Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL Buys New Shares in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF $VDC

Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 30,857 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,519,000. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF accounts for 1.6% of Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest position.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,015,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $879,429,000 after buying an additional 65,341 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 874,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $184,830,000 after acquiring an additional 31,343 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 12.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 637,725 shares of the company’s stock worth $134,714,000 after acquiring an additional 70,909 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 380,044 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,280,000 after acquiring an additional 2,761 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 9.9% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 265,869 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,162,000 after purchasing an additional 24,001 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Trading Down 0.4%

VDC stock opened at $226.11 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $7.94 billion, a PE ratio of 22.76 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $228.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of $226.01. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 1 year low of $205.45 and a 1 year high of $244.33.

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). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are less sensitive to economic cycles. It includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, and tobacco, as well as producers of nondurable household goods and personal products.