Consumer staples ETFs
Funds holding makers and sellers of everyday necessities: food, drinks, household products and grocery and drug retail. 5 funds in this group, ordered by trading volume (lowest expense ratio among those that report one: XLP at 0.08%). Data as of 23 Oct 2026. Educational, not advice.
Consumer staples ETFs: price, cost, yield and returns
| # | ETF | Price | Expense ratio | Yield (12m) | 1Y return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPD... | $88.26 | 0.08% | 2.49% | +14.3% |
| 2 | IYK iShares US Consumer Staples | $77.35 | 0.38% | 2.44% | +14.8% |
| 3 | VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples | $239.24 | 0.09% | 2.04% | +12.8% |
| 4 | RSPS Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consu... | $31.39 | 0.40% | 2.83% | +9.1% |
| 5 | FSTA Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Ind... | $55.76 | 0.08% | 2.11% | +12.9% |
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How the consumer staples funds differ
The reference fund for this sector is XLP, the Select Sector SPDR for consumer staples. It holds the S&P 500 companies in the sector (food, drink, household products and grocery and drug retail), and the eleven Select Sector SPDRs together make up the S&P 500. Funds from other families follow different indexes and hold a somewhat different mix. Funds whose main focus is another sector (biotech funds under technology, for example) are kept off this page.
Among the 5 funds above, the lowest expense ratio is XLP at 0.08% a year and the highest RSPS at 0.40% (as reported in SEC prospectus data); three quarters of them charge 0.38% or less. Over the last twelve months total returns ranged from +9.1% to +14.8%, and over five years from +2.7% to +7.8% a year. A wide range usually means the funds hold different slices of the sector (regional banks against broad financials, for example), so look at what a fund holds before comparing its numbers with another's.
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