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

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 124,214 shares, a drop of 55.0% from the June 30th total of 275,947 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 219,686 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of VOT traded up $2.94 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $293.33. The company had a trading volume of 89,318 shares, compared to its average volume of 232,713. The stock has a market cap of $19.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.15. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $298.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $283.82. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $248.23 and a fifty-two week high of $309.44.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $28,000. Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. Wellington Grp LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 87.0% during the 1st quarter. Wellington Grp LLC now owns 129 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $46,000. Finally, Birchbrook Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $51,000.

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.