Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF
$376.51+0.40 (+0.11%)
- 0.09%
- $6.6B
- +0.7%
- 0.80%
- 0.1M sh
- $376.15
- low $346.48high $414.28
The ETF.net VCR Grade
B
Score 64 out of 100
- 4 of 15
Score 64 of 100 falls in the B 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.A86 out of 100Rank 3 of 15Mission
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.C45 out of 100Rank 10 of 15Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C43 out of 100Rank 9 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C53 out of 100Rank 8 of 15Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A84 out of 100Rank 1 of 15
Our read on VCR
BConsumer discretionary, the whole aisle. VCR tracks roughly 300 US retailers, carmakers, restaurants and travel names across large, mid and small caps for 0.09% a year, instead of stopping at the S&P 500's handful of giants.
The fund passively tracks an index representing U.S. consumer discretionary stocks, seeking to approximate the index through full replication when possible and sampling when required.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.09% a year against a category median near 0.35%. In sector funds, where everyone owns roughly the same giants, that fee gap is the part you control.
- The index reaches past mega-caps into mid and small cap US consumer stocks, so homebuilders, specialty retailers and restaurant chains ride along too.advisors.vanguard.commsci.com
- Plain mechanics: full replication of its MSCI index where possible, sampling only where it isn't, with quarterly distributions. Same recipe since the 2004 launch.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund and one of the stronger builds in the consumer discretionary group, with tracking that stays close to the index it names.
Worth knowing
- Cap weighting rules the top: a few giants carry most of the basket despite about 300 names. Index rules cap any single issuer at 25%, which still leaves it top-heavy.msci.commsci.com
- One sector, and a cyclical one. These are the industries Vanguard describes as most sensitive to economic cycles, so the ride is bumpier than a total-market fund.advisors.vanguard.com
- XLY and FDIS come in a basis point lower at 0.08%. The cost race in this corner is now measured in rounding, not dollars.
VCR Holdings
- Stocks
- 280
- 56%
- AMZN
Geography
- United States100.00%
VCR Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VCR$10,068
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 | VCR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −3.9% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | −4.8% |
| 1 year | +0.7% |
| 3 years | +12.9% |
| 5 years | +4.6% |
| 10 years | +13.0% |
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 | VCR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −3.9% | |
| 2025 | +5.8% | |
| 2024 | +24.3% | |
| 2023 | +40.4% | |
| 2022 | −35.2% | |
| 2021 | +24.9% | |
| 2020 | +48.3% |
VCR in the news
VCR Dividends
- 0.80%
- $2.99
- $0.82 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VCR Risk
- 18.5%
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.
- 0.44
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.
- −39.2%
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.
- 1.26
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VCR Cost
0.09%
VCR0.09%
- The middle half of Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds
- Median 0.35%
2 of the 14 Consumer Discretionary (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Consumer Discretionary (Broad)
- AFDISFidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +0.6%
- BXRTState Street SPDR S&P Retail ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +4.9%
- BRTHVanEck Retail ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +8.1%
- BXHBState Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return −8.3%
- CTRUDVanEck Consumer Discretionary TruSector ETFExpense ratio 0.16%1 year return +2.3%