Essex Financial Services Inc. Purchases 278 Shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR)

Essex Financial Services Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 8.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 3,740 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 278 shares during the period. Essex Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $1,404,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VCR. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 2,990,669.4% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 6,639,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,260,620,000 after buying an additional 6,639,286 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 6.1% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 121,393 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,337,000 after acquiring an additional 6,980 shares in the last quarter. Marks Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $23,110,000. Spire Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 67,277 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,254,000 after purchasing an additional 2,124 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 64,004 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,026,000 after purchasing an additional 3,470 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VCR stock opened at $375.16 on Wednesday. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a fifty-two week low of $284.84 and a fifty-two week high of $402.25. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $384.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $351.68. The company has a market cap of $6.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.74 and a beta of 1.31.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF 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).