Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (S&P 500 consumer-staples sector) against Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (MSCI US IMI Consumer Staples 25/50) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
| XLP | VDC | SPREAD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YTD (cumulative) | +11.4% | — | — |
| 1Y CAGR | +9.43% | — | — |
| 3Y CAGR | +8.41% | — | — |
| 5Y CAGR | +6.32% | — | — |
| 10Y CAGR | +7.48% | — | — |
| Since inception CAGR | +6.78% | — | — |
Total return: dividend- and split-adjusted daily closes (distributions reinvested). Spread is XLP minus VDC. XLP since-inception measured from first available bar December 22, 1998. Since-inception spans differ — compare that row with care.
| XLP | VDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF | Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares |
| Category | Consumer Defensive | Consumer Defensive |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.08% | 0.09% |
| Assets (AUM) | $14.6B | $9.3B |
| Dividend yield | 2.58% | 2.08% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 11.3M | 157K |
| Inception | December 16, 1998 | January 26, 2004 |
| Benchmark proxy | S&P 500 | S&P 500 |
XLP costs 0.01 pp less per year — about $1.00 per $10,000 invested.
| Shared holding | XLP | VDC | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| WMTWalmart Inc | 10.39% | 13.52% | 10.39% |
| COSTCostco Wholesale Corp | 9.00% | 11.43% | 9.00% |
| KOCoca-Cola Co | 7.23% | 8.51% | 7.23% |
| PGProcter & Gamble Co | 7.17% | 8.49% | 7.17% |
| PMPhilip Morris International Inc | 6.34% | 4.55% | 4.55% |
| PEPPepsiCo Inc | 4.36% |
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.
| 4.24% |
| 4.24% |
| MOAltria Group Inc | 4.22% | 3.71% | 3.71% |
| MDLZMondelez International Inc Class A | 4.38% | 2.65% | 2.65% |
| MNSTMonster Beverage Corp | 4.37% | 2.37% | 2.37% |
| CLColgate-Palmolive Co | 4.58% | 2.33% | 2.33% |
Sum of min(weight in each fund) across shared tickers — the standard fund-overlap measure. Computed on the top 25 holdings each fund reports, so it is a lower bound; the coverage figures show how much of each fund those top holdings represent.