Royal Fund Management LLC Increases Stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF $VCR

Royal Fund Management LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 258.8% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 22,582 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,289 shares during the period. Royal Fund Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $8,108,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 45,402.3% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 36,720,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,464,870,000 after purchasing an additional 36,639,624 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 3,067.2% during the fourth quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 62,204 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,503,000 after buying an additional 60,240 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 99.8% during the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 118,846 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,816,000 after buying an additional 59,360 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4.0% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,554,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $558,202,000 after buying an additional 59,163 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1,520.4% during the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 58,757 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,277,000 after buying an additional 55,131 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VCR opened at $379.82 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $5.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.23. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $391.07 and its 200 day moving average price is $387.01. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 1 year low of $346.48 and a 1 year high of $414.28.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Profile

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund. It employs investment approach designed to track the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International United States Investable Market Consumer Discretionary Index, an Index of stocks of large, medium, and small United States companies in the consumer discretionary sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). Its manufacturing segment includes industries, such as automotive, household durable goods, textiles and apparels, and leisure equipment.