Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 722,144 shares, an increase of 32.3% from the March 31st total of 545,788 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,448,363 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Value ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VTV. Align Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Value ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $2,128,845,000. Valpey Financial Services LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 19,007.8% in the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 8,389,106 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,602,235,000 after buying an additional 8,345,202 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $1,511,860,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 4.4% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 133,808,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,953,948,000 after purchasing an additional 5,667,887 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Balentine LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 12,803.4% during the 1st quarter. Balentine LLC now owns 2,846,109 shares of the company’s stock worth $558,407,000 after purchasing an additional 2,824,052 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VTV traded up $0.73 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $207.51. 548,255 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,331,553. Vanguard Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $166.20 and a fifty-two week high of $208.20. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $200.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $195.69. The firm has a market cap of $173.16 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.77.

Vanguard Value ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Value ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Value Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market Value Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of value stocks of predominantly large United States companies. The Index represents the value companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of predominantly large-capitalization companies in the United States equity market.