Haverford Trust Co Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR)

Haverford Trust Co increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 1.5% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 5,121 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the quarter. Haverford Trust Co’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $1,922,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VCR. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 3,929 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,475,000 after purchasing an additional 215 shares during the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 21.6% during the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 1,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $480,000 after acquiring an additional 227 shares during the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $264,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 37.9% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 2,782 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,044,000 after acquiring an additional 765 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nwam LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 27.7% in the fourth quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 783 shares of the company’s stock worth $294,000 after acquiring an additional 170 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VCR opened at $340.12 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $364.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $359.69. The company has a market cap of $5.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.95 and a beta of 1.36. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a one year low of $284.84 and a one year high of $402.25.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be given a $0.7716 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF’s previous dividend of $0.67. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 25th.

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).