Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Stock Short Interest Falls 43.7%

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 165,412 shares, a drop of 43.7% from the September 30th total of 293,698 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 203,528 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 41.9% during the third quarter. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC now owns 105 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 7.8% during the second quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 443 shares of the company’s stock valued at $162,000 after purchasing an additional 32 shares during the last quarter. Fluent Financial LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 0.3% during the second quarter. Fluent Financial LLC now owns 12,345 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,515,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. LWM Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 4.0% during the third quarter. LWM Advisors Inc. now owns 885 shares of the company’s stock worth $299,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the period. Finally, Strategic Family Wealth Counselors L.L.C. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 1.1% during the third quarter. Strategic Family Wealth Counselors L.L.C. now owns 3,476 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,174,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF stock traded up $0.26 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $330.44. The stock had a trading volume of 152,210 shares, compared to its average volume of 228,450. The stock has a market cap of $22.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.18. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $280.27 and a 12 month high of $367.04. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $341.13 and a 200 day moving average price of $335.74.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Small Cap Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth 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.