Salomon & Ludwin LLC Lowers Position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC)

Salomon & Ludwin LLC lessened its position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) by 42.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,251 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,384 shares during the quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF were worth $687,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VDC. Creative Planning lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 16,567 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,619,000 after purchasing an additional 966 shares during the period. SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 70.2% in the 3rd quarter. SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $459,000 after purchasing an additional 866 shares during the period. Joule Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 57.2% in the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 12,641 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,779,000 after purchasing an additional 4,599 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 38,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,404,000 after purchasing an additional 1,068 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates raised its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 4.2% during the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 80,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,655,000 after buying an additional 3,261 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Trading Down 1.2 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:VDC opened at $221.15 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $214.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $215.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 12-month low of $193.37 and a 12-month high of $224.40.

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).