Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) saw a large increase in short interest in February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 16,834 shares, an increase of 17.7% from the February 12th total of 14,308 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 37,995 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 37,995 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

VCR opened at $368.43 on Tuesday. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 1-year low of $285.13 and a 1-year high of $414.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.27. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $391.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $391.99.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCR. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 45,402.3% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 36,720,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,464,870,000 after acquiring an additional 36,639,624 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 392,116 shares of the company’s stock worth $154,463,000 after purchasing an additional 6,963 shares during the last quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC increased its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 22.2% during the second quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC now owns 366,911 shares of the company’s stock worth $132,939,000 after purchasing an additional 66,554 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 202.6% during the second quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 341,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $123,612,000 after purchasing an additional 228,426 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 206,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $81,411,000 after purchasing an additional 2,996 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.