Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) Stock Short Interest Drops 39.9%

Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 572,793 shares, a decline of 39.9% from the August 31st total of 952,580 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 2,060,159 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Value ETF

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Noble Wealth Management PBC grew its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 383.0% during the 3rd quarter. Noble Wealth Management PBC now owns 1,589 shares of the company’s stock valued at $343,000 after purchasing an additional 1,260 shares during the last quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 4.2% in the third quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC now owns 4,068 shares of the company’s stock worth $887,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Burkett Financial Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 2,400.0% in the third quarter. Burkett Financial Services LLC now owns 1,300 shares of the company’s stock worth $281,000 after purchasing an additional 1,248 shares during the last quarter. Montecito Bank & Trust lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 1.0% during the third quarter. Montecito Bank & Trust now owns 9,911 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,142,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, Stonebridge Financial Group LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Value ETF by 24.5% in the third quarter. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC now owns 1,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $367,000 after buying an additional 334 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Value ETF stock traded up $0.62 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $216.70. 3,471,364 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,456,364. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $223.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is $214.10. The company has a market capitalization of $185.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.75. Vanguard Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $182.81 and a fifty-two week high of $228.57.

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.