Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Lowers Position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF $VDC

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) by 18.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 45,874 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,563 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC owned 0.13% of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF worth $10,047,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $208,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 21,775.0% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 875 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,000 after acquiring an additional 871 shares during the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 138,500.0% during the 1st quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,386 shares of the company’s stock valued at $303,000 after purchasing an additional 1,385 shares in the last quarter. Pines Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 8.2% in the first quarter. Pines Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,094 shares of the company’s stock worth $224,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares during the period. Finally, Joule Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 9.2% during the first quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 14,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,221,000 after buying an additional 1,238 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Stock Up 0.2%

VDC opened at $212.84 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $7.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.76 and a beta of 0.60. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 52-week low of $202.96 and a 52-week high of $226.73. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $218.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $218.68.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF 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).