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 | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.049098 |
| AutoETS | 0.050429 |
| MSTL | 0.051898 |
| AutoTheta | 0.073169 |
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.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.20% | 0.76% | 0.83% | 0.91% |
| 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 |
| 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 |