Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Buys 653 Shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR)

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 29.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,834 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 653 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $1,064,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 228,132.9% during the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 5,566,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,089,590,000 after buying an additional 5,564,161 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 335,007 shares of the company’s stock worth $125,755,000 after acquiring an additional 11,299 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 178,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,990,000 after acquiring an additional 24,734 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 6,980 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $36,042,000.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Down 4.2 %

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF stock opened at $300.73 on Monday. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 52-week low of $284.84 and a 52-week high of $402.25. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $353.96 and its 200 day moving average is $359.96. The company has a market cap of $5.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.49 and a beta of 1.36.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were given a dividend of $0.7716 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF’s previous dividend of $0.67. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 25th.

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).