Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF
VDC NYSE Arca
The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the consumer staples sector. The Fund includes stocks of companies that provide direct-to-consumer products that, based on consumer spending habits, are considered...
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- Fund size
- 5.13B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.10% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.13% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 14.2% Below Average
- Beta
- 0.27 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 202.22240.26
How VDC has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, VDC returned +12.6% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.4 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±14% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −9.4% on Oct 1, 2026 — 216 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 40% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.27 means VDC has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average223.58 +2.4%
- 26-day average223.88 +2.2%
- 50-day average225.08 +1.7%
- 200-day average223.87 +2.2%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Consumer Non-Durables · InvestableMkt US Cies — tracking the MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index.
- Assets under management5.13BUSD
- Expense ratio0.10%per year
- Holdings94
- Risk score3.6Low
Launched January 2004. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 21 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 4.88
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 23, 2026
Last 12 months
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About Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF
The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the consumer staples sector. The Fund includes stocks of companies that provide direct-to-consumer products that, based on consumer spending habits, are considered nondiscretionary.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 94 holdings
- Ticker
- VDC
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US92204A2078
- CUSIP
- 92204A207
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Consumer Non-Durables
- Industry
- InvestableMkt US Cies
- Benchmark
- MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.