Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) was the target of a large growth in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 217,466 shares, a growth of 101.5% from the November 30th total of 107,942 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 193,310 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 193,310 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF stock traded down $1.13 on Friday, hitting $308.75. The company had a trading volume of 113,014 shares, compared to its average volume of 235,692. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $214.77 and a 52 week high of $312.83. The company has a market cap of $21.07 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.17. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $301.62 and a 200-day simple moving average of $292.76.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VBK. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.4% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,989,402 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,973,046,000 after buying an additional 36,393 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 100.8% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,924,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $533,099,000 after acquiring an additional 966,444 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,550,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $461,496,000 after purchasing an additional 10,045 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 359.1% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 988,251 shares of the company’s stock worth $248,811,000 after purchasing an additional 773,005 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. boosted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.2% during the third quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 949,929 shares of the company’s stock worth $282,726,000 after purchasing an additional 11,152 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Small Cap Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of smaller 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.