Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

by · The Cerbat Gem

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 177,784 shares, a drop of 38.9% from the April 15th total of 290,947 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 250,894 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Down 1.6%

VBR stock traded down $3.66 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $227.29. The stock had a trading volume of 248,380 shares, compared to its average volume of 359,995. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $224.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $220.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.97. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 52 week low of $184.56 and a 52 week high of $235.68.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VBR. Valpey Financial Services LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 21,125.3% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 4,270,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $904,364,000 after acquiring an additional 4,249,980 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 15,999,348 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,388,502,000 after acquiring an additional 560,544 shares during the last quarter. Align Financial LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $97,410,000. Focus Partners Wealth grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 53.8% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 849,534 shares of the company’s stock valued at $179,915,000 after acquiring an additional 297,074 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 128.8% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 505,618 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,654,000 after acquiring an additional 284,655 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Company Profile

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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.

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