KXI vs XLP: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF

KXICNYSE Arca

State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF

XLPANYSE Arca

Overlap

58.5%by weight

Expense ratio

XLP −0.30pt a year

KXI0.38%XLP0.08%

Avg volume · 30D

XLP 90.1×the volume

KXI128KXLP11.5M

10Y return · a year

XLP +1.6pt

KXI+6.7%XLP+8.3%

KXI vs XLP Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+32.1%KXI+43.2%XLP

Expense ratio: KXI 0.38%; XLP 0.08%, better
Fund size: KXI $1.17B; XLP $14.8B
1Y total return: KXI +16.4%; XLP +20.5%, better
Yield (12M): KXI 2.22%; XLP 2.46%, better
Holdings: KXI 108; XLP 37
Avg volume (30D): KXI 128K sh; XLP 11.5M sh, better
NAV per share: KXI $72.07; XLP $88.14
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for KXI, XLP, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	KXI	XLP
Cost30% weight	C46	A94Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A78
Risk15% weight	B68	B68
Tradability15% weight	C49	A98Higher
Holdings10% weight	B57Higher	B56
Durability5% weight	A72	A80Higher

Rank among Consumer Staples (Broad) funds

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

Consumer Staples (Broad)⁠

Category · 12 funds

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XLP ranks 1st and KXI 5th 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 4BIYKiShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETFScore 56
Rank 5CKXIiShares Global Consumer Staples ETFScore 54
Rank 6CRSPSInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETFScore 48

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

KXICiShares Global Consumer Staples ETF

XLPAState Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF

In short

KXI Staples with a passport. KXI tracks a capped index of global consumer staples, so the coffee, detergent and toothpaste makers it holds are listed outside the US as well as in it.

XLP One of the original sector funds, live since December 1998. XLP is the S&P 500's staples aisle: roughly 40 makers of soap, soda, snacks and smokes, cap-weighted, for eight basis points.

Stated mandate

KXI The fund seeks to follow an index of global equities in the consumer staples sector, providing diversified access to companies producing essential products such as food and household items.

XLP The fund seeks to track, before expenses, the price and yield performance of the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index, representing U.S. consumer staples companies.

Why people hold it

KXI Its index is global, so consumer staples companies listed outside the US sit alongside the familiar American giants.
Trading since 2006 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, it is a long-established way to own staples worldwide in one ticker.
Costs 0.38% a year, a shade under the typical expense ratio in its consumer staples cohort.
Roughly 90 companies, held through a capped index that limits how big any single name can get inside the basket.

XLP 0.08% a year against a peer-group median of 0.40%. In a slow-and-steady sector, that fee gap is one of the few things you actually control.
Part of the first suite of sector ETFs launched in 1998, and still a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades very actively. Getting in and out is rarely the hard part.ssga.com
Ties FSTA on fee and undercuts VDC, while holding strictly to S&P 500 members rather than a wider universe. Clean, literal exposure to the index's staples slice.ssga.com
Among the strongest implementations in the staples cohort: broad mandate, quarterly distributions, no structural quirks buried in the wrapper.

Worth knowing

KXI Cheap, not cheapest: US-only staples funds such as XLP (0.08%) and VDC (0.09%) charge a fraction of KXI's 0.38%.
Holdings priced in foreign currencies mean exchange-rate moves feed into results alongside the share prices themselves.
Moderately traded rather than one of the busiest tickers in the category, so bid-ask spreads are worth a glance before ordering.

XLP About 40 names, market-cap weighted with index caps applied for diversification. The biggest retailers and household-product giants still carry outsized weight.spglobal.com
U.S. only. Foreign staples heavyweights sit outside the mandate; KXI casts a global net, and RSPS spreads weight evenly instead of by size.
This is one slice of the S&P 500, not a diversified core. Staples run on their own cycle and can drift far from the broad market for long stretches.

Full KXI profile⁠

Full XLP profile⁠

KXI vs XLP Holdings

How KXI and XLP differ

Overlap by weight

58.5%

Shared holdings make up 99.9% of XLP and 58.6% of KXI.

