If you're interested in broad exposure to the Consumer Staples - Broad segment of the equity market, look no further than the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RSPS), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on November 1, 2006.
While an excellent vehicle for long term investors, passively managed ETFs are a popular choice among institutional and retail investors due to their low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency.
Investor-friendly, sector ETFs provide many options to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Consumer Staples - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 12, placing it in bottom 25%.
Index Details
The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $228.35 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Consumer Staples - Broad segment of the equity market. RSPS seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 EQL WEIGHT CONSUMER STAPLES INDX before fees and expenses.
The S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples Index equally weights stocks in the consumer staples sector of the S&P 500 Index.
Costs
Expense ratios are an important factor in the return of an ETF and in the long term, cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts, other things remaining the same.
Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.4%, making it on par with most peer products in the space.
It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0.75%.
Sector Exposure and Top Holdings
ETFs offer a diversified exposure and thus minimize single stock risk but it is still important to delve into a fund's holdings before investing. Most ETFs are very transparent products and many disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Consumer Staples sector -- about 100% of the portfolio.
Looking at individual holdings, Brown-forman Corp (BF/B) accounts for about 3.28% of total assets, followed by Tyson Foods Inc (TSN) and Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ).The top 10 holdings account for about 30.91% of total assets under management.
Performance and Risk
The ETF has added about 2.18% so far this year and is down about 2.73% in the last one year (as of 06/02/2026). In that past 52-week period, it has traded between $28.21 and $33.245.
The ETF has a beta of 0.43 and standard deviation of 12.88% for the trailing three-year period. With about 37 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.
Alternatives
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF carries a Zacks ETF Rank of 3 (Hold), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Thus, RSPS is a sufficient option for those seeking exposure to the Consumer Staples ETFs area of the market. Investors might also want to consider some other ETF options in the space.
Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares (VDC) tracks MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index and the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) tracks Consumer Staples Select Sector Index. Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares has $7.77 billion in assets, State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF has $14.64 billion. VDC has an expense ratio of 0.09%, and XLP charges 0.08%.
Bottom Line
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