Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) Short Interest Down 53.8% in August

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VOT) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 64,874 shares, a drop of 53.8% from the August 15th total of 140,275 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 149,182 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of VOT traded down $2.83 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $290.22. The stock had a trading volume of 86,632 shares, compared to its average volume of 221,335. Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $248.23 and a 12 month high of $315.14. The company has a market capitalization of $18.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98 and a beta of 1.16. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $300.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $289.45.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VOT. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 61.6% during the 2nd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 20,272 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,212,000 after purchasing an additional 7,724 shares during the last quarter. Washington Trust Advisors Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Washington Trust Advisors Inc. now owns 7,011 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,148,000 after buying an additional 159 shares during the period. Wedmont Private Capital boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1.6% during the second quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 13,161 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,978,000 after purchasing an additional 208 shares during the period. Unique Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 8.2% in the 2nd quarter. Unique Wealth LLC now owns 1,260 shares of the company’s stock worth $386,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID boosted its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 3.7% in the second 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.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF Company Profile

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.