Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VEA) Short Interest Update

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VEA) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,398,501 shares, a growth of 72.5% from the May 31st total of 8,347,258 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,527,454 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VEA stock opened at $70.81 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF has a 1 year low of $55.68 and a 1 year high of $73.23. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $70.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is $67.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $227.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.34 and a beta of 0.83.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VEA. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 205,758,023 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,853,704,000 after buying an additional 4,289,361 shares during the last quarter. Betterment LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 138,588,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,657,615,000 after buying an additional 1,140,627 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley grew its position in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 44.0% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 90,491,038 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,652,975,000 after buying an additional 27,650,637 shares in the last quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its position in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 6,941.5% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 73,636,513 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,600,073,000 after buying an additional 72,590,763 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 64,314,341 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,017,717,000 after buying an additional 848,196 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund (VEA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market-cap weighted index of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks from developed markets outside the US. VEA was launched on Jul 20, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.