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

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest during the month of 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. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 68,726 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of VCR. Bank of America Corp DE lifted 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 buying an additional 59,163 shares during the last quarter. Lido Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 6.2% during the first quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 88,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,660,000 after acquiring an additional 5,174 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 45.5% during the second quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 70,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,939,000 after acquiring an additional 22,027 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 72.0% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 44,759 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,070,000 after acquiring an additional 18,737 shares during the period. Finally, Adaptive Financial Consulting LLC raised its stake 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 valued at $13,529,000 after acquiring an additional 1,906 shares during the period.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VCR opened at $394.49 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $379.70 and a 200 day moving average price of $385.58. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a one year low of $346.48 and a one year high of $414.28. The company has a market cap of $6.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.26.

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.