NYSEARCA:VDCVanguard Consumer Staples ETF Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF's stock was trading at $144.69 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VDC stock has increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $153.52. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of $1.0621 per share on Thursday, December 19th. This represents a $4.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF's previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. View Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF's dividend history.

News headlines about VDC stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF investors own include Square (SQ), salesforce.com (CRM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Staples (SPLS), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV) and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B).

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "VDC."

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Foundations Investment Advisors LLC (0.74%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.71%), Tatro Capital LLC (0.07%), N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC (0.06%), HBW Advisory Services LLC (0.02%) and TRUE Private Wealth Advisors (0.02%).

VDC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Old North State Trust LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc., KG&L Capital Management LLC, and Whittier Trust Co..

VDC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundations Investment Advisors LLC, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC, HBW Advisory Services LLC, Marotta Asset Management, TRUE Private Wealth Advisors, Trinity Legacy Partners LLC, Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC, and Tatro Capital LLC.

Shares of VDC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of VDC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $153.52.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a market capitalization of $5.27 billion.

The official website for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF is www.vanguard.com.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF's mailing address is P.O. Box 1110, Valley Forge, 19482, United States. The company can be reached via phone at +1-800-5231036.