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Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF

FSTANYSE ArcaFidelityA

$57.54+1.06 (+1.88%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

A75/ 100

Rank 2 of 13 in Consumer Staples (Broad)

A75/100Rank 2 of 13inConsumer Staples (Broad)
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 56.48 to 57.54. Range 56.80 to 57.58. Use the arrow keys to read each point.56.8057.0057.2057.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.08%
Fund size
$1.36B
1Y total return
+18.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
2.09%
Holdings
99
Avg volume · 30D
173K sh
52W range
low $47.88high $56.94
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net FSTA Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

A

Score 75 out of 100

Category
Consumer Staples (Broad)⁠
Rank
2 of 13
Six-pillar profile for FSTA. Scores out of 100: Cost 94, Risk 68, Mission not scored, Tradability 68, Holdings 49, Durability 58. Strongest: Cost (94). Weakest: Holdings (49). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 75 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    A94 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 13

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B68 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 13

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B68 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 13

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C49 out of 100
    Rank 9 of 13

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B58 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 13

Our read on FSTA

ETF.net Research

In short

AConsumer staples at Fidelity's house price: 0.08% a year for roughly 100 US soap, soda and supermarket stocks, tracking an investable-market index that reaches past the mega caps.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the MSCI USA IMI Consumer Staples Index.

Why people hold it

  • Costs 0.08% a year against a 0.40% median for staples ETFs. It matches the cheapest household name in the group (XLP) and edges out VDC.
  • Tracks the MSCI USA IMI Consumer Staples 25/50 Index, an investable-market benchmark, so the basket runs to about 100 names instead of a large-cap-only slice.fidelity.com
  • Trading since 2013 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, it sits in the top quartile of the consumer staples funds we grade.

Worth knowing

  • One sector, one country. Results ride on US packaged food, household products and grocery shelves, with no ballast from the rest of the market.
  • Moderately traded rather than a tape-topper, so spreads can run wider than at the biggest staples ETFs, particularly in fast markets.
  • Income arrives quarterly, not monthly.

FSTA Holdings

Holdings pillarC49 out of 100Rank 9 of 13 in Consumer Staples (Broad)
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
99
Top-10 weight
65%
Largest holding
WMT14.4%

Sectors

  • Consumer Staples96.6%
  • Consumer Discretionary1.4%
  • Financials1.3%
  • Materials0.3%
  • Industrials0.3%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 7.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1WMTWalmart Inc14.39%1,787,003$217M469
2COSTCostco Wholesale Corp11.81%178,513$178M480
3PGProcter & Gamble Co9.81%920,170$148M441
4KOCoca Cola Co9.40%1,524,903$142M469
5PMPhilip Morris Intl Inc4.50%324,694$67.7M423
6PEPPepsico Inc4.35%489,594$65.5M452
7MOAltria Group Inc4.00%785,294$60.3M376
8MDLZMondelez International Inc2.55%613,543$38.4M378
9CLColgate-Palmolive Co2.27%367,265$34.2M373
10TGTTarget Corp2.21%218,879$33.2M385
11MNSTMonster Beverage Corp2.11%686,487$31.8M372
12KDPKeurig Dr Pepper Inc1.57%670,065$23.7M328
13SYYSysco Corp1.33%242,141$20M335
14VYLRVylor Inc1.32%272,869$19.8M256
15KVUEKenvue Inc1.27%979,865$19.2M208

Showing 1–15 of 99 holdings

FSTA Performance

Launched Oct 21, 2013

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

FSTA$11,893
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. FSTA $11,893. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000$12,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for FSTA. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodFSTA
Year to date+16.8%
1 month+11.1%
3 months+5.8%
1 year+18.9%
3 yearsper year+13.1%
5 yearsper year+8.0%
10 yearsper year+8.6%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for FSTA
YearReturn barFSTA
2026 YTD+16.8%
2025+1.8%
2024+13.3%
2023+2.3%
2022−1.7%
2021+17.5%
2020+11.0%

FSTA in the news

FSTA Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
2.09%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.18Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.29 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 40 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 17, 2017 $0.16; Jun 16, 2017 $0.25; Sep 15, 2017 $0.21; Dec 15, 2017 $0.21; Mar 16, 2018 $0.23; Jun 15, 2018 $0.23; Sep 21, 2018 $0.22; Dec 21, 2018 $0.24; Mar 15, 2019 $0.22; Jun 21, 2019 $0.23; Sep 20, 2019 $0.23; Dec 20, 2019 $0.25; Mar 20, 2020 $0.25; Jun 19, 2020 $0.23; Sep 18, 2020 $0.24; Dec 18, 2020 $0.29; Mar 19, 2021 $0.25; Jun 18, 2021 $0.24; Sep 17, 2021 $0.25; Dec 17, 2021 $0.26; Mar 18, 2022 $0.25; Jun 17, 2022 $0.25; Sep 16, 2022 $0.25; Dec 16, 2022 $0.26; Mar 17, 2023 $0.26; Jun 16, 2023 $0.27; Sep 15, 2023 $0.28; Dec 15, 2023 $0.28; Dec 28, 2023 $0.10; Mar 15, 2024 $0.28; Jun 21, 2024 $0.29; Sep 20, 2024 $0.27; Dec 20, 2024 $0.27; Mar 21, 2025 $0.28; Jun 20, 2025 $0.30; Sep 19, 2025 $0.28; Dec 19, 2025 $0.30; Mar 20, 2026 $0.29; Jun 18, 2026 $0.30; Sep 18, 2026 $0.29. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 18, 2026Sep 22, 2026$0.29
Jun 18, 2026Jun 23, 2026$0.30
Mar 20, 2026Mar 24, 2026$0.29
Dec 19, 2025Dec 23, 2025$0.30
Sep 19, 2025Sep 23, 2025$0.28
Jun 20, 2025Jun 24, 2025$0.30
Mar 21, 2025Mar 25, 2025$0.28
Dec 20, 2024Dec 24, 2024$0.27
Sep 20, 2024Sep 24, 2024$0.27
Jun 21, 2024Jun 25, 2024$0.29
Mar 15, 2024Mar 20, 2024$0.28
Dec 28, 2023Jan 3, 2024$0.10

See all 53 payments⁠

$10,000 in FSTA 10 years ago paid $3,304 in dividends.⁠

FSTA Risk

Risk pillarB68 out of 100Rank 2 of 13 in Consumer Staples (Broad)
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
13.3%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.66
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−16.6%
Trough Oct 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.50
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

FSTA Cost

Compare FSTA and XLP

Overpaying vs XLP, cheapest in Consumer Staples (Broad)

$84

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • FSTA 0.084%

    $1,773

  • XLP 0.08% Cheapest

    $1,689

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • FSTA 0.084%
  • XLP 0.08%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$500$1K$1.5K$2K051015202530FSTA $1,773XLP $1,689

Year by year

YearFSTAXLPOverpaying
10$154$147$7
20$603$575$28
30$1,773$1,689$84

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