Empower Advisory Group LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF $VCR

Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 50.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 40,938 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,692 shares during the quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC owned approximately 0.25% of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF worth $14,833,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VCR. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 77,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,168,000 after buying an additional 3,421 shares during the period. Advisors Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 2.3% during the second quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 9,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,551,000 after acquiring an additional 223 shares during the period. Richmond Brothers Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 68.1% during the second quarter. Richmond Brothers Inc. now owns 18,973 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,874,000 after acquiring an additional 7,684 shares in the last quarter. Nwam LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 19.3% in the second quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 895 shares of the company’s stock valued at $333,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the period. Finally, Montag A & Associates Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.7% in the second quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. now owns 3,524 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,277,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Down 0.6%

VCR opened at $379.75 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $392.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $374.19. The company has a market capitalization of $6.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.27. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 52 week low of $285.13 and a 52 week high of $404.00.

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).