Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Short Interest Down 14.1% in April

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 290,947 shares, a decline of 14.1% from the March 31st total of 338,582 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 301,373 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF stock opened at $231.77 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.75 billion, a PE ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 0.98. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a 12 month low of $181.09 and a 12 month high of $235.48. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $223.90 and a 200-day simple moving average of $218.46.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Anchor Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.4% in the first quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 4,176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $907,000 after buying an additional 137 shares in the last quarter. Silver Oak Advisory Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 61.6% in the first quarter. Silver Oak Advisory Group Inc. now owns 4,642 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,008,000 after buying an additional 1,769 shares in the last quarter. Associated Banc Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 9.6% in the first quarter. Associated Banc Corp now owns 33,889 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,362,000 after buying an additional 2,958 shares in the last quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 8.2% in the first quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 17,005 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,894,000 after acquiring an additional 1,291 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Carnegie Investment Counsel boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 16.0% in the first quarter. Carnegie Investment Counsel now owns 2,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $591,000 after acquiring an additional 375 shares during the last quarter.

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.