Essential Planning LLC. Has $272,000 Stock Holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC)

Essential Planning LLC. decreased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,247 shares of the company’s stock after selling 54 shares during the period. Essential Planning LLC.’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF were worth $272,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Advantage Trust Co bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the third quarter valued at about $37,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton bought a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF in the second quarter worth about $42,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 175.3% in the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 223 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,000 after acquiring an additional 142 shares during the period. Finally, Tortoise Investment Management LLC raised its position in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 77.0% in the second quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 324 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VDC stock opened at $213.24 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $6.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 52 week low of $182.85 and a 52 week high of $222.25. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $216.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $210.78.

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).