- 2004
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.09% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- A large fund with $8.70B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.9%.
- It has been running since 2004.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 66% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 98% of the fund is in one sector (Consumer defensive).
- 99% 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
- +6.2%
- 3 months
- +3.1%
- This year
- +13%
- 1 year
- +9.3%
- 3 years
- +33%
- 5 years
- +30%
- 10 years
- +77%
- Avg. market cap
- $324.3B
- P/E
- 26.8x
- Forward P/E
- 21.9x
- P/S
- 1.4x
- P/B
- 5.2x
- P/FCF
- 22.8x
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.3x
- Dividend yield
- 2.25%
- ROIC
- 14.7%
- ROE
- 27.7%
- Gross margin
- 40.1%
- Operating margin
- 15.6%
- Net margin
- 11.5%
- Payout ratio
- 60.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.5x
- Beta
- 0.51
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 9.9%
- 4 KOCoca-Cola KO 9.8%
- 5 PMPhilip Morris PM 4.8%
- 6 PEPepsiCo PEP 4.3%
- 7 MOAltria MO 3.9%
- 8 MDMondelez MDLZ 2.6%
- 9 TGTarget TGT 2.5%
- 10 CLColgate-Palmolive Company CL 2.3%
Positions in the fund: 106. The ten largest make up 66% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Consumer defensive 98%
- Consumer cyclical 0.9%
- Technology 0.3%
- Basic materials 0.3%
- Industrials 0.3%
- Other 0.3%
By country
- United States 99%
- Cayman Islands 0.2%
- Ireland 0.1%
- Other countries 0.2%
By company size
- Mega cap 51%
- Large cap 39%
- Mid cap 6.9%
- Small cap 3.1%
- Micro cap 0.1%
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 (98%). Largest country: United States (99%). Largest size group: Mega cap (51%).
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
- +5.9%
- Deepest drop
- -18%
- Yearly volatility
- 14%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 18% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.08%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.60
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.41 per share, which is 2.08% of today's price. The last payment was $0.60 on Sep 23, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 26.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 65 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 9.1%
- Fairly valued 13%
- Overvalued 78%
On average the companies inside trade for 26.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 78% 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.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VD VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples Fund | United States | 0.09% | $8.69B | +9.2% | Pays out | 99% |
FS FSTA Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF | United States | 0.08% | $1.36B | +9.2% | Pays out | 97% |
XL XLPS.MI Invesco Consumer Staples S&P US Select Sector UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.14% | $39.5M | +18% | Reinvests | 86% |
ZP ZPDS.DE State Street SPDR S&P U.S. Consumer Staples Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) | Ireland | 0.15% | $316.2M | +18% | Reinvests | 84% |
2B 2B7D.DE iShares S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.15% | $485.8M | +17% | Reinvests | 84% |
XU XUCS.DE Xtrackers MSCI USA Consumer Staples UCITS ETF 1D | Ireland | 0.12% | $185.1M | +16% | Pays out | 83% |
