Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. Grows Stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR)

Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 1.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 4,572 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 61 shares during the period. Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd.’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $1,716,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 987.5% during the fourth quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 87 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Kestra Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Avior Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 148.1% in the fourth quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 129 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,000 after buying an additional 77 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF stock opened at $340.12 on Tuesday. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a fifty-two week low of $284.84 and a fifty-two week high of $402.25. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $364.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $359.69. The stock has a market cap of $5.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.95 and a beta of 1.36.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be given a dividend of $0.7716 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 25th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF’s previous dividend of $0.67.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF 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).