Raymond James Financial Inc. Purchases Shares of 157,210 Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC)

Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 157,210 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $33,231,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. owned approximately 0.48% of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VDC. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the third quarter valued at $25,000. Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $42,000. Eastern Bank purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $50,000. Synergy Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $54,000. Finally, Mainstream Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $57,000.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

VDC stock opened at $212.13 on Friday. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a twelve month low of $194.38 and a twelve month high of $226.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.32 and a beta of 0.61. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $216.38 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $216.89.

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).