Short Interest in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) Decreases By 72.8%

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 65,916 shares, a decrease of 72.8% from the June 15th total of 242,174 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 418,247 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Stock Up 0.6%

NYSEARCA:VPL traded up $0.71 on Friday, hitting $113.78. The stock had a trading volume of 528,072 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,226,357. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $113.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $104.85. The stock has a market cap of $8.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.65 and a beta of 0.80. Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF has a 52-week low of $80.34 and a 52-week high of $121.23.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Mather Group LLC. increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 5,988,147 shares of the company’s stock valued at $541,329,000 after buying an additional 15,856 shares during the last quarter. Elm Partners Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 7.3% during the 4th quarter. Elm Partners Management LLC now owns 1,207,832 shares of the company’s stock worth $109,188,000 after acquiring an additional 82,677 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,063,232 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,116,000 after acquiring an additional 15,126 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 52.2% during the 2nd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 930,275 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,450,000 after acquiring an additional 318,928 shares during the period. Finally, GenTrust LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. GenTrust LLC now owns 924,646 shares of the company’s stock worth $83,588,000 after purchasing an additional 32,694 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF, formerly Vanguard MSCI Pacific ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI Pacific Index that consists of common stocks of companies located in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the MSCI Pacific Index (the Index).