Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Short Interest Down 55.0% in July

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 124,214 shares, a decrease of 55.0% from the June 30th total of 275,947 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 219,686 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

VOT traded down $0.91 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $293.80. The stock had a trading volume of 187,601 shares, compared to its average volume of 234,082. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $298.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is $283.72. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.15. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $248.23 and a 1-year high of $309.44.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Wellington Grp LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 87.0% in the first quarter. Wellington Grp LLC now owns 129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $46,000. Finally, Birchbrook Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth $51,000.

About Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

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.