3,730 Shares in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF $VDC Bought by First Bancorp Inc ME

First Bancorp Inc ME acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 3,730 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $841,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Integrity Alliance LLC. increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 15.4% in the 4th quarter. Integrity Alliance LLC. now owns 32,365 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,837,000 after buying an additional 4,308 shares during the last quarter. Lighthouse Financial Services Inc. ADV bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $7,580,000. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 874,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $184,830,000 after buying an additional 31,343 shares during the last quarter. Guardian Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,212,000. Finally, ESG Planning DBA Harper Investing lifted its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF by 13.9% during the fourth quarter. ESG Planning DBA Harper Investing now owns 20,574 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,346,000 after acquiring an additional 2,504 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Trading Down 0.9%

VDC stock opened at $233.53 on Wednesday. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 1-year low of $205.45 and a 1-year high of $244.33. The stock has a market cap of $8.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.76 and a beta of 0.50. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $229.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $230.11.

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). 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.