FSTA vs VDC: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF

FSTAANYSE Arca

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

VDCBNYSE Arca

Overlap

96.3%by weight

Expense ratio

FSTA −0.01pt a year

FSTA0.08%VDC0.09%

Avg volume · 30D

FSTA 1.04×the volume

FSTA173KVDC166K

10Y return · a year

FSTA+8.6%VDC+8.6%

FSTA vs VDC Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+46.7%FSTA+47.0%VDC

Expense ratio: FSTA 0.08%, better; VDC 0.09%
Fund size: FSTA $1.36B; VDC $8.7B
1Y total return: FSTA +18.9%; VDC +19.0%, better
Yield (12M): FSTA 2.09%, better; VDC 2.01%
Holdings: FSTA 99; VDC 106
Avg volume (30D): FSTA 173K sh, better; VDC 166K sh
NAV per share: FSTA $56.46; VDC $242.22
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for FSTA, VDC, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	FSTA	VDC
Cost30% weight	A94Higher	A82
Mission25% weight	Not scored	Not scored
Risk15% weight	B68	B68
Tradability15% weight	B68Higher	B55
Holdings10% weight	C49Higher	C44
Durability5% weight	B58	A86Higher

Rank among Consumer Staples (Broad) funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. FSTA and VDC are both graded against the same 12 Consumer Staples (Broad) funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Consumer Staples (Broad)⁠

Category · 12 funds

See all 12 ›

FSTA ranks 2nd and VDC 3rd of 12 funds in the Consumer Staples (Broad) Category.

Rank 1AXLPState Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETFScore 83
Rank 2AFSTAFidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETFScore 75
Rank 3BVDCVanguard Consumer Staples ETFScore 68
Rank 4BIYKiShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETFScore 56

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

FSTAAFidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF

VDCBVanguard Consumer Staples ETF

In short

FSTA Consumer 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.

VDC Vanguard's take on the boring-on-purpose sector: about 100 US large-, mid- and small-cap staples names (soap, soda, groceries) for 0.09% a year, running since 2004.

Stated mandate

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

VDC The fund seeks to track the MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index, which measures the performance of large-, mid-, and small-cap U.S. consumer staples stocks.

Why people hold it

FSTA 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.

VDC Charges 0.09% a year. Only XLP and FSTA sit lower at 0.08%, while the equal-weight and global alternatives (RSPS, KXI) run 0.38% to 0.40%.
Its index spans large-, mid- and small-cap US staples, roughly 100 stocks, so mid-sized beverage and household-products makers count, not just the mega-cap handful.
Hugs its MSCI benchmark tightly, one of the closer index implementations among broad consumer staples funds.
A multi-billion-dollar fund that has been trading since 2004 and pays out quarterly.

Worth knowing

FSTA 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.

VDC One sector, one story. Staples move with grocery aisles and household budgets, not the broad market.
Even with the index's 25/50 diversification caps, a few giant food, beverage and retail names carry most of the weight.
Moderately traded rather than the category's volume leader, so limit orders earn their keep on larger trades.

Full FSTA profile⁠

Full VDC profile⁠

FSTA vs VDC Holdings

How FSTA and VDC differ

Overlap by weight

96.3%

Shared holdings make up 99.1% of VDC and 97.9% of FSTA.

Level by level

Holdings89 in both96.3%
Sector7 Sectors98.1%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile100%

Sector

Sector weights in FSTA and VDC, widest gap first
Sector	More in FSTAMore in VDC	FSTA	VDC
Consumer Staples	VDC +1.6 points	96.6%	98.2%
Financials	FSTA +1.3 points	1.3%	0.0%
Consumer Discretionary	FSTA +0.5 points	1.4%	0.9%
Technology	VDC +0.3 points	0.0%	0.3%
Materials	Same weight	0.3%	0.3%
Industrials	Same weight	0.3%	0.3%
Health Care	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in FSTA and VDC, widest gap first
Country	More in FSTAMore in VDC	FSTA	VDC
United States	Same weight	100.0%	100.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