Level by level

Sector6 Sectors0.0%
Holdings34 in both58.5%
Countryby domicile60.9%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in KXI and XLP, widest gap first
Sector	More in KXIMore in XLP	KXI	XLP
Consumer Staples	XLP +96.9 points	0.0%	96.9%
Food Bevg Tobacco	KXI +51.0 points	51.0%	0.0%
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail	KXI +28.3 points	28.3%	0.0%
Household & Personal Prod	KXI +20.7 points	20.7%	0.0%
Materials	XLP +1.6 points	0.0%	1.6%
Consumer Discretionary	XLP +1.5 points	0.0%	1.5%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in KXI and XLP, widest gap first
Country	More in KXIMore in XLP	KXI	XLP
United States	XLP +39.1 points	60.9%	100.0%
United Kingdom	KXI +13.1 points	13.1%	0.0%
Japan	KXI +6.1 points	6.1%	0.0%
Switzerland	KXI +5.3 points	5.3%	0.0%
France	KXI +4.9 points	4.9%	0.0%
Canada	KXI +2.8 points	2.8%	0.0%
Netherlands	KXI +2.1 points	2.1%	0.0%
Belgium	KXI +2.1 points	2.1%	0.0%
Other countries (2)	KXI +2.8 points	2.8%	0.0%

Outside the US: KXI 97% developed, 3% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

KXI47.3%
XLP63.3%

Securities held

KXI92
XLP35

Asset class

KXI: Equity
XLP: Equity

Holdings

Only in KXI58
In both34
Only in XLP1

Only in KXI

58 securities, 41.0% of KXI by weight

Nestle SA4.49%
Unilever PLC3.68%
British American Tobacco3.48%
Loreal SA2.92%
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA2.00%
Diageo PLC1.37%
Japan Tobacco1.33%
Danone SA1.21%
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC1.20%
Tesco PLC1.18%
Alimentation Couche Tard Inc1.13%
Woolworths Group0.90%
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize0.85%
Imperial Brands PLC0.79%
Ajinomoto0.77%
Seven & I Holdings0.74%
Loblaw Companies Ltd0.70%
Heineken NV0.64%
Kao0.57%
Aeon0.55%
Fomento Economico Mexicano0.55%
Coles Group Ltd0.53%
Kerry Group PLC0.45%
Essity Class B0.42%
Asahi Group Holdings0.42%
Kirin Holdings0.39%
Pernod Ricard SA0.38%
Metro0.38%
Henkel & Kgaa Pref AG0.35%
Carlsberg As Class B0.35%
Walmart De Mexico V0.35%
Coca Cola Hbc AG0.32%
George Weston0.31%
Marks and Spencer Group PLC0.30%
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengl0.30%
Ambev Adr Representing One SA0.29%
Kikkoman Corp0.29%
Mowi0.27%
Heineken Holding NV0.26%
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengl0.26%
Magnum Ice Cream0.26%
Shiseido0.24%
Carrefour SA0.23%
Beiersdorf AG0.21%
Unicharm0.21%
Kesko Class B0.21%
Orkla0.20%
Henkel AG0.20%
Sainsbury(J) PLC0.20%
Meiji Holdings Ltd0.19%

