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Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares (VCR)

Consumer Cyclical | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
398.59 USD +9.41 (2.418%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 392.61 -5.98 (-5.980%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:16 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:33 p.m. EDT

VCR is exhibiting classic bottom-fishing momentum on the back of a $18k capital injection from Tether, driven by heavy put buying at decile lows but capped by significant call volume at resistance. The technicals are building a base, yet the 'hot take' is that despite the massive reindexing event, the underlying Consumer Discretionary assets (40% exposure to AAM/MSFT/AMZN/GOOG via the index components) carry structural headwinds that prevent a full recovery, making this a moderate bullish short-term bounce play rather than a sustainable long-term accumulation opportunity.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.049098
AutoETS0.050429
MSTL0.051898
AutoTheta0.073169

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 21.23
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.376
Excess Kurtosis -1.02
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 29.77

As of April 18, 2026, 11:33 p.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a bullish reversion and upside resilience. Calls in June and September show dominant OI at strikes 400 and 410+ (above current price), with June OI heavily skewed for shares (+22 outsize). While April near-term put OI at 340/350 is high, it appears to be support gating rather than a bearish mandate, as IV remains low there. The skew suggests profit-taking is capped while upside beta remains the focus.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.20% 0.76% 0.83% 0.91%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-24 0.719 0.199208
2025-12-17 0.751 0.189601
2025-09-24 0.687 0.173593
2025-06-26 0.703 0.196920
2025-03-25 0.772 0.227706
2024-12-18 0.660 0.174767
2024-09-27 0.825 0.244472
2024-06-28 0.667 0.216546
2024-03-22 0.639 0.206100
2023-12-19 0.585 0.193246
2023-09-28 0.721 0.274521
2023-06-29 0.546 0.199698
2023-03-24 0.695 0.297693
2022-12-15 0.661 0.295665
2022-09-28 0.565 0.235056
2022-06-23 0.450 0.198060
2022-03-24 0.464 0.157910
2021-12-16 0.655 0.207687
2021-09-29 1.553 0.511309
2021-06-21 0.388 0.132684
2021-03-26 0.110 0.039284
2020-09-11 3.794 1.722328
2020-06-22 0.547 0.290816
2020-03-10 0.366 0.229601
2019-12-16 0.749 0.430304
2019-09-26 0.589 0.352768
2019-06-21 0.459 0.274656
2019-03-21 0.429 0.268340
2018-12-13 0.560 0.382139
2018-09-24 0.553 0.334753
2018-06-28 0.551 0.354182
2018-03-16 0.395 0.262151
2017-12-14 0.505 0.358669
2017-09-27 0.536 0.412090
2017-06-28 0.428 0.331249
2017-03-24 0.412 0.335001
2016-12-14 0.712 0.601200
2016-09-20 0.474 0.427584
2016-06-21 0.405 0.369551
2016-03-21 0.463 0.423798
2015-12-23 0.469 0.429126
2015-09-23 1.147 1.084936
2013-12-20 0.913 0.983194
2012-12-20 1.152 1.739110
2011-12-21 0.853 1.629793
2010-12-22 0.600 1.167390
2009-12-22 0.437 1.114076
2008-12-22 0.786 3.071634
2007-12-14 0.460 1.057499
2006-12-18 0.470 0.967006
2005-12-22 0.308 0.732433
2004-12-22 0.350 0.814844
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 0.8

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 414.28
All Time Low 24.02
Ask 404.0
Ask Size 40
Average Daily Volume10 Day 61,940
Average Daily Volume3 Month 59,850
Average Volume 59,850
Average Volume10Days 61,940
Beta3 Year 1.32
Bid 392.8
Bid Size 80
Category Consumer Cyclical
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 403.36
Day Low 395.97
Dividend Yield 0.8
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 13.389858
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 374.9544
Fifty Day Average Change 23.63559
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.063035905
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 33.876335
Fifty Two Week High 414.28
Fifty Two Week High Change -15.690002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.037872944
Fifty Two Week Low 294.01
Fifty Two Week Low Change 104.57999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.35570213
Fifty Two Week Range 294.01 - 414.28
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,075,473,000,000
Five Year Average Return 0.0576114
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family Vanguard
Fund Inception Date 1,075,075,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the consumer discretionary sector, as classified under the GICS. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.
Long Name Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_22939068
Nav Price 398.48
Net Assets 6,162,764,800.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.09
Open 395.89
Post Market Change -5.980011
Post Market Change Percent -1.5002912
Post Market Price 392.61
Post Market Time 1,776,464,161
Previous Close 389.18
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 9.41
Regular Market Change Percent 2.41791
Regular Market Day High 403.36
Regular Market Day Low 395.97
Regular Market Day Range 395.97 - 403.36
Regular Market Open 395.89
Regular Market Previous Close 389.18
Regular Market Price 398.59
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 63,410
Short Name Vanguard Consumer Discretion ET
Source Interval 15
Symbol VCR
Three Year Average Return 0.17740129
Total Assets 6,162,764,800
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 29.768051
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -8.60278
Trailing Three Month Returns -8.60278
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 385.38614
Two Hundred Day Average Change 13.203857
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.034261372
Type Disp ETF
Volume 63,410
Yield 0.008
Ytd Return -8.60278