Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Short Interest Up 70.2% in May

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) was the target of a significant increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 70,493 shares, an increase of 70.2% from the May 14th total of 41,411 shares. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 64,392 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 45,402.3% in the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 36,720,324 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,464,870,000 after acquiring an additional 36,639,624 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4.0% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,554,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $558,202,000 after acquiring an additional 59,163 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 392,116 shares of the company’s stock valued at $154,463,000 after acquiring an additional 6,963 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 206,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,411,000 after acquiring an additional 2,996 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 1.8% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 183,029 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,316,000 after acquiring an additional 3,198 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Stock Performance

VCR traded down $0.99 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $396.49. The stock had a trading volume of 56,927 shares, compared to its average volume of 59,609. The stock has a market cap of $6.18 billion, a PE ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.24. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a one year low of $346.48 and a one year high of $414.28. The business has a 50-day moving average of $389.58 and a 200-day moving average of $388.75.

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.