Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:VDC) to Issue Dividend of $1.54

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

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Trading Down 0.4 %

VDC stock traded down $0.74 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $205.41. 78,752 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 119,166. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.58 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $204.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $198.70. Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF has a 12 month low of $172.75 and a 12 month high of $209.70.

Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Company 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).