Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) Stake Lessened by Weitzel Financial Services Inc.

Weitzel Financial Services Inc. cut its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 30,514 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,198 shares during the period. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF comprises about 3.1% of Weitzel Financial Services Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest position. Weitzel Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF were worth $6,654,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VDC. &PARTNERS bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF in the second quarter worth about $337,000. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 4.3% in the first quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 1,321 shares of the company’s stock worth $270,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 175.3% in the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 223 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 142 shares during the period. Financial Perspectives Inc grew its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 3.4% in the second quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 9,947 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,020,000 after purchasing an additional 328 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 1.7% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 93,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,964,000 after purchasing an additional 1,593 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VDC opened at $212.46 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.89 billion, a PE ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $216.79 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $210.11. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 12-month low of $180.69 and a 12-month high of $222.25.

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).