Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund (VDC)

Key Metrics

TER 0.09% per year

Distribution policy Distributing

Fund size USD 9,897 M

Inception date January 26, 2004

Holdings 108

Fund currency USD

Fund domicile US

Provider Vanguard

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Historical Return

Last updated: Jul 01, 2026

1 Year +1.8% +2.1% Div

3 Years (avg.) +4.8% +2.1% Div

5 Years (avg.) +4.4% +2.1% Div

Risk & Analysis Metrics

Last updated: Jul 01, 2026

Volatility

12.27% 1 Year

12.11% 3 Years

13.09% 5 Years

14.59% 10 Years

Max Drawdown

-9.61% 1 Year

-12.27% 3 Years

-17.64% 5 Years

-25.62% 10 Years

Sharpe Ratio

-0.16 1 Year

0.08 3 Years

0.06 5 Years

0.10 10 Years

Return Triangle (Heatmap)

Last updated: Jul 01, 2026

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
2011	10.8%	9.3%	13.4%	13.8%	11.7%	10.6%	10.3%	7.6%	9.2%	9.2%	9.8%	8.6%	7.9%	8.0%	7.4%
2012		7.9%	14.7%	14.8%	11.9%	10.5%	10.2%	7.1%	9.0%	9.0%	9.7%	8.4%	7.6%	7.8%	7.2%
2013			22.0%	18.5%	13.3%	11.2%	10.7%	7.0%	9.2%	9.1%	9.9%	8.4%	7.6%	7.8%	7.2%
2014				15.0%	9.2%	7.8%	8.0%	4.2%	7.2%	7.4%	8.5%	7.0%	6.3%	6.5%	6.0%
2015					3.7%	4.4%	5.8%	1.7%	5.7%	6.2%	7.6%	6.0%	5.3%	5.7%	5.2%
2016						5.2%	6.9%	1.0%	6.2%	6.7%	8.2%	6.4%	5.5%	6.0%	5.4%
2017							8.6%	-1.0%	6.5%	7.1%	8.8%	6.6%	5.6%	6.1%	5.4%
2018								-9.7%	5.5%	6.6%	8.9%	6.1%	5.1%	5.7%	5.0%
2019									23.4%	15.8%	15.9%	10.5%	8.3%	8.5%	7.3%
2020										8.8%	12.4%	6.6%	4.9%	5.8%	4.8%
2021											16.1%	5.5%	3.6%	5.0%	4.1%
2022												-4.2%	-2.1%	1.6%	1.2%
2023													0.0%	4.6%	3.1%
2024														9.4%	4.7%
2025															0.2%

Distributions

*by ETF Portfolio Weight Last updated: Jul 01, 2026

Profit Margin Distribution

< 0%

1y 3y N/A N/A

0 - 5%

44%

1y 3y N/A N/A

5 - 10%

13%

1y 3y N/A N/A

10 - 15%

19%

1y 3y N/A N/A

15 - 20%

1y 3y N/A N/A

20 - 30%

17%

1y 3y N/A N/A

30 - 40%

1y 3y N/A N/A

> 40%

1y 3y N/A N/A

P/E Ratio Distribution

< 0

1y 3y N/A N/A

0 - 10

1y 3y N/A N/A

10 - 15

1y 3y N/A N/A

15 - 20

12%

1y 3y N/A N/A

20 - 25

21%

1y 3y N/A N/A

25 - 35

23%

1y 3y N/A N/A

35 - 50

36%

1y 3y N/A N/A

> 50

1y 3y N/A N/A

Discounted Cash Flow

Weighted Average Undervaluation

N/A

Undervalued

> 60%

1y 3y N/A N/A

45 - 60%

1y 3y N/A N/A

30 - 45%

1y 3y N/A N/A

15 - 30%

1y 3y N/A N/A

Fair (±15%)

