Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) Short Interest Up 87.6% in July

Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,520,168 shares, an increase of 87.6% from the June 30th total of 810,442 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 3,281,655 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Performance

VTV stock opened at $219.95 on Friday. Vanguard Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $174.35 and a fifty-two week high of $223.58. The business’s 50-day moving average is $217.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $207.36. The company has a market cap of $187.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.75.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Value ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VTV. Dorato Capital Management bought a new stake in Vanguard Value ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Godsey & Gibb Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Independence Bank of Kentucky bought a new position in Vanguard Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. CNB Bank purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF during the 4th quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Rexford Capital Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 124.6% during the 1st quarter. Rexford Capital Inc. now owns 155 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 86 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Value ETF

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