Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Sets New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) reached a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as $407.11 and last traded at $407.3740, with a volume of 19528 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $400.78.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of $6.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a fifty day moving average of $392.88 and a 200-day moving average of $385.92.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. AMI Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 0.4% in the second quarter. AMI Investment Management Inc. now owns 8,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,100,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Berkeley Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 0.9% during the second quarter. Berkeley Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,288,000 after purchasing an additional 32 shares during the last quarter. RFG Advisory LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4.1% during the third quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 837 shares of the company’s stock valued at $332,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. Csenge Advisory Group grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 1,258 shares of the company’s stock worth $498,000 after buying an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 3,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,329,000 after buying an additional 41 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.