The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF and the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF both provide defensive exposure to essential goods, but VDC holds 103 stocks while XLP concentrates on 35 S&P 500 giants. Their expense ratios are nearly identical at 0.09% and 0.08%, and XLP has a slightly higher trailing-12-month dividend yield of 2.6% versus VDC's 2.2%. XLP manages $13.8 billion in assets compared to VDC's $9.1 billion, and its shares trade over 25 times more volume. Despite VDC's broader portfolio, its top 10 positions drive 63% of performance, and both funds share the same top three holdings: Walmart, Costco, and Procter & Gamble.
State Street CorpState Street's XLP ETF is compared to Vanguard's VDC, but the article is neutral and does not indicate a material impact on State Street Corp.
