McKinley Carter Wealth Services Inc. Purchases New Shares in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF $VDC

McKinley Carter Wealth Services Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 5,421 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,183,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VDC. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 10.9% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,336,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $973,913,000 after buying an additional 424,605 shares during the period. Compass Financial Group INC SD boosted its position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 1.0% during the third quarter. Compass Financial Group INC SD now owns 445,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $97,171,000 after acquiring an additional 4,427 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 268,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,190,000 after acquiring an additional 2,656 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 49.4% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 140,086 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,588,000 after acquiring an additional 46,307 shares during the period. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 17.1% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 104,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,524,000 after acquiring an additional 15,274 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Trading Up 1.1%

VDC stock opened at $237.43 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $227.50 and a 200-day moving average price of $227.98. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 1-year low of $205.45 and a 1-year high of $244.33. The firm has a market cap of $8.02 billion, a PE ratio of 22.76 and a beta of 0.49.

About Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

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). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are less sensitive to economic cycles. It includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, and tobacco, as well as producers of nondurable household goods and personal products.