FSTA65.3%
VDC66.2%

Securities held

FSTA97
VDC104

Asset class

FSTA: Equity
VDC: Equity

Holdings

Only in FSTA8
In both89
Only in VDC15

Only in FSTA

8 securities, 3.2% of FSTA by weight

Vylor Inc1.32%
Securities Lending Cf1.25%
State Street 60 Day Money Mark0.21%
Marzetti Company/The0.19%
Brown Forman Corp Class A0.13%
Del Monte Corp0.13%
Xap Cons Staples F DEC26 IXRZ60.02%
Investindustrial Adviso Cvr Rt0.00%

Only in VDC

15 securities, 0.7% of VDC by weight

Marzetti Company/The0.19%
Del Monte Corp0.15%
Honest Co Inc/The0.06%
Village Super Market Inc0.05%
SLBBH11420.04%
Westrock Coffee Co0.04%
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc0.03%
B&G Foods Inc0.03%
MGP Ingredients Inc0.03%
Nature's Sunshine Products Inc0.02%
USANA Health Sciences Inc0.02%
Niagen Bioscience Inc0.02%
Lifeway Foods Inc0.02%
Beyond Meat Inc0.02%
Hain Celestial Group Inc/The<0.01%

Weight gaps

All 89 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in FSTA and VDC, widest gap first
Holding	More in FSTAMore in VDC	FSTA	VDC
Walmart IncWMT	FSTA +0.48 points	14.39%	13.91%
Coca Cola CoKO	VDC +0.43 points	9.40%	9.83%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	VDC +0.35 points	11.81%	12.16%
Philip Morris Intl IncPM	VDC +0.35 points	4.50%	4.85%
Target CorpTGT	VDC +0.29 points	2.21%	2.50%
Kimberly Clark CorpKMB	FSTA +0.22 points	1.24%	1.02%
Archer Daniels Midland CoADM	VDC +0.17 points	1.24%	1.41%
Altria Group IncMO	FSTA +0.13 points	4.00%	3.87%
Procter & Gamble CoPG	VDC +0.12 points	9.81%	9.93%
Sprouts Fmrs Mkt IncSFM	VDC +0.11 points	0.22%	0.33%
Bunge Global SABG	VDC +0.11 points	0.48%	0.59%
Keurig Dr Pepper IncKDP	FSTA +0.09 points	1.57%	1.48%
Darling Ingredients IncDAR	VDC +0.08 points	0.38%	0.46%
Maplebear IncCART	FSTA +0.07 points	0.41%	0.34%
Hershey Co (The)HSY	VDC +0.07 points	0.83%	0.90%
Estee Lauder Cos Inc Class AEL	FSTA +0.07 points	0.97%	0.90%
The Campbell's CompanyCPB	FSTA +0.07 points	0.25%	0.18%
Pepsico IncPEP	FSTA +0.06 points	4.35%	4.29%
Lamb Weston Holdings IncLW	FSTA +0.05 points	0.35%	0.30%
Flowers Foods IncFLO	FSTA +0.05 points	0.14%	0.09%
Sysco CorpSYY	VDC +0.05 points	1.33%	1.38%
Chefs Warehouse IncCHEF	VDC +0.04 points	0.25%	0.29%
Dollar Tree IncDLTR	FSTA +0.05 points	0.87%	0.82%
Mondelez International IncMDLZ	VDC +0.04 points	2.55%	2.59%
General Mills IncGIS	VDC +0.04 points	0.65%	0.69%
Cal-Maine Foods IncCALM	VDC +0.03 points	0.19%	0.22%
Constellation Brands Inc Class ASTZ	FSTA +0.03 points	0.70%	0.67%
Kraft Heinz CoKHC	VDC +0.03 points	0.75%	0.78%
Kroger CoKR	FSTA +0.03 points	1.26%	1.23%
Pricesmart IncPSMT	VDC +0.03 points	0.26%	0.29%
Ingredion IncINGR	VDC +0.03 points	0.31%	0.34%
Oil-Dri Corp of AmericaODC	VDC +0.02 points	0.08%	0.10%
Monster Beverage CorpMNST	FSTA +0.02 points	2.11%	2.09%
Andersons IncANDE	VDC +0.03 points	0.19%	0.22%
Bjs Whsl Club Hldgs IncBJ	FSTA +0.03 points	0.57%	0.54%
