Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Stock Short Interest Declines 43.6%

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) saw a significant decline in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,348 shares, a decline of 43.6% from the September 30th total of 27,227 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 68,726 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised 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 worth $558,202,000 after purchasing an additional 59,163 shares in the last quarter. Lido Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 6.2% in the 1st quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 88,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,660,000 after buying an additional 5,174 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 45.5% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 70,445 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,939,000 after buying an additional 22,027 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 72.0% during the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 44,759 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,070,000 after buying an additional 18,737 shares during the period. Finally, Adaptive Financial Consulting LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 5.3% in the 1st quarter. Adaptive Financial Consulting LLC now owns 37,682 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,529,000 after purchasing an additional 1,906 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VCR traded down $3.27 during trading on Friday, reaching $385.27. The stock had a trading volume of 71,361 shares, compared to its average volume of 58,274. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.26. 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 $379.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $385.66.

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.