Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) Short Interest Up 566.8% in April

Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,883,194 shares, a growth of 566.8% from the April 15th total of 432,392 shares. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 6,603,536 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,922 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,945,000 after purchasing an additional 870 shares in the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,859,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL acquired a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $320,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 142.2% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 722,843 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,894,000 after purchasing an additional 424,342 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 3.3% during the second quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,922 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,279,000 after buying an additional 158 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Down 0.3%

NYSEARCA VUG traded down $0.25 on Tuesday, reaching $86.56. 6,368,668 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,119,646. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $66.98 and a 12 month high of $87.24. The company has a market cap of $36.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $79.67.

About Vanguard Growth ETF

Vanguard Growth Index Fund, formerly Vanguard Growth ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of large United States companies. The Index represents the growth companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of large-capitalization companies in the United States equity market.