Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) saw a large decline in short interest in 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 company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 6,098,583 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Vanguard Value ETF Trading Down 1.5%

VTV traded down $2.92 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $193.35. 5,906,762 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,827,936. The firm has a market cap of $159.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.82. Vanguard Value ETF has a 12-month low of $150.43 and a 12-month high of $208.20. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $201.42 and a 200 day moving average of $193.09.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Value ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Align Financial LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $2,128,845,000. Valpey Financial Services LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Value ETF by 19,007.8% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 8,389,106 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,602,235,000 after purchasing an additional 8,345,202 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,511,860,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position 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 buying an additional 5,667,887 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Value ETF by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 53,966,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,068,563,000 after buying an additional 1,684,472 shares in the last quarter.

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.