Short Interest in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Decreases By 43.9%

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) was the target of a large decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 140,275 shares, a decrease of 43.9% from the July 30th total of 249,946 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 172,908 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the second quarter valued at $32,000. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the first quarter worth $28,000. Wellington Grp LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 87.0% in the first quarter. Wellington Grp LLC now owns 129 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Entrust Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $46,000.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF stock traded down $3.95 during trading on Friday, reaching $303.06. 196,698 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 223,809. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $248.23 and a 52-week high of $315.14. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $301.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $287.55. The company has a market capitalization of $19.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.16.

About Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Mid Cap Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of medium-size United States companies. The Fund attempts to replicate the target Index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.