Captrust Financial Advisors Raises Stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC)

Captrust Financial Advisors increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) by 7.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 25,017 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,736 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors owned about 0.08% of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF worth $5,288,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VDC. Baird Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 200.1% during the 4th quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,342 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,129,000 after acquiring an additional 3,562 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,442,017 shares of the company’s stock worth $727,574,000 after purchasing an additional 44,421 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 22.3% in the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 335 shares of the company’s stock worth $71,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares in the last quarter. Lido Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 38,975 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,239,000 after purchasing an additional 1,667 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 6.1% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,912 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,038,000 after buying an additional 281 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Price Performance

Shares of VDC stock opened at $218.27 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.31 and a beta of 0.62. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $216.81 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $216.55. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 1 year low of $201.35 and a 1 year high of $226.64.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Company 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).