Short Interest in Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VV) Grows By 218.6%

Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VV) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 238,513 shares, an increase of 218.6% from the January 29th total of 74,874 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 415,337 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 415,337 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Vanguard Large-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VV traded down $2.48 during trading on Thursday, hitting $315.91. 248,653 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 445,140. The company has a market cap of $47.41 billion, a PE ratio of 24.59 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $316.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $310.70. Vanguard Large-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $221.40 and a 12-month high of $321.51.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Johnson Financial Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 56.6% in the 4th quarter. Johnson Financial Group LLC now owns 2,511,871 shares of the company’s stock valued at $790,737,000 after acquiring an additional 908,240 shares during the last quarter. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF in the third quarter valued at about $200,664,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 3.2% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 17,324,351 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,314,430,000 after purchasing an additional 536,162 shares during the last quarter. Wealthquest Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 64.3% during the 3rd quarter. Wealthquest Corp now owns 1,180,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $363,515,000 after purchasing an additional 462,228 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealthspire Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 26.2% during the 2nd quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 1,096,878 shares of the company’s stock worth $312,939,000 after purchasing an additional 227,460 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Large-Cap ETF

Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization stocks. The Fund employs a passive management investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index, a diversified index predominantly made up of stocks of large 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.