Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 249,946 shares, an increase of 101.2% from the July 15th total of 124,214 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 190,586 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NYSEARCA VOT traded up $0.58 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $314.02. 142,787 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 228,561. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.16. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $300.56 and its 200 day moving average price is $285.56. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $248.23 and a 12 month high of $315.14.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,972,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $829,650,000 after acquiring an additional 43,368 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,157,636 shares of the company’s stock valued at $555,268,000 after purchasing an additional 54,788 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,615,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $450,893,000 after purchasing an additional 40,251 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $392,288,000. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.0% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,114,697 shares of the company’s stock worth $286,867,000 after purchasing an additional 10,638 shares during the period.

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.