Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF
$53.25−0.12 (−0.22%)
- 0.08%
- $1.4B
- +10.0%
- 2.21%
- 0.1M sh
- $53.35
- low $47.88high $56.93
The ETF.net FSTA Grade
A
Score 75 out of 100
- 2 of 13
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 100Rank 1 of 13Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B68 out of 100Rank 3 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A74 out of 100Rank 2 of 13Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C45 out of 100Rank 10 of 13Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C54 out of 100Rank 8 of 13
Our read on FSTA
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.
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.institutional.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
- Stocks
- 97
- 65%
- WMT
Sectors
- Consumer Staples96.7%
- Materials1.8%
- Consumer Discretionary0.9%
- Technology0.4%
- Industrials0.3%
Geography
- United States99.88%
- Ireland0.12%
FSTA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FSTA$10,996
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.
| Period | FSTA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.3% |
| 1 month | +2.3% |
| 3 months | +1.1% |
| 1 year | +10.0% |
| 3 years | +11.9% |
| 5 years | +7.2% |
| 10 years | +8.1% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | FSTA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.3% | |
| 2025 | +1.8% | |
| 2024 | +13.3% | |
| 2023 | +2.3% | |
| 2022 | −1.7% | |
| 2021 | +17.5% | |
| 2020 | +11.0% |
FSTA in the news
FSTA Dividends
- 2.21%
- $1.18
- $0.29 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FSTA Risk
- 12.0%
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.
- 0.38
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.
- −16.6%
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.
- 0.50
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FSTA Cost
0.08%
FSTA0.08%
- The middle half of Consumer Staples (Broad) funds
- Median 0.38%
No Consumer Staples (Broad) fund charges less.
Other funds in Consumer Staples (Broad)
- AXLPState Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +11.1%
- BVDCVanguard Consumer Staples ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +9.9%
- BIYKiShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +11.6%
- BKXIiShares Global Consumer Staples ETFExpense ratio 0.38%1 year return +8.1%
- CPSCCInvesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +8.7%