Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF $VCR

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 1.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 206,669 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,996 shares during the quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. owned 1.29% of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF worth $81,411,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCR. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the third quarter worth about $35,000. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $35,000. EQ Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $39,000. Finally, Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $50,000.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Trading Down 0.9%

VCR stock opened at $401.70 on Friday. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 12-month low of $346.48 and a 12-month high of $414.28. The business’s 50-day moving average is $381.71 and its 200 day moving average is $387.81. The stock has a market cap of $6.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.25.

About Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

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). Its manufacturing segment includes industries, such as automotive, household durable goods, textiles and apparels, and leisure equipment.