Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest
by Jessica Moore · The Cerbat GemVanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK – Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 376,091 shares, an increase of 60.3% from the March 15th total of 234,620 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 224,064 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company’s shares are short sold.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF
Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 7.5% in the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 38,710 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,521,000 after purchasing an additional 2,709 shares during the last quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 22.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department now owns 38,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,348,000 after purchasing an additional 6,939 shares during the last quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 25.9% in the 3rd quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 17,309 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,151,000 after purchasing an additional 3,560 shares during the last quarter. Everhart Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 10.4% in the 4th quarter. Everhart Financial Group Inc. now owns 23,046 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,962,000 after purchasing an additional 2,164 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brookstone Capital Management lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 115.8% in the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 9,677 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,880,000 after purchasing an additional 5,192 shares during the last quarter.
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 0.5%
Shares of VBK stock opened at $328.37 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $312.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is $308.33. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $227.63 and a 52 week high of $329.04. The company has a market cap of $21.93 billion, a PE ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.16.
About Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Small Cap Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth 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.