Short Interest in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) Grows By 65.0%

Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 547,641 shares, an increase of 65.0% from the February 26th total of 331,914 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 2,094,360 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Growth ETF

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of VUG. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 1.8% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 49,386,990 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,651,256,000 after purchasing an additional 851,110 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 35,215,110 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,777,922,000 after buying an additional 156,187 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 8,318,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,989,654,000 after buying an additional 191,399 shares during the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 46,787.8% during the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 8,168,795 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,985,228,000 after buying an additional 8,151,373 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,490,898 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,678,790,000 after buying an additional 24,146 shares during the period.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Down 2.4%

Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF stock traded down $10.35 during trading on Friday, hitting $422.37. 2,318,932 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,856,634. Vanguard Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $316.14 and a fifty-two week high of $505.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $176.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.17. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $463.67 and a 200 day moving average price of $477.77.

Vanguard Growth ETF Company Profile

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