Is VDC a good investment?

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) is a consumer sector ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores VDC 4.0 out of 10 — highest on Risk (9.1), lowest on Growth (1.3). It trades at 25.0 times earnings, against its own median of 23.9. Its ten largest holdings are 62% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is VDC rated? ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) 4.0 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) 4.0 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 4.0 / 10
Growth: 1.3 / 10
Valuation: 7.0 / 10
Risk: 9.1 / 10
Quality: 3.1 / 10
Return: 1.8 / 10

What is VDC's expense ratio? 0.09% a year

As of September 11, 2026, VDC charges 0.09% a year, yields 2.38% and holds $9.3B in assets across 103 positions.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) — cost, income and size
Measure	VDC
Expense ratio	0.09%
Dividend yield	2.38%
Assets under management	$9.3B
Holdings	103

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in VDC's data

Tracks the U.S. consumer staples sector through a cap-weighted index.

Profitability trails most peers — the portfolio's edge has to come from its stability, not its margins.

EBITDA margin of 17.6% sits behind the category median of 19.2% and below its own 18.4% three-year average. The fund charges 0.09% annually.

Adds a consumer staples sector allocation to a portfolio that already holds broad equity exposure.

Why did VDC move this week? It fell 2.2% in the week to September 11, 2026 — Costco Wholesale and Casey S General Stores drove it

VDC fell 2.2% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Costco Wholesale (−2.2%), Casey S General Stores (−18.8%) and Walmart (−1.2%); Philip Morris International (+2.6%) pushed the other way.

Is VDC expensive right now? It trades at 25.0 times earnings, against its own median of 23.9

As of September 11, 2026, VDC is more expensive than 75% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 86 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside VDC?

What's inside VDC: Size (Large 70%, Mid 19%, Small 12%); Geography (International 5%, US 96%).

What are VDC's top holdings? The ten largest are 62% of the fund

Walmart, Costco Wholesale, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris International, PepsiCo, Altria, Mondelez International, Monster Beverage and Colgate-Palmolive are VDC's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 69% of Consumer ETFs.

Half of VDC's weight sits in its 6 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 18 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/vdc