Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 46.0% in September

by · The Cerbat Gem

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 35,020 shares, a drop of 46.0% from the August 31st total of 64,874 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 195,206 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wellington Management Group LLP acquired a new stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $54,120,000. Everhart Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 390.3% during the 2nd quarter. Everhart Financial Group Inc. now owns 216,074 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,183,000 after buying an additional 172,004 shares during the last quarter. Sharp Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the first quarter worth $28,845,000. Align Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,960,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 6.8% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 876,401 shares of the company’s stock worth $244,638,000 after acquiring an additional 55,656 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VOT traded down $1.33 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $293.24. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 181,307 shares, compared to its average volume of 220,314. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $248.23 and a 52-week high of $315.14. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $299.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $290.90.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Company Profile

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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.

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