Advisory Alpha LLC Sells 55 Shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC)

Advisory Alpha LLC reduced its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) by 5.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 950 shares of the company’s stock after selling 55 shares during the quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF were worth $201,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 13.4% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,288 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,340,000 after buying an additional 1,812 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC increased its position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 49.8% in the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 3,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $696,000 after purchasing an additional 1,059 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 23.2% during the 3rd quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 8,199 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,791,000 after purchasing an additional 1,543 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 1,619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $354,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares during the period. Finally, Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 6.6% in the 3rd quarter. Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC now owns 2,471 shares of the company’s stock valued at $540,000 after purchasing an additional 152 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Price Performance

VDC opened at $211.61 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $215.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of $214.24. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a fifty-two week low of $189.71 and a fifty-two week high of $224.40. The company has a market cap of $6.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48.

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).