Only in XLP

1 security, 0.0% of XLP by weight

Xap Cons Staples DEC260.01%

Weight gaps

All 34 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in KXI and XLP, widest gap first
Holding	More in KXIMore in XLP	KXI	XLP
WalmartWMT	XLP +3.72 points	7.40%	11.12%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	XLP +3.04 points	6.04%	9.08%
Procter & GamblePG	XLP +2.63 points	5.05%	7.68%
Coca-ColaKO	XLP +2.50 points	4.90%	7.40%
Colgate-PalmoliveCL	XLP +2.40 points	1.99%	4.39%
Target CorpTGT	XLP +2.16 points	1.84%	4.00%
Monster BeverageMNST	XLP +2.15 points	1.77%	3.92%
Philip Morris InternationalPM	XLP +2.00 points	4.69%	6.69%
Mondelez International Class AMDLZ	XLP +1.99 points	2.17%	4.16%
Keurig Dr Pepper IncKDP	XLP +1.56 points	1.28%	2.84%
SyscoSYY	XLP +1.30 points	1.04%	2.34%
Altria Group IncMO	XLP +1.29 points	3.41%	4.70%
KenvueKVUE	XLP +1.25 points	0.97%	2.22%
Kimberly ClarkKMB	XLP +1.23 points	0.94%	2.17%
KrogerKR	XLP +1.22 points	1.00%	2.22%
Archer Daniels MidlandADM	XLP +1.20 points	0.97%	2.17%
Dollar General CorpDG	XLP +0.94 points	0.76%	1.70%
Estee Lauder Inc Class AEL	XLP +0.88 points	0.71%	1.59%
Dollar Tree IncDLTR	XLP +0.83 points	0.67%	1.50%
Caseys General Stores IncCASY	XLP +0.82 points	0.66%	1.48%
Church and Dwight IncCHD	XLP +0.83 points	0.66%	1.49%
Hershey FoodsHSY	XLP +0.76 points	0.63%	1.39%
Kraft HeinzKHC	XLP +0.67 points	0.55%	1.22%
Constellation Brands Class ASTZ	XLP +0.62 points	0.53%	1.15%
General Mills IncGIS	XLP +0.57 points	0.48%	1.05%
Tyson Foods Inc Class ATSN	XLP +0.52 points	0.42%	0.94%
Bunge Global SABG	XLP +0.50 points	0.40%	0.90%
Jm SmuckerSJM	XLP +0.44 points	0.36%	0.80%
Mccormick & Co Non-VotingMKC	XLP +0.39 points	0.31%	0.70%
CloroxCLX	XLP +0.35 points	0.28%	0.63%
VylorVYLR	XLP +0.27 points	1.26%	1.53%
Hormel Foods CorpHRL	XLP +0.20 points	0.16%	0.36%
Brown Forman Class BBF.B	XLP +0.16 points	0.13%	0.29%
PepsicoPEP	KXI +0.06 points	4.13%	4.07%

All 92 KXI holdings⁠All 35 XLP 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.

KXI vs XLP Cost

Overpaying KXI vs XLP

$6,017

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

KXI 0.38%
$7,706
XLP 0.08%
$1,689

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

KXI 0.38%
XLP 0.08%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	KXI	XLP	Overpaying
10	$688	$147	$541
20	$2,658	$575	$2,083
30	$7,706	$1,689	$6,017

Expense ratio

0.38%KXI
0.08%XLP, cheaper

XLP0.08%KXI0.38%

0.08%0.63%

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

XLP cheapest of 12 funds

KXI 7th cheapest of 12 funds

KXI vs XLP Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): KXI 2.22%; XLP 2.46%, better
Payout (12M): KXI $1.61; XLP $2.20
Last payment: KXI $0.82; XLP $0.54
Ex-dividend: KXI Jun 15, 2026; XLP Sep 21, 2026
Paid on: KXI Jun 18, 2026; XLP Sep 23, 2026
Frequency: KXI Twice a year; XLP Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

KXITwice a year · 20 paymentsAll KXI payments⁠

XLPQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll XLP payments⁠

KXI vs XLP Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: KXI 13.0%, betterXLP 13.2%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: KXI 0.56XLP 0.63, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: KXI −17.4%XLP −16.3%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: KXI 0.48XLP 0.48; Market = 1

KXI and XLP in the news

All news⁠

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Chips, AI and crypto took October's losses
Updated Nov 2, 2026XLP
Closing Bell
Chip woes drag Nazdaq, S&P 500 to worst day since June
Oct 30, 2026XLP
Closing Bell
Dow drops 1.2% as Brent hits six-month high
Oct 23, 2026XLP
Closing Bell
Chip stocks drag Nasdaq to worst day since June as AI funding worries return
Oct 22, 2026XLP
The Big Picture
The 10-year yield fell 15 basis points in a hot inflation week
Oct 17, 2026XLP
Closing Bell
Tech funds routed as Nasdaq has its worst week since June
Oct 16, 2026XLP

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KXI vs XLP

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it