Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 141.2% in September

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) was the target of a large increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 84,460 shares, an increase of 141.2% from the September 15th total of 35,020 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 202,767 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.6% in the first 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 period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.0% during the first 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 in the last quarter. Stephens Group Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Stephens Group Asset Management LLC now owns 689,650 shares of the company’s stock valued at $201,447,000 after acquiring an additional 23,323 shares during the last quarter. Busey Bank increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 13.3% during the 1st quarter. Busey Bank now owns 272,682 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,175,000 after purchasing an additional 31,945 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Everhart Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 8.4% during the third quarter. Everhart Financial Group Inc. now owns 234,303 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,440,000 after buying an additional 18,229 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Stock Down 2.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VOT traded down $7.67 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $290.45. 227,492 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 220,297. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $248.23 and a fifty-two week high of $315.14. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $300.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $293.35. The firm has a market cap of $19.05 billion, a PE ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.17.

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.