Short Interest in Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF (NASDAQ:VTWV) Increases By 51.7%

Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF (NASDAQ:VTWV) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,200 shares, an increase of 51.7% from the February 28th total of 8,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 29,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VTWV. Pathstone Holdings LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 163,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,575,000 after purchasing an additional 5,726 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF by 11.0% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 106,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,410,000 after buying an additional 10,567 shares during the period. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF by 8.1% in the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 86,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,522,000 after buying an additional 6,464 shares in the last quarter. Virtue Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF by 17.4% during the 3rd quarter. Virtue Capital Management LLC now owns 72,468 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,664,000 after acquiring an additional 10,749 shares during the period. Finally, Financial Advisory Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $8,219,000.

Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF stock opened at $133.09 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $141.91 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $146.64. Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $128.09 and a fifty-two week high of $161.65. The company has a market cap of $746.63 million, a PE ratio of 13.54 and a beta of 1.08.

Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 25th were paid a dividend of $0.5178 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 25th. This represents a $2.07 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.56%.

About Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF

The Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF (VTWV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 Value index. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap value stocks. Holdings are selected and weighted based on price-to-book-value. VTWV was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.