Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 70,493 shares, a growth 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. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Trading Down 0.2%
Shares of NYSEARCA VCR traded down $0.65 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $395.84. The company had a trading volume of 4,882 shares, compared to its average volume of 59,115. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 1 year low of $346.48 and a 1 year high of $414.28. The company has a market capitalization of $6.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.24. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $389.58 and its 200-day moving average price is $388.75.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. S&A Financial Services Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the first quarter worth about $707,000. Robinswood Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $46,000. Parallel Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 10.5% during the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 3,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,382,000 after acquiring an additional 365 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 7,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,563,000 after acquiring an additional 192 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Fin Capital Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 13.9% during the 1st quarter. Blue Fin Capital Inc. now owns 1,042 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares during the period.
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.
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