Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 70,493 shares, an increase of 70.2% from the May 14th total of 41,411 shares. Currently, 0.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 64,392 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 45,402.3% in the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 36,720,324 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,464,870,000 after purchasing an additional 36,639,624 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4.0% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,554,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $558,202,000 after purchasing an additional 59,163 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 392,116 shares of the company’s stock valued at $154,463,000 after purchasing an additional 6,963 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 206,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,411,000 after purchasing an additional 2,996 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.8% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 183,029 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,316,000 after purchasing an additional 3,198 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF stock traded up $4.71 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $397.48. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 70,096 shares, compared to its average volume of 59,634. The company has a market capitalization of $6.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.24. 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 simple moving average is $387.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $388.61.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Company Profile

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.