Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,883,194 shares, a growth of 566.8% from the April 15th total of 432,392 shares. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 6,603,536 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Growth ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 46,787.8% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 8,168,795 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,985,228,000 after buying an additional 8,151,373 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $1,690,059,000. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC grew its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 12,542.9% during the third quarter. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC now owns 1,074,650 shares of the company’s stock worth $515,413,000 after buying an additional 1,066,150 shares in the last quarter. Align Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $428,175,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 47,877,294 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,357,417,000 after buying an additional 789,696 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF stock traded up $0.95 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $87.51. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,123,561 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,064,796. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $78.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $79.76. The firm has a market cap of $37.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.22. Vanguard Growth ETF has a one year low of $66.98 and a one year high of $87.80.

Vanguard Growth ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Growth Index Fund, formerly Vanguard Growth ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of large United States companies. The Index represents the growth companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of large-capitalization companies in the United States equity market.