Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) Declares Dividend Increase – $1.54 Per Share

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) declared a dividend on Monday, March 4th, NASDAQ reports. Investors of record on Friday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of 1.5411 per share on Tuesday, July 2nd. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 28th. This is an increase from Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF’s previous dividend of $1.39.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of VDC traded down $0.74 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $205.41. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 78,752 shares, compared to its average volume of 119,166. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 52 week low of $172.75 and a 52 week high of $209.70. The stock has a market cap of $6.67 billion, a PE ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $204.74 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $198.70.

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).