Simplex Trading LLC Purchases 338 Shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR)

Simplex Trading LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 116.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 629 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 338 shares during the period. Simplex Trading LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $191,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Lincoln National Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $310,000. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 27.6% in the third quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 22,237 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,990,000 after buying an additional 4,809 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management raised its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 4,068 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,239,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares in the last quarter. Bryn Mawr Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $335,000. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp raised its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 7.7% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 91,937 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,765,000 after purchasing an additional 6,580 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

Shares of VCR opened at $310.09 on Friday. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a one year low of $247.52 and a one year high of $319.44. The company has a market cap of $5.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.74 and a beta of 1.31. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $308.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $297.43.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Company 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).