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

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of 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. Based on an average trading volume of 64,392 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VCR. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $201,000. Jane Street Group LLC grew its position 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 valued at $2,124,000 after acquiring an additional 4,127 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth grew its position 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 valued at $1,171,000 after acquiring an additional 222 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $248,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4,593.3% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 704 shares of the company’s stock valued at $255,000 after acquiring an additional 689 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of VCR traded up $4.71 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $397.48. The stock had a trading volume of 70,096 shares, compared to its average volume of 59,634. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $387.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $388.61. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a one year low of $346.48 and a one year high of $414.28. The firm has a market cap of $6.19 billion, a PE ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.24.

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.