Eastern Bank Purchases New Position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC)

Eastern Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 237 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $50,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 688,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $150,441,000 after purchasing an additional 4,863 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 10.5% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 124,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,206,000 after buying an additional 11,827 shares during the last quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 948.5% during the 3rd quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. now owns 111,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,251,000 after buying an additional 100,414 shares in the last quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 9.3% in the 3rd quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 96,785 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,138,000 after buying an additional 8,245 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. now owns 82,620 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,051,000 after acquiring an additional 338 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF stock opened at $206.54 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $215.88 and its 200 day simple moving average is $213.98. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 12 month low of $189.56 and a 12 month high of $224.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48.

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).