Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOOG) Stock Short Interest Declines 51.8%

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOOG) saw a large drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 488,456 shares, a drop of 51.8% from the August 31st total of 1,013,223 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 966,792 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VOOG stock traded up $0.09 on Tuesday, reaching $85.55. The stock had a trading volume of 1,063,725 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,506,475. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $83.59 and a 200 day simple moving average of $80.04. The stock has a market cap of $27.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.89 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $64.99 and a 1 year high of $86.60.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 544.1% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,593,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $214,269,000 after acquiring an additional 2,190,751 shares in the last quarter. Arista Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 486.0% during the 2nd quarter. Arista Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,054,603 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,131,000 after purchasing an additional 874,638 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP grew its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 406.6% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 1,080,873 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,302,000 after purchasing an additional 867,521 shares in the last quarter. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 507.3% during the second quarter. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC now owns 908,664 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,074,000 after purchasing an additional 759,041 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF by 506.5% in the second quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 562,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,492,000 after purchasing an additional 469,937 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 500 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of U.S. large-cap growth stocks VOOG was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.