1y 3y N/A N/A

Overvalued

15 - 30%

1y 3y N/A N/A

30 - 45%

1y 3y N/A N/A

45 - 60%

1y 3y N/A N/A

> 60%

1y 3y N/A N/A

Market Cap Size Distribution

Micro Cap

0.1%

1y 3y N/A N/A

Small Cap

2.7%

1y 3y N/A N/A

Mid Cap

7.5%

1y 3y N/A N/A

Large Cap

39.0%

1y 3y N/A N/A

Mega Cap

50.7%

1y 3y N/A N/A

Micro: < $300M Small: $300M–$2B Mid: $2B–$10B Large: $10B–$200B Mega: > $200B

Average metrics of all companies in portfolio

Last updated: Jun 28, 2026

Market
Average

Market Cap The market value of the company. It's calculated by multiplying the share price by the number of outstanding shares.	$307B	-
Dividend Yield Yearly payout to shareholders per share. The percentage indicates the payout in relation to the share price.	1.96%	2.01%
Beta Indicates the relationship between the price performance of a share and the market.	0.54	-
P/E Ratio Ratio between share price and earnings per share. A low ratio could indicate that the stock is undervalued or investors aren't expecting high growth. A high ratio could indicate that the stock is overvalued or investors are expecting high growth.	31.46	28.61
Negative P/E Ratio a negative P/E ratio shows that the company is not profitable, and it shows how many years it would take the company to lose its entire market capitalisation if it did not change anything	-72.08	-
Profitable Companies	97%	-
PEG The ratio between the P/E ratio and the growth rate of the company's earnings per share in the last twelve months. A lower PEG could mean that a stock is undervalued.	27.69	18.04
Price to Sales Ratio Market cap divided by the revenue in the most recent year.	2.95	8.09
Price to Book Ratio Price to Book Ratio is the Market cap divided by the Book value of the company	4.0	10.18

Market
Average

Enterprise Value to EBIT Enterprise Value divided by EBIT	24.68	20.33
Enterprise Value to Revenue Enterprise value divided by revenue	3.24	7.98
Total Debt to Enterprise Value Total debt divided by enterprise value	0.15	0.04
Debt to Equity A higher ratio indicates a higher risk. However, the ratio is difficult to compare between industries where common amounts of debt vary.	1.34	0.27
Profit Margin Net income divided by revenue of the last 4 quarters. It indicates the company's profitability.	10.55%	20.81%
Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) The rate at which the company's net income has increased to the same quarter one year ago.	-0.1%	-118.0%
Return on Equity Equity divided by market cap.	6.74%	2.67%
Return on Assets Indicates a company's profitability in relation to its total assets.	9.34%	4.17%
Return on Invested Capital Return on invested capital (ROIC) is net income after dividends divided by the sum of debt and equity. It shows how effective a company is at turning capital invested by shareholders and other debtholders into profits.	20.18%	3.72%

Sectors

Manufacturing	57.5%
Retail Trade	36.9%
Wholesale Trade	1.3%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	0.4%
Consumer Defensive	0.3%
Finance and Insurance	0.2%
Other	3.3%

Countries

United States	99.4%
Other	0.3%
Cayman Islands	0.2%
Ireland	0.1%

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$0B >$1T

Ratio between share price and earnings per share. A low ratio could indicate undervaluation.

<0 >50

Ratio of dividends in the last 12 months to current share price.

0% 3%

Revenue increase compared to the same quarter one year ago.

0% 30%

Net income increase compared to the same quarter one year ago.

0% 30%

Profitability of the last quarter.

<-30% >30%

A higher ratio indicates a higher risk. The ratio is difficult to compare between industries.

<0 >3

Discounted cash flow valuation vs. current price. Positive = undervalued, negative = overvalued.

<-50% >+100%

Market Cap

P/E Ratio

Total Investment

Weight

Walmart Inc

WMT - Retail Trade

Market Cap $920.67B

P/E Ratio 40.6

Dividends 0.8%

Total Investment $1.49B

Weight 15.03%

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Costco Wholesale Corp

COST - Retail Trade

Market Cap $422.43B

P/E Ratio 47.8

Dividends 0.6%

Total Investment $1.17B

Weight 11.81%

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Procter & Gamble Co.

PG - Manufacturing

Market Cap $346.84B

P/E Ratio 21.3

Dividends 2.9%

Total Investment $993.23M

Weight 10.04%

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Coca-Cola Co

KO - Manufacturing

Market Cap $355.51B

P/E Ratio 25.9

Dividends 2.5%

Total Investment $825.43M

Weight 8.34%

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PepsiCo Inc

PEP - Manufacturing

Market Cap $193.27B

P/E Ratio 22.2

Dividends 4.1%

Total Investment $470.62M

Weight 4.76%

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Philip Morris International Inc

PM - Manufacturing

Market Cap $281.74B

P/E Ratio 25.4

Dividends 3.3%

Total Investment $457.53M

Weight 4.62%

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Altria Group Inc.

