Which stocks do FTCS and VDC both hold?

7 stocks are in both. The biggest shared positions: MNST (2.5% of FTCS, 2.2% of VDC), KO (2.2% of FTCS, 8.7% of VDC), CL (2.2% of FTCS, 2.4% of VDC), PG (2.0% of FTCS, 9.2% of VDC), COST (1.9% of FTCS, 12.0% of VDC).

FTCSvsVDC

First Trust Capital Strength ETF or Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 14% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 7 stocks in both. VDC costs 0.09% a year against 0.53% for FTCS, $44 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months FTCS returned +4.5% and VDC +1.9%.

14%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight

FTCS14% in stocks the other holds too

VDC54% in stocks the other holds too

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The two funds

From each fund's latest N-PORT filing and its prospectus.

FTCSVDCYearly cost0.53%0.09%Net assets$7.6B$9.2BPositions52107Last 12 months+4.5%+1.9%3 years, a year+9.1%+8.3%5 years, a year+5.8%+6.4%Largest holdingCSCO 2.7%WMT 14.7%Main sectorIndustrials 23%Consumer Defensive 98%Holdings as ofJun 30, 2026May 31, 2026

Returns are total returns with dividends reinvested, from the funds’ own monthly figures; “(price)” marks a fund whose filing record is younger than a year, whose twelve months are its price change. The stronger figure in each row is set in bold. Past returns say what happened, not what will.

Growth of $100

Both funds from September 2019, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

FTCS$179VDC$171

September 2019May 2026

What they both hold

7 stocks are in both funds: 14% of FTCS and 54% of VDC. The biggest shared positions:

Stockin FTCSin VDC

MNSTMonster Beverage2.5%2.2%KOThe Coca-Cola Company2.2%8.7%CLColgate-Palmolive2.2%2.4%PGProcter & Gamble2.0%9.2%COSTCostco1.9%12.0%WMTWalmart1.8%14.7%PEPPepsiCo1.7%4.3%

Only in FTCS

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

Only in VDC

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

More comparisons

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From each fund’s Form N-PORT (FTCS: June 2026, VDC: May 2026) and prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Overlap counts only the stocks we can match to a listing: stock by stock, the smaller of the two weights, added up.