PFG Advisors Sells 909 Shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC)

PFG Advisors reduced its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) by 8.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 9,689 shares of the company’s stock after selling 909 shares during the period. PFG Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF were worth $2,117,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. &PARTNERS purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF in the second quarter worth about $337,000. Beacon Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 2,545.7% in the first quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 794,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,771,000 after purchasing an additional 764,187 shares during the period. Collective Family Office LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF in the first quarter worth about $204,000. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 4.3% in the first quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 1,321 shares of the company’s stock worth $270,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Mission Wealth Management LP grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 3.3% in the first quarter. Mission Wealth Management LP now owns 3,847 shares of the company’s stock worth $785,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VDC opened at $217.69 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $7.06 billion, a PE ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a fifty-two week low of $175.87 and a fifty-two week high of $222.25. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $216.41 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $208.36.

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).