Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Sees Significant Decline in Short Interest

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) saw a large drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 138,774 shares, a drop of 34.3% from the February 26th total of 211,284 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 258,704 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Trading Down 2.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA VOT opened at $252.33 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $16.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $209.64 and a twelve month high of $298.66. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $273.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $282.10.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VOT. Vance Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $681,000. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 12.6% during the 3rd quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 22,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,633,000 after buying an additional 2,523 shares during the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 5.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 75,859 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,287,000 after buying an additional 4,070 shares during the last quarter. Baring Financial LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 15.4% in the fourth quarter. Baring Financial LLC now owns 16,996 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,744,000 after buying an additional 2,267 shares during the period. Finally, CW Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 25.1% in the second quarter. CW Advisors LLC now owns 12,276 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,491,000 after buying an additional 2,465 shares during the period.

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.