Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Short Interest Up 29.7% in December

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 342,370 shares, a growth of 29.7% from the November 30th total of 263,897 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 295,023 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 295,023 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of VBR traded down $1.62 on Wednesday, reaching $212.31. 159,703 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 438,085. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $209.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $205.85. The stock has a market cap of $31.92 billion, a PE 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 $218.90.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Whitaker Myers Wealth Managers LTD. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 7.7% in the third quarter. Whitaker Myers Wealth Managers LTD. now owns 100,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,033,000 after purchasing an additional 7,230 shares during the last quarter. FWG Investments LLC. bought a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $456,000. Brown Advisory Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 12.3% in the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 41,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,147,000 after buying an additional 4,560 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 6.6% in the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 794,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $154,989,000 after buying an additional 49,116 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American National Bank & Trust lifted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 63.9% during the 2nd quarter. American National Bank & Trust now owns 8,888 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,733,000 after acquiring an additional 3,466 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

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.