Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Sees Significant Decline in Short Interest

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) saw a large decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 64,874 shares, a decrease of 53.8% from the August 15th total of 140,275 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 149,182 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VOT stock opened at $294.99 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $19.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $248.23 and a 52 week high of $315.14. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $300.88 and a 200-day moving average of $289.32.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 61.6% during the second quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 20,272 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,212,000 after buying an additional 7,724 shares during the last quarter. Washington Trust Advisors Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.3% during the second quarter. Washington Trust Advisors Inc. now owns 7,011 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,148,000 after buying an additional 159 shares during the period. Wedmont Private Capital increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 13,161 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,978,000 after purchasing an additional 208 shares during the last quarter. Unique Wealth LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 8.2% in the second quarter. Unique Wealth LLC now owns 1,260 shares of the company’s stock worth $386,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID increased its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter. Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID now owns 1,002 shares of the company’s stock worth $307,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Company Profile

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.