Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Staples Index (the Index), an index of stocks of large, medium, and small United States-based companies in the consumer staples sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The GICS includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, and tobacco, as well as producers of nondurable household goods and personal products. It also includes food and drug retailing companies, as well as hypermarkets and consumer supercenters. As of Aug 31 2013, Co.'s portfolio totalled $1,656,504,000. We show 30 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of VDC's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of VDC shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like VDC versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching VDC by allowing them to research VDC shares outstanding history
as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |
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