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Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF VDC

Issuer: Vanguard SEC registrant: VANGUARD WORLD FUND Equity · US
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Last price 237.63 USD Change: Up +1.20 Percent change: Up +0.51%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.09%
Prospectus 19 Dec 2025
Net assets
$9.2B
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
107
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
2.05%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by Vanguard. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$237.63 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.09% a year, from its prospectus dated 19 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$9.22 billion as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 107 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$4.88 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 2.05%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.09%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.08%
Prospectus date
19 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
30 Jun 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$9,224,246,519
Total assets
$9,231,083,954
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
29 Jul 2026 (59 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 107 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

VDC top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 Walmart Inc US9311421039 14.71% $1.4B Equity (common) United States USD
2 Costco Wholesale Corp US22160K1051 12.00% $1.1B Equity (common) United States USD
3 Procter & Gamble Co/The US7427181091 9.24% $852.4M Equity (common) United States USD
4 Coca-Cola Co/The US1912161007 8.69% $801.8M Equity (common) United States USD
5 Philip Morris International Inc US7181721090 4.65% $428.6M Equity (common) United States USD
6 PepsiCo Inc US7134481081 4.28% $395.1M Equity (common) United States USD
7 Altria Group Inc US02209S1033 3.90% $360.0M Equity (common) United States USD
8 Mondelez International Inc MONDELEZ INTER-A US6092071058 2.68% $247.1M Equity (common) United States USD
9 Colgate-Palmolive Co US1941621039 2.36% $218.0M Equity (common) United States USD
10 Monster Beverage Corp US61174X1090 2.24% $206.3M Equity (common) United States USD
11 Target Corp US87612E1064 2.03% $186.9M Equity (common) United States USD
12 Archer-Daniels-Midland Co US0394831020 1.41% $130.1M Equity (common) United States USD
13 Keurig Dr Pepper Inc US49271V1008 1.40% $129.3M Equity (common) United States USD
14 Kroger Co/The US5010441013 1.38% $127.4M Equity (common) United States USD
15 Sysco Corp US8718291078 1.30% $119.7M Equity (common) United States USD
16 Kenvue Inc US49177J1025 1.21% $111.3M Equity (common) United States USD
17 Casey's General Stores Inc US1475281036 1.10% $101.9M Equity (common) United States USD
18 Hershey Co/The US4278661081 1.06% $97.9M Equity (common) United States USD
19 Kimberly-Clark Corp US4943681035 1.01% $93.1M Equity (common) United States USD
20 Dollar General Corp US2566771059 0.92% $84.5M Equity (common) United States USD
21 Church & Dwight Co Inc US1713401024 0.89% $82.1M Equity (common) United States USD
22 Dollar Tree Inc US2567461080 0.87% $80.1M Equity (common) United States USD
23 Kraft Heinz Co/The US5007541064 0.84% $77.8M Equity (common) United States USD
24 Estee Lauder Cos Inc/The US5184391044 0.83% $76.1M Equity (common) United States USD
25 Constellation Brands Inc CONSTELLATION-A US21036P1084 0.80% $73.8M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 May 2026

All 107 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.70%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.26%
Equity derivatives −<0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 99.96%
Not stated −<0.01%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 99.96%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Consumer Discretionary 52.56%
Consumer Staples 34.22%
Health Care 8.55%
Industrials 0.41%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 95.7% of net assets (96% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$4.8820
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
2.05%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
23 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($4.8820) ÷ latest price ($237.63) × 100 = 2.05%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (20 payments)
VDC distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
23 Sep 2026$1.2110
24 Jun 2026$1.2240
24 Mar 2026$1.2170
17 Dec 2025$1.2300
24 Sep 2025$1.1310
26 Jun 2025$1.2430
25 Mar 2025$1.1670
18 Dec 2024$1.2070
27 Sep 2024$1.3190
28 Jun 2024$1.5410
22 Mar 2024$0.8620
19 Dec 2023$1.7920
28 Sep 2023$1.0290
29 Jun 2023$1.3910
24 Mar 2023$0.8420
15 Dec 2022$1.4420
28 Sep 2022$1.1490
23 Jun 2022$1.2090
24 Mar 2022$0.7390
16 Dec 2021$1.2550

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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