XLP Sector — Cons. Staples ETF (XLP)
Sector — Cons. Staples · Benchmark: Index Benchmark · Domiciled in US
VMCI-Composite holdings score
ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.
XLP Sector — Cons. Staples ETF — analysis
Top-line read on XLP: $201.1B of investor capital sitting inside the sector — cons. staples XLP Sector — Cons. Staples ETF fund, with the issuer charging 34 bps on top of total expenses each year. Inception 2014-08-15, benchmark Index Benchmark.
On the underlying-fundamentals lens, XLP prints VMCI-Composite 70/100. The composite is a weighted mean of the top-10 holdings' VMCI scores, so a higher number indicates the fund's largest positions screen well on the five-pillar framework against Index Benchmark alternatives.
Against Index Benchmark, XLP compounded 12.1% per year over five years (benchmark: 13.0%). Tracking quality on the sector — cons. staples sleeve reads fair on that single statistic.
XLP income summary: 3.60% trailing yield, distributions up 9.1% per year over five years. The yield sits in the high-yield band for the sector — cons. staples cohort.
Concentration: top-10 holdings represent 29% of XLP, with AAPL as the largest position at 3.60% of the fund. The sector tilt leans to Technology (33%), which is the dominant exposure investors should size around.
Direct peer set for XLP: SPY, VOO, VTI. The comparison is most useful on three lines — expense ratio, tracking error to Index Benchmark, and distribution behaviour over five years.
Top 25 holdings
| # | Ticker | Weight | VMCI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | 3.60% | 76 |
| 2 | MSFT | 3.35% | 54 |
| 3 | NVDA | 3.31% | 73 |
| 4 | AMZN | 3.10% | 80 |
| 5 | GOOGL | 2.93% | 66 |
| 6 | META | 2.76% | 67 |
| 7 | BRK-B | 2.76% | 88 |
| 8 | TSLA | 2.54% | 46 |
| 9 | V | 2.37% | 68 |
| 10 | JPM | 2.37% | 87 |
| 11 | UNH | 2.33% | 43 |
| 12 | XOM | 2.25% | 80 |
| 13 | JNJ | 2.12% | 72 |
| 14 | PG | 1.99% | 41 |
| 15 | MA | 1.87% | 64 |
| 16 | HD | 1.74% | 72 |
| 17 | MRK | 1.61% | 56 |
| 18 | AVGO | 1.36% | 79 |
| 19 | PEP | 1.31% | 65 |
| 20 | COST | 1.06% | 57 |
| 21 | KO | 1.02% | 56 |
| 22 | WMT | 0.81% | 44 |
| 23 | BAC | 0.64% | 74 |
| 24 | CVX | 0.47% | 67 |
| 25 | ADBE | 0.34% | 86 |
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