Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Short Interest Down 14.1% in April

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 290,947 shares, a decline of 14.1% from the March 31st total of 338,582 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 301,373 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VBR traded up $0.36 on Friday, hitting $232.78. 39,494 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 366,748. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.00. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 52 week low of $181.09 and a 52 week high of $235.48. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $223.90 and its 200 day moving average price is $218.46.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Simplicity Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $310,000. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC now owns 36,948 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,027,000 after acquiring an additional 181 shares during the last quarter. Carmel Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $222,000. Sonata Capital Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.0% in the 1st quarter. Sonata Capital Group Inc. now owns 14,646 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,182,000 after acquiring an additional 422 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hegarty Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. Hegarty Advisors LLC now owns 45,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,785,000 after acquiring an additional 228 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Small Cap Value Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of value stocks of smaller 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.