Church & Dwight Co IncCHD	FSTA +0.03 points	0.91%	0.88%
Seneca Foods Corp Class ASENEA	VDC +0.02 points	0.09%	0.11%
Vita Coco Co Inc/TheCOCO	VDC +0.02 points	0.20%	0.22%
Mission Produce IncAVO	VDC +0.02 points	0.07%	0.09%
Coty Inc Class ACOTY	FSTA +0.02 points	0.14%	0.12%
Sanfilippo (John B) & Son Inc.JBSS	VDC +0.02 points	0.06%	0.08%
Ingles Markets Inc-Cl AIMKTA	VDC +0.02 points	0.14%	0.16%
Jm Smucker Co/TheSJM	VDC +0.02 points	0.55%	0.57%
Performance Food Group CoPFGC	VDC +0.02 points	0.59%	0.61%
Colgate-Palmolive CoCL	VDC +0.02 points	2.27%	2.29%
Primo Brands Corp APRMB	VDC +0.02 points	0.25%	0.27%
Seaboard CorpSEB	VDC +0.02 points	0.12%	0.14%
Celsius Holdings IncCELH	VDC +0.01 points	0.27%	0.28%
Universal CorpUVV	VDC +0.02 points	0.12%	0.14%
Boston Beer Company Class ASAM	FSTA +0.02 points	0.18%	0.16%
Us Foods Holding CorpUSFD	FSTA +0.02 points	0.82%	0.80%
Conagra Brands IncCAG	VDC +0.02 points	0.32%	0.34%
Casey General StoresCASY	FSTA +0.01 points	0.87%	0.86%
Utz Brands Inc AUTZ	VDC +0.02 points	0.12%	0.14%
Freshpet IncFRPT	FSTA +0.01 points	0.22%	0.21%
Hormel Foods CorpHRL	VDC +0.01 points	0.30%	0.31%
United Natural Foods IncUNFI	VDC +0.01 points	0.22%	0.23%
Kenvue IncKVUE	FSTA +0.01 points	1.27%	1.26%
Pilgrim's Pride Corp NewPPC	VDC +0.01 points	0.14%	0.15%
Spectrum Brands Holdings IncSPB	VDC +0.01 points	0.18%	0.19%
Tootsie Roll Industries IncTR	VDC +0.01 points	0.07%	0.08%
Tyson Foods Inc Class ATSN	FSTA +0.01 points	0.61%	0.60%
Elf Beauty IncELF	Same weight	0.35%	0.35%
Central Garden & Pet Co Class ACENTA	FSTA +0.01 points	0.20%	0.19%
Edgewell Personal Care CoEPC	VDC +0.01 points	0.15%	0.16%
Dollar General CorpDG	VDC +0.01 points	1.01%	1.02%
Weis Markets IncWMK	VDC +0.01 points	0.11%	0.12%
Interparfums IncIPAR	VDC +0.01 points	0.20%	0.21%
Dole PLCDOLE	VDC +0.01 points	0.12%	0.13%
Turning Point Brands IncTPB	Same weight	0.14%	0.14%
Post Holdings IncPOST	FSTA +0.01 points	0.24%	0.23%
National Beverage CorporationFIZZ	FSTA +0.01 points	0.10%	0.09%
Bellring Brands IncBRBR	Same weight	0.12%	0.12%
Coca Cola Consolidated IncCOKE	FSTA +0.01 points	0.48%	0.47%
Natural Grocers Vit Groc IncNGVC	VDC +0.01 points	0.03%	0.04%
Central Garden & Pet CoCENT	Same weight	0.04%	0.04%
Herbalife LtdHLF	Same weight	0.16%	0.16%
Grocery Outlet Holding CorpGO	FSTA +0.01 points	0.14%	0.13%
Molson Coors Beverage Co BTAP	VDC +0.01 points	0.31%	0.32%
Vital Farms IncVITL	Same weight	0.04%	0.04%
Brown Forman Corp Non Vtg Class BBF.B	Same weight	0.28%	0.28%
J&J Snacks Food CorpJJSF	Same weight	0.15%	0.15%
Energizer Hldgs IncENR	Same weight	0.16%	0.16%
Mccormick & Co Inc Non-VtgMKC	VDC +0.01 points	0.47%	0.48%
Reynolds Consumer Products IncREYN	Same weight	0.15%	0.15%
Wd 40 CoWDFC	Same weight	0.23%	0.23%
Albertsons Cos Inc Class AACI	Same weight	0.25%	0.25%
Clorox CoCLX	Same weight	0.44%	0.44%
Simply Good Foods CoSMPL	Same weight	0.10%	0.10%

