Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) shares saw strong trading volume on Tuesday . 122,418 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 12% from the previous session’s volume of 139,617 shares.The stock last traded at $200.37 and had previously closed at $200.19.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Stock Up 0.8 %

The firm has a market cap of $6.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.83 and a beta of 0.49. The business’s fifty day moving average is $199.44 and its two-hundred day moving average is $191.42.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VDC. Beacon Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 2,545.7% during the 1st quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 794,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,771,000 after acquiring an additional 764,187 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 127.1% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 631,623 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,379,000 after acquiring an additional 353,453 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 21.3% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 627,629 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,649,000 after acquiring an additional 110,317 shares during the period. Compass Financial Group INC SD grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. Compass Financial Group INC SD now owns 442,744 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,382,000 after acquiring an additional 6,010 shares during the period. Finally, UBS Group AG grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 7.5% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 421,014 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,907,000 after acquiring an additional 29,290 shares during the period.

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).