Short Interest in Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VV) Drops By 64.8%

Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VV) saw a significant drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 122,848 shares, a drop of 64.8% from the July 30th total of 348,721 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 248,580 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VV. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,862,217 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,215,826,000 after purchasing an additional 182,325 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,761,156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $869,212,000 after purchasing an additional 15,832 shares during the period. Johnson Financial Group LLC increased its position in Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 56.6% in the fourth quarter. Johnson Financial Group LLC now owns 2,511,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $790,737,000 after buying an additional 908,240 shares during the last quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,314,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $413,904,000 after buying an additional 10,487 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealthquest Corp raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF by 5.3% in the first quarter. Wealthquest Corp now owns 1,240,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $370,773,000 after buying an additional 62,854 shares during the period.

Vanguard Large-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of Vanguard Large-Cap ETF stock opened at $354.50 on Friday. Vanguard Large-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $289.11 and a 12 month high of $359.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $54.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.59 and a beta of 1.01. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $347.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $331.77.

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.