All 104 FSTA holdings⁠All 103 VDC holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

FSTA vs VDC Cost

Overpaying VDC vs FSTA

$125

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

FSTA 0.084%
$1,773
VDC 0.09%
$1,898

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

FSTA 0.084%
VDC 0.09%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	FSTA	VDC	Overpaying
10	$154	$165	$11
20	$603	$646	$43
30	$1,773	$1,898	$125

Expense ratio

0.08%FSTA, cheaper
0.09%VDC

FSTA0.08%VDC0.09%

0.08%0.63%

Middle half of Consumer Staples (Broad) funds
Median 0.38%

FSTA 2nd cheapest of 12 funds

VDC 3rd cheapest of 12 funds

FSTA vs VDC Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): FSTA 2.09%, better; VDC 2.01%
Payout (12M): FSTA $1.18; VDC $4.88
Last payment: FSTA $0.29; VDC $1.21
Ex-dividend: FSTA Sep 18, 2026; VDC Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: FSTA Sep 22, 2026; VDC Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: FSTA Quarterly; VDC Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

FSTAQuarterly · 40 paymentsAll FSTA payments⁠

VDCQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VDC payments⁠

FSTA vs VDC Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

FSTA
VDC

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: FSTA 13.3%VDC 13.3%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: FSTA 0.66VDC 0.67, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: FSTA −16.6%VDC −16.6%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: FSTA 0.50VDC 0.50; Market = 1

FSTA and VDC in the news

All news⁠

New ETFs
A new US bank ETF puts 42% in four megabanks and charges 0.14%
Oct 5, 2026VDC
News
Costco beats Q4 estimates with $95.7 billion of revenue and $6.75 EPS
Sep 24, 2026VDC

Popular comparisons

FSTAAvsXLPA
Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF · State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF
Expense ratio
0.08% · 0.08%
Category
VDCBvsXLPA
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF · State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF
Expense ratio
0.09% · 0.08%
Category
FSTAAvsIYKB
Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF · iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF
Expense ratio
0.08% · 0.37%
Category
VDCBvsIYKB
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF · iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF
Expense ratio
0.09% · 0.37%
Category
FSTAAvsKXIC
Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF · iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF
Expense ratio
0.08% · 0.38%
Category
VDCBvsKXIC
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF · iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF
Expense ratio
0.09% · 0.38%
Category

FSTA vs VDC

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How FSTA and VDC differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in FSTA

Only in VDC

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

A new US bank ETF puts 42% in four megabanks and charges 0.14%

Costco beats Q4 estimates with $95.7 billion of revenue and $6.75 EPS

How FSTA and VDC differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in FSTA

Only in VDC

Weight gaps