Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF
VDC
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management
- Address
- 100 Vanguard Boulevard Malvern PA United States of America 19355
- IPO Date
- Jan 30, 2004
- CIK
- 0000052848
- Website
- investor.vanguard.com
- Similar Companies
- Business
- Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index. The fund employs a passively managed, full-replication or sampling strategy to hold stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap U.S. companies within the consumer staples sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS); this includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, tobacco, nondurable household goods, and personal products. Its portfolio comprises approximately 106 holdings, with top positions in Walmart Inc. (14.1%), Costco Wholesale Corp. (12.8%), Procter & Gamble Co. (11.1%), Coca-Cola Co. (8.1%), and Philip Morris International Inc. (4.6%), representing 65.6% of total net assets; subindustry diversification spans consumer staples merchandise retail (30.7%), household products (17.0%), soft drinks and non-alcoholic beverages (16.6%), packaged foods and meats (12.5%), and tobacco (8.8%). Launched on January 26, 2004, and domiciled in the United States with trading on NYSE Arca under ticker VDC (CUSIP 92204A207), the ETF is issued and managed by The Vanguard Group, Inc., an investment management firm founded in 1975 and headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. As of September 30, 2025, the fund maintains total net assets of $8,511 million, an expense ratio of 0.09%, a quarterly dividend schedule, and a turnover rate of 9.3%. The ETF targets investors seeking broad exposure to the defensive consumer staples sector, which exhibits lower sensitivity to economic cycles; it operates exclusively in U.S. equity markets and remains fully invested to minimize net tracking error. Vanguard Group, as the sponsor, oversees the fund within its extensive lineup of low-cost index products, with no notable subsidiaries or parent relationships specific to VDC. In recent developments, Vanguard implemented its largest-ever expense ratio reduction effective February 1, 2025, lowering fees across 168 share classes in 87 funds—including those in the consumer staples category—at an estimated savings of over $350 million annually for investors, underscoring the firm's commitment to cost minimization. On December 16, 2025, the fund declared a quarterly distribution of $1.2296 per share. Broader Vanguard initiatives in 2025, such as launching new active equity ETFs (e.g., Vanguard Wellington U.S. Value Active ETF) and expanding its Investor Choice program to additional funds like the 500 Index Fund, reflect ongoing product innovation and client empowerment efforts, though no VDC-specific acquisitions, partnerships, or strategic shifts were reported. The fund continues to sample its benchmark index due to regulatory constraints, maintaining high quality exposure to low-leverage, high-return-on-equity stocks.