Short Interest in Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) Rises By 53.1%

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,172,112 shares, an increase of 53.1% from the November 30th total of 765,701 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 823,218 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Currently, 1.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 823,218 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Price Performance

VXF traded down $1.45 during trading on Monday, reaching $211.93. 83,525 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 529,531. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $209.85 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $204.47. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $146.68 and a fifty-two week high of $217.58. The stock has a market cap of $24.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.18.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 152.6% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 2,081,104 shares of the company’s stock valued at $358,491,000 after acquiring an additional 1,257,230 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 886.9% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,103,367 shares of the company’s stock worth $190,066,000 after purchasing an additional 991,563 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 101.7% during the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 973,220 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,738,000 after purchasing an additional 490,632 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 19,171.0% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 332,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,062,000 after purchasing an additional 330,700 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,933,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $565,314,000 after purchasing an additional 197,672 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Extended Market Stock Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s Completion Index (the Index), a diversified index of stocks of small and medium-sized United States companies. The Index contains all of the United States common stocks regularly traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges, and the Nasdaq over-the-counter market, except those stocks included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.