Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Shares Bought by Northern Trust Corp

Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 29.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,610 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,981 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $3,232,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VCR. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 228,132.9% in the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 5,566,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,089,590,000 after acquiring an additional 5,564,161 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $36,042,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $15,218,000. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 178,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,990,000 after purchasing an additional 24,734 shares during the period. Finally, Bonfire Financial acquired a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $5,421,000.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF stock opened at $350.23 on Friday. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 1-year low of $284.84 and a 1-year high of $402.25. The stock has a market cap of $5.69 billion, a PE ratio of 24.71 and a beta of 1.31. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $327.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $357.07.

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).