Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Short Interest Up 21.6% in February

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 209,746 shares, a growth of 21.6% from the January 29th total of 172,521 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 361,128 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 361,128 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VBR opened at $227.25 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $224.67 and its 200 day moving average is $214.42. The stock has a market cap of $34.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 52-week low of $160.23 and a 52-week high of $235.48.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VBR. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 23,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,605,000 after purchasing an additional 444 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 65.8% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 15,403 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,870,000 after purchasing an additional 6,114 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.5% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 327,501 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,010,000 after buying an additional 4,879 shares during the period. Sigma Planning Corp raised its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.7% in the second quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 23,696 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,621,000 after buying an additional 616 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Marion Wealth Management bought a new position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $831,000.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Company Profile

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