Short Interest in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Drops By 43.9%

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 140,275 shares, a decline of 43.9% from the July 30th total of 249,946 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 172,908 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VOT. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.5% during the first quarter. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. now owns 2,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $610,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the period. Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID raised its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter. Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID now owns 1,002 shares of the company’s stock valued at $307,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Wood Tarver Financial Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Wood Tarver Financial Group LLC now owns 4,987 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,392,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the period. 49 Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. 49 Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,544 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,000 after acquiring an additional 39 shares during the period. Finally, Unique Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 3.8% in the 1st quarter. Unique Wealth LLC now owns 1,165 shares of the company’s stock worth $300,000 after acquiring an additional 43 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VOT traded down $3.95 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $303.06. 196,698 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 223,809. The company’s 50-day moving average is $301.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $287.55. The company has a market capitalization of $19.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $248.23 and a 1 year high of $315.14.

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.