Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 43.7% in October

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VBK) was the target of a significant decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 165,412 shares, a decline of 43.7% from the September 30th total of 293,698 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 203,528 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF Trading Down 0.3%

NYSEARCA VBK opened at $329.06 on Tuesday. Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $280.27 and a 12 month high of $367.04. The stock has a market cap of $22.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 1.18. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $340.54 and its 200-day moving average price is $335.78.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. First Bancorp Inc ME purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Advisortrust Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $29,000. Basecamp Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $31,000. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 41.9% during the 3rd quarter. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC now owns 105 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 31 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bollard Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $34,000.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Small Cap Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of smaller 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.