2,850 Shares in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF $VDC Purchased by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 2,850 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $622,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 10.9% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,336,403 shares of the company’s stock worth $973,913,000 after acquiring an additional 424,605 shares in the last quarter. Compass Financial Group INC SD boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 1.0% in the third quarter. Compass Financial Group INC SD now owns 445,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $97,171,000 after purchasing an additional 4,427 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 1.0% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 268,001 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,190,000 after purchasing an additional 2,656 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 49.4% in the second quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 140,086 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,588,000 after purchasing an additional 46,307 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 17.1% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 104,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,524,000 after purchasing an additional 15,274 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Stock Up 3.3%

Shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF stock opened at $249.94 on Thursday. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 52 week low of $205.45 and a 52 week high of $251.69. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $229.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is $229.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.76 and a beta of 0.47.

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). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are less sensitive to economic cycles. It includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, and tobacco, as well as producers of nondurable household goods and personal products.