Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Short Interest Up 19.0% in March

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) saw a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 20,033 shares, a growth of 19.0% from the February 26th total of 16,834 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 81,911 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF stock opened at $361.90 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $380.49 and a 200 day simple moving average of $389.45. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a fifty-two week low of $285.13 and a fifty-two week high of $414.28. The firm has a market cap of $5.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.27.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. AdvisorShares Investments LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $957,000. Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $7,791,000. BNP Paribas acquired a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $875,000. Hershey Financial Advisers LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,692,000. Finally, Sharper & Granite LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 155.6% in the third quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC now owns 6,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,428,000 after acquiring an additional 3,731 shares during the last quarter.

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.