Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Short Interest Down 41.8% in January

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 203,673 shares, a drop of 41.8% from the December 31st total of 350,229 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 696,468 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Based on an average daily volume of 696,468 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 67.1% in the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 812,288 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,323,000 after purchasing an additional 326,129 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 128.8% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 505,618 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,654,000 after buying an additional 284,655 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.4% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 15,438,804 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,222,233,000 after buying an additional 209,142 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 4.4% in the second quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,360,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $850,337,000 after buying an additional 185,712 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 22.6% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 880,807 shares of the company’s stock worth $171,766,000 after acquiring an additional 162,575 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Down 0.4%

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF stock traded down $0.98 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $223.09. The stock had a trading volume of 339,828 shares, compared to its average volume of 527,106. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a one year low of $160.23 and a one year high of $229.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $217.12 and its 200 day moving average is $209.71.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

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.