Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) Short Interest Down 23.6% in February

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 160,269 shares, a decrease of 23.6% from the February 12th total of 209,746 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 331,104 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days. Based on an average daily volume of 331,104 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VBR. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 15,999,348 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,388,502,000 after purchasing an additional 560,544 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,379,433 shares of the company’s stock worth $927,520,000 after buying an additional 113,412 shares in the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 21,125.3% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 4,270,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $904,364,000 after acquiring an additional 4,249,980 shares during the period. Aspiriant LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 6.1% in the fourth quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 1,620,708 shares of the company’s stock valued at $343,249,000 after acquiring an additional 93,408 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. increased its position in Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 1,452,261 shares of the company’s stock worth $303,097,000 after acquiring an additional 25,434 shares during the period.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSEARCA VBR traded down $0.24 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $215.67. 299,308 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 429,008. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.99 and a beta of 1.05. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $225.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $215.16. Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF has a twelve month low of $160.23 and a twelve month high of $235.48.

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.