Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Hits New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) shares reached a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $343.75 and last traded at $343.54, with a volume of 15883 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $337.81.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $333.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $318.48. The company has a market capitalization of $6.38 billion, a PE ratio of 27.74 and a beta of 1.31.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the third quarter worth $26,000. DT Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Advantage Trust Co purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $31,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $42,000.

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).