Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR)

Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 33.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 15,609 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,875 shares during the quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $5,859,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 8,737 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,975,000 after buying an additional 418 shares during the period. Hilltop Holdings Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the third quarter valued at $284,000. HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 8.4% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 10,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,542,000 after acquiring an additional 808 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the third quarter worth about $628,000. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp boosted its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 6.1% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 121,393 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,337,000 after purchasing an additional 6,980 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Up 2.0 %

NYSEARCA VCR opened at $335.79 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $357.21 and a 200-day moving average price of $360.06. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 52 week low of $284.84 and a 52 week high of $402.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.49 and a beta of 1.36.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 25th were given a dividend of $0.7716 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF’s previous dividend of $0.67. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 25th.

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).