Explore how differences in fees, sector purity, and portfolio composition set these consumer staples ETFs apart for investors.

Investors should keep an eye on the consumer sector to gauge whether oil prices have more room to run, according to Societe Generale. The equal weight Consumer Discretionary (RSPD) vs. Consumer ...

The State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:XLP) and the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:RSPS) both target the U.S. consumer staples sector, but they ...

The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF offers equally weighted exposure to 37 consumer staples from the S&P 500. RSPS compares poorly to XLP on cost-efficiency, total returns, ...

The value score has significantly deteriorated in the tobacco industry, and to a lesser extent in household products and staple/food retail. Quality has improved in tobacco, though. Based on my S&P ...

VDC charges a much lower expense ratio and holds over 100 stocks, while RSPS is pricier and more concentrated. VDC has delivered slightly better one-year returns, with a narrower historical drawdown.

Both funds yield around 2.7% and target the same sector, but XLP is far larger and more liquid Both XLP and RSPS focus on U.S. consumer staples stocks, but XLP tracks the largest companies by market ...

FSTA comes with a much lower expense ratio and a larger asset base than RSPS. RSPS pays a higher dividend yield but has lagged FSTA in one-year and five-year total returns. Both ETFs focus on consumer ...

RSPS charges a lower expense ratio and has gathered more assets under management than FTXG. FTXG offers a slightly higher dividend yield but has lagged RSPS on one-year and five-year returns. FTXG ...