Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF

RSPS

Market cap $227M

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.

Consumer pessimism and market volatility may push investors toward defensive ETFs, strengthening the appeal of consumer staple funds.

Invesco S&P 500 Eql Wght Con Staples ETF (RSPS) has performed poorly in recent years, making it easy to forget that it has outperformed discretionary counterpart in the long-run. Invesco S&P 500 Eql Wght Con DiscrtN ETF (RSPD) has held the upper hand since the tail-end of 2022's bear market but staples started outperforming in late 2025-to-early 2026. A broad-based market surge in April dragged RSPD ahead of RSPS once more, but I think we might be set for another convergence between the pair.

Beverage, food, personal care, and household products sub-sectors are undervalued relative to 11-year averages; tobacco is overvalued. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF offers better valuation and lower company-specific risk than XLP but lags in returns and liquidity. Five stocks cheaper than their peers in April.

The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RSPS) was launched on 11/01/2006, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Consumer Staples ETFs category of the market.

FSTA charges a much lower expense ratio and is significantly larger than RSPS RSPS offers a higher dividend yield, while FSTA has delivered stronger recent returns and shallower drawdowns FSTA holds over 100 stocks with a heavy tilt to mega-cap staples, while RSPS equally weights just 35 stocks in the sector

VDC carries a much lower expense ratio and has delivered higher one-year returns than RSPS. RSPS pays a higher dividend yield but trails significantly on five-year growth and recent performance.

RSPS charges a higher fee but offers a slightly higher dividend yield than XLP. XLP has outperformed RSPS over the past year and five-year periods, with smaller drawdowns.

PBJ is more expensive and less diversified than RSPS but delivered a stronger 1-year return as of March 2026. RSPS offers a higher dividend yield.

Launched on November 1, 2006, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RSPS) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Consumer Staples - Broad segment of the equity market.