Nvest Financial LLC Buys 878 Shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC)

Nvest Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) by 10.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 9,053 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 878 shares during the period. Nvest Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF were worth $1,914,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 688,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $150,441,000 after buying an additional 4,863 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 10.5% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 124,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,206,000 after acquiring an additional 11,827 shares during the period. Calton & Associates Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 948.5% during the third quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. now owns 111,001 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,251,000 after purchasing an additional 100,414 shares in the last quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 9.3% in the third quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 96,785 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,138,000 after purchasing an additional 8,245 shares during the period. Finally, Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. now owns 82,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,051,000 after purchasing an additional 338 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Stock Performance

VDC opened at $213.99 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $6.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $215.21 and its 200 day moving average is $214.53. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a fifty-two week low of $191.92 and a fifty-two week high of $224.40.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Profile

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund, which seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the consumer staples sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).