Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSE: VDC) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Vanguard Consumer Staples and see what CAPS investors are saying about the ETF right now.

Vanguard Consumer Staples facts

Inception January 2004
Total Assets $841 million
Investment Approach Seeks to replicate the MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index, which includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, and tobacco, as well as producers of nondurable household goods and personal products.
Expense Ratio 0.24%
Dividend Yield 2.3%
1-Year / 3-Year / 5-Year Annual Returns 11.4% / 15.7% / 6.7%
Top Holdings with High CAPS Rating (4 or 5 Stars) and Portfolio Weight Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) (12.8%)
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) (10.0%)
Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) (7.9%)
Alternatives iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods (NYSE: IYK)
EGShares Emerging Markets Consumer (NYSE: ECON)

Sources: Morningstar and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 94% of the 79 members who have rated Vanguard Consumer Staples believe the ETF will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include dcthatsme and johnw106.

Having gotten on board a couple of years ago, dcthatsme succinctly summed up the opportunity: "Love ETFs! This one gets you in on the action with PG, Wal-Mart etc. at a [lower investment] than what it would cost to buy the actual stock. Can't go wrong there."

Vanguard Consumer Staples even sports a cheapish expense ratio of 0.24%. That's lower than that of other consumer staples ETFs like iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods (0.47%) and EGShares Emerging Markets Consumer (0.85%).

CAPS member johnw106 elaborates on the bull case:

I am a ETF fan bar none. Cost effective and instant diversification. Easy and perfect for a lazy man like me. ... And unless the world ends in a nuclear holocaust these companies will be producing profits and rewarding stock holders forever. This ETF is part of my core portfolio for buy and hold until I die or the universe implodes.

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