Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) Short Interest Up 52.5% in December

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 20,508,579 shares, an increase of 52.5% from the November 30th total of 13,452,251 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,498,317 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 9,498,317 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VWO. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5,742.6% in the first quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC now owns 8,864,578 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $401,211,000 after purchasing an additional 8,712,854 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $650,661,000 after purchasing an additional 6,773,228 shares during the period. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4,672.3% in the 2nd quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 3,304,750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $163,453,000 after buying an additional 3,235,502 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 74,834,185 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,054,516,000 after buying an additional 3,217,413 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 74,185,538 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,669,217,000 after buying an additional 3,194,696 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of VWO stock opened at $53.81 on Wednesday. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 12 month low of $39.53 and a 12 month high of $56.04. The business’s 50 day moving average is $54.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $52.57. The company has a market cap of $101.75 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.55.

About Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.