Short Interest in Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) Drops By 31.3%

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VXF) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 805,161 shares, a decline of 31.3% from the December 15th total of 1,172,112 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 395,257 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company’s shares are sold short. Currently, 0.7% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 395,257 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Extended Market ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VXF. AE Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 85.9% during the 2nd quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,770 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,690,000 after purchasing an additional 4,052 shares during the period. Archer Investment Corp grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 12.7% in the second quarter. Archer Investment Corp now owns 4,532 shares of the company’s stock worth $873,000 after purchasing an additional 510 shares in the last quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 9.4% during the second quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 626,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $125,481,000 after purchasing an additional 53,904 shares during the period. Sapient Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF during the third quarter valued at about $626,000. Finally, First Hawaiian Bank raised its position in shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF by 7.5% during the 3rd quarter. First Hawaiian Bank now owns 98,497 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,619,000 after buying an additional 6,894 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF Trading Down 0.2%

NYSEARCA:VXF traded down $0.39 on Friday, hitting $220.93. 53,933 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 406,963. Vanguard Extended Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $146.68 and a fifty-two week high of $222.50. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $211.14 and a 200-day moving average of $206.88. The stock has a market cap of $26.44 billion, a PE ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.18.

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.