Short Interest in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Declines By 38.9%

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 177,784 shares, a decline of 38.9% from the April 15th total of 290,947 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 250,894 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VBR. Westfuller Advisors LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Balentine LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Birchbrook Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Finally, Modus Advisors LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Performance

VBR stock traded down $2.22 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $226.17. The company had a trading volume of 69,543 shares, compared to its average volume of 356,343. The firm has a market cap of $33.91 billion, a PE ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.97. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 12 month low of $184.56 and a 12 month high of $235.68. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $224.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $220.25.

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.