Short Interest in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Declines By 54.0%

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 19,245 shares, a decline of 54.0% from the July 30th total of 41,840 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 45,371 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA VCR traded up $3.96 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $393.81. 31,302 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 58,213. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 1 year low of $346.48 and a 1 year high of $414.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.24. The business has a 50 day moving average of $392.33 and a two-hundred day moving average of $386.08.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $201,000. Jane Street Group LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 172.0% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 6,526 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,124,000 after purchasing an additional 4,127 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 6.6% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,599 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,171,000 after purchasing an additional 222 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $248,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4,593.3% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 704 shares of the company’s stock worth $255,000 after purchasing an additional 689 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.