Capital Management Associates Inc Boosts Stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF $VCR

Capital Management Associates Inc increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 66.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,156 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,051 shares during the quarter. Capital Management Associates Inc’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $2,031,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. AdvisorShares Investments LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $957,000. Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $7,791,000. BNP Paribas purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the third quarter worth $875,000. Hershey Financial Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,692,000. Finally, Sharper & Granite LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 155.6% during the 3rd quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC now owns 6,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,428,000 after purchasing an additional 3,731 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF stock opened at $357.21 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $378.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $388.76. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 52 week low of $285.13 and a 52 week high of $414.28. The company has a market capitalization of $5.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.27.

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). Its manufacturing segment includes industries, such as automotive, household durable goods, textiles and apparels, and leisure equipment.