Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOO) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Still a Buy?

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOO) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Friday . Approximately 151,637 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 15% from the previous session’s volume of 131,848 shares.The stock last traded at $114.5260 and had previously closed at $114.15.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF Trading Up 0.2%

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $111.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $107.50. The firm has a market cap of $3.13 billion, a PE ratio of 16.43 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of VIOO. Motco bought a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Huntington National Bank purchased a new stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Simplex Trading LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Finally, Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $39,000.

About Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (VIOO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Small Cap 600 index, a market-cap-weighted index of 600 small-cap US stocks selected by an S&P Committee. VIOO was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.