MO - Manufacturing

Market Cap $123.22B

P/E Ratio 15.4

Dividends 5.7%

Total Investment $351.21M

Weight 3.55%

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Mondelez International Inc. - Ordinary Shares - Class A

MDLZ - Manufacturing

Market Cap $78.03B

P/E Ratio 30.1

Dividends 3.2%

Total Investment $244.02M

Weight 2.47%

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Colgate-Palmolive Co.

CL - Manufacturing

Market Cap $73.67B

P/E Ratio 35.5

Dividends 2.3%

Total Investment $235.77M

Weight 2.38%

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Monster Beverage Corp.

MNST - Manufacturing

Market Cap $94.26B

P/E Ratio 46.3

Dividends 0.0%

Total Investment $196.37M

Weight 1.98%

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Target Corp

TGT - Retail Trade

Market Cap $63.69B

P/E Ratio 18.4

Dividends 3.3%

Total Investment $164.59M

Weight 1.66%

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Sysco Corp.

SYY - Retail Trade

Market Cap $39.6B

P/E Ratio 22.9

Dividends 2.6%

Total Investment $141.56M

Weight 1.43%

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Kroger Co.

KR - Retail Trade

Market Cap $35.59B

P/E Ratio 33.4

Dividends 2.4%

Total Investment $137.49M

Weight 1.39%

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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc

KDP - Manufacturing

Market Cap $45.44B

P/E Ratio 24.7

Dividends 2.8%

Total Investment $126.6M

Weight 1.28%

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Kimberly-Clark Corp.

KMB - Manufacturing

Market Cap $36.3B

P/E Ratio 17.2

Dividends 4.6%

Total Investment $120.33M

Weight 1.22%

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Kenvue Inc

KVUE

Market Cap $36.73B

P/E Ratio 22.5

Dividends 4.3%

Total Investment $119.93M

Weight 1.21%

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Dollar General Corp.

DG - Retail Trade

Market Cap $26.35B

P/E Ratio 16.8

Dividends 2.0%

Total Investment $117.34M

Weight 1.19%

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Hershey Company

HSY - Manufacturing

Market Cap $36.33B

P/E Ratio 32.7

Dividends 3.2%

Total Investment $117.12M

Weight 1.18%

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Archer Daniels Midland Co.

ADM - Manufacturing

Market Cap $37.01B

P/E Ratio 34.4

Dividends 2.7%

Total Investment $110.28M

Weight 1.11%

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Casey`s General Stores, Inc.

CASY - Retail Trade

Market Cap $28.81B

P/E Ratio 40.4

Dividends 0.3%

Total Investment $89.5M

Weight 0.90%

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Key Metrics

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Historical Return

Risk & Analysis Metrics

Volatility

Max Drawdown

Sharpe Ratio

Return Triangle (Heatmap)

Distributions

Profit Margin Distribution

P/E Ratio Distribution

Discounted Cash Flow

Market Cap Size Distribution

Portfolio Concentration

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Average metrics of all companies in portfolio

Sectors

Countries

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Walmart Inc

Walmart Inc

Costco Wholesale Corp

Costco Wholesale Corp

Procter & Gamble Co.

Procter & Gamble Co.

Coca-Cola Co

Coca-Cola Co

PepsiCo Inc

PepsiCo Inc

Philip Morris International Inc

Philip Morris International Inc

Altria Group Inc.

Altria Group Inc.

Mondelez International Inc. - Ordinary Shares - Class A

Mondelez International Inc. - Ordinary Shares - Class A

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Monster Beverage Corp.

Monster Beverage Corp.

Target Corp

Target Corp

Sysco Corp.

Sysco Corp.

Kroger Co.

Kroger Co.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Kenvue Inc

Kenvue Inc

Dollar General Corp.

Dollar General Corp.

Hershey Company

Hershey Company

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Casey`s General Stores, Inc.

Casey`s General Stores, Inc.

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