Short Interest in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Decreases By 39.9%

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) saw a large decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 42,396 shares, a decline of 39.9% from the May 31st total of 70,493 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 55,185 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $201,000. Jane Street Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 172.0% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 6,526 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,124,000 after buying an additional 4,127 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 6.6% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,599 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,171,000 after buying an additional 222 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the second quarter valued at $248,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4,593.3% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 704 shares of the company’s stock valued at $255,000 after buying an additional 689 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

Shares of VCR remained flat at $395.55 during trading hours on Friday. The stock had a trading volume of 61,782 shares, compared to its average volume of 59,301. The company has a market cap of $6.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.23. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 52 week low of $346.48 and a 52 week high of $414.28. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $392.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $388.56.

About Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

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.