AssuredPartners Investment Advisors LLC Makes New $901,000 Investment in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR)

AssuredPartners Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 2,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $901,000.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 228,132.9% in the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 5,566,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,089,590,000 after purchasing an additional 5,564,161 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 178,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,990,000 after buying an additional 24,734 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 6.1% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 121,393 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,337,000 after buying an additional 6,980 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $36,042,000. Finally, Spire Wealth Management increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 67,277 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,254,000 after acquiring an additional 2,124 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of VCR stock opened at $336.22 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.95 and a beta of 1.36. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 12 month low of $284.84 and a 12 month high of $402.25. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $361.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of $359.58.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared 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).