Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) Short Interest Down 41.9% in March

Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 697,401 shares, a decline of 41.9% from the February 26th total of 1,199,366 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 6,098,583 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VTV. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 7.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 42,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,215,000 after acquiring an additional 3,109 shares in the last quarter. Bison Wealth LLC raised its position in Vanguard Value ETF by 10.7% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 3,092 shares of the company’s stock valued at $523,000 after purchasing an additional 298 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Value ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $4,052,000. United Bank lifted its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 1.8% during the second quarter. United Bank now owns 21,435 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,788,000 after purchasing an additional 381 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 111.3% during the second quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 3,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $628,000 after purchasing an additional 1,873 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Value ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VTV traded down $2.92 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $193.35. 5,906,762 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,827,936. Vanguard Value ETF has a one year low of $150.43 and a one year high of $208.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $159.58 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.82. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $201.42 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $193.17.

About Vanguard Value ETF

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.