# VDC (Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF) Vanguard · Stock ETFs · Consumer defensive · data as of Oct 28, 2026 VDC returned +12.7% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.09% a year and holds $7.4bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026. Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VDC returned 12.7% against 12.7% for FSTA, which tracks the same MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. Fees aside, VDC finished 0.01 points ahead of FSTA. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/ VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples and returned +12.7% over the past year. ## Key facts - VDC, total return, 1 year: +12.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VDC, expense ratio: 0.09%, as of Jun 30, 2026. - VDC, holdings: 105, as of Sep 30, 2026. - VDC, below its high: −3.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VDC, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 2.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VDC, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 23, 2026: $1.2112, as of Sep 23, 2026. - VDC, net assets: $7.4bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026). ## VDC over each window to Oct 28, 2026 | Window | Total return | Benchmark (FSTA) | Gap to FSTA | S&P 500 (SPY) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 month | +5.9% | +5.9% | 0.0 pts | +0.9% | | 3 months | +0.5% | +0.5% | 0.0 pts | +6.1% | | 6 months | +4.5% | +4.7% | −0.2 pts | +9.1% | | Year to date | +13.5% | +13.6% | −0.1 pts | +14.1% | | 1 year | +12.7% | +12.7% | 0.0 pts | +13.6% | | 3 years | +43.7% | +43.4% | +0.3 pts | +95.0% | | 5 years | +43.1% | +42.7% | +0.4 pts | +79.8% | | 10 years | +122.9% | +123.2% | −0.3 pts | +325.8% | | Since launch | +682.6% | not available | not available | +931.2% | | Since launch, annualised | +9.5% | – | – | – | ## VDC key stats - 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $244.19 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $206.70 on Nov 6, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $235.90, 78% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 1.00, against FSTA (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - R-squared, the same days: 1.00 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Holdings: 105 - Top ten weight: 66.0% - P/E ratio: 24.6 (Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026) ## VDC trading - Not scored. - $1,000: about $0.18, 0.018%, one way. - $10,000: about $1.80, 0.018%, one way. - Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: −0.04%; 95% of days within ±0.06%. - Limit: midpoint + 5¢ to buy, midpoint − 5¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $236.62, that’s $236.67 to buy and $236.57 to sell. - The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vdc/trading/ ## Every published field | Field | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | What it tracks | MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50 | ETFIQ | | Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ | | Category | Stocks · Consumer defensive | ETFIQ | | Expense ratio | 0.09% | 497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026 | | Price | $235.90 | ETFIQ | | First traded | Jan 30, 2004 | ETFIQ | | Net assets | $7.4bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 | | Benchmark | MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50, measured by FSTA, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings | | Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026 | ETFIQ | | VDC, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +12.7% | ETFIQ | | FSTA, the same days | +12.7% | ETFIQ | | Against its benchmark, 1 year | 0.0 pts | ETFIQ | | Below its high | −3.1% | ETFIQ | | Holdings | 105 | ETFIQ | | Top ten weight | 66.0% | ETFIQ | | Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file | | Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 86.4% | ETFIQ | | Active share vs the S&P 500 | 95.4% | ETFIQ | | Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 38.2% | ETFIQ | ## Money in and out, to May 31, 2026 Monthly data only. May 2026: +$26.4m, from SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone. Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: . Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows ## Questions ### How has VDC performed? Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VDC returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. Over three years the number is +43.7%. ### What does VDC cost? The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. ### What does VDC hold? 105 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 66.0% of the fund. 86% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds. ### How far is VDC below its high? 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026. ## Cite this page ETFIQ, VDC, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vdc Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at . HTML: https://etfiq.com/funds/vdc · JSON: https://etfiq.com/funds/vdc.json