Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) Hits New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) shares reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as $370.50 and last traded at $368.97, with a volume of 9215 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $364.01.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Trading Down 1.2 %

The company’s 50 day moving average price is $335.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $319.76. The firm has a market cap of $6.49 billion, a PE ratio of 27.74 and a beta of 1.31.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 2,990,669.4% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 6,639,508 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,260,620,000 after purchasing an additional 6,639,286 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 177,913 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,569,000 after buying an additional 3,537 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4.3% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 151,644 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,363,000 after acquiring an additional 6,312 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 377.1% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 82,828 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,317,000 after acquiring an additional 65,467 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Marks Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF during the third quarter worth about $23,110,000.

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).