Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Stock Short Interest Climbs 121.1%

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) saw a significant growth in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,891 shares, a growth of 121.1% from the August 31st total of 10,351 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 51,515 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Up 0.3%

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF stock traded up $0.99 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $370.94. 69,057 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 57,248. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $386.85 and its 200-day moving average is $385.36. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 12 month low of $346.48 and a 12 month high of $414.28. The stock has a market cap of $5.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.23.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VCR. Evanson Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the second quarter valued at $1,742,000. First Bancorp Inc ME purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $1,997,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 206,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $81,411,000 after buying an additional 2,996 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 129.0% in the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 3,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,473,000 after buying an additional 2,106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Southern Capital Services Inc. ADV bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $8,362,000.

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.