Soundwatch Capital LLC Purchases New Shares in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR)

Soundwatch Capital LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 563 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $211,000.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCR. Joule Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 6,705 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,517,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Bangor Savings Bank boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 22.5% in the 4th quarter. Bangor Savings Bank now owns 169 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. NORTHSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT Co LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. NORTHSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT Co LLC now owns 2,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $972,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 7.5% during the 4th quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 517 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,000 after buying an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PFG Investments LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 6.4% during the fourth quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $262,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VCR opened at $300.73 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $353.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $359.96. The company has a market cap of $5.18 billion, a PE ratio of 23.49 and a beta of 1.36. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 1-year low of $284.84 and a 1-year high of $402.25.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were issued a $0.7716 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 25th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF’s previous dividend of $0.67.

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).