Big Changes Coming For The GICS Consumer Discretionary And Consumer Staples Sectors

Summary

• The GICS sector classification system will be making significant changes to its Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors.
• The Internet & Direct Marketing Retail subsector is being discontinued and alternative subsectors are assigned to stocks currently listed in that sector.
• Target, Dollar General, and Dollar Tree are being moved to the Consumer Staples sector. Several other stocks are also leaving the Consumer Discretionary sector.
• We list the ETFs most likely to be affected by this change when it becomes effective in March 2023. The ETFs may adjust their holdings before that time.

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On March 31, 2022, MSCI and SP Global announced that they are making substantial new changes in the GICS sector definitions, which will come into effect after the close of business on Friday, March 17, 2023. The details of those changes are

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