Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Sees Large Volume Increase – What’s Next?

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) shares saw an uptick in trading volume on Friday . 179,648 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 202% from the previous session’s volume of 59,535 shares.The stock last traded at $397.51 and had previously closed at $394.22.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Performance

The business’s 50 day moving average price is $392.39 and its 200-day moving average price is $388.35. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.25 billion, a PE ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.23.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co lifted its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 45,402.3% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 36,720,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,464,870,000 after acquiring 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 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,554,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $558,202,000 after acquiring an additional 59,163 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 392,116 shares of the company’s stock worth $154,463,000 after purchasing an additional 6,963 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 206,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $81,411,000 after purchasing an additional 2,996 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.8% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 183,029 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,316,000 after purchasing an additional 3,198 shares in the last quarter.

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.