Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 697,401 shares, a decrease of 41.9% from the February 26th total of 1,199,366 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,098,583 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Value ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Value ETF by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 136,148,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,003,090,000 after acquiring an additional 2,340,458 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 53,966,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,068,563,000 after purchasing an additional 1,684,472 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 21,895,965 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,083,379,000 after purchasing an additional 1,103,718 shares in the last quarter. Align Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $2,128,845,000. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 11,112,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,072,160,000 after purchasing an additional 479,866 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Down 1.5%

VTV traded down $2.92 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $193.35. 5,906,762 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,827,936. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $201.52 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $193.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $159.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.82. Vanguard Value ETF has a one year low of $150.43 and a one year high of $208